Chinas top planning agency is asking the countrys state-owned energy companies to increase production and import of natural gas to guarantee winter supply of heating. Economists from PetroChina say it will need more than 70 billion cubic meters of ga...
The central urbanization work conference, which ended on Friday, reiterated the need for a steady process. The China Development Bank estimates the countrys urbanization will need 25 trillion yuan, or around 4 trillion dollars, over the next three ye...
Russia says its navy is ready to escort ships transporting Syrias chemical stockpile to the destruction site. The stockpile is due to be destroyed at sea on a US ship, under an international deal. Denmark and Norway are planning to ship the chemicals...
China urged Japan on Tuesday to reflect on its unbridled militaristic past, and respect the concerns of other countries in the region. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments in answer to a question about the Japanese cabi...
There has been four editions prior to Japans newly released National Defense Program Guidelines. In 1976, the Japanese government proposed a so-called basic defense force to fend itsefl from small-scale invasions. It set the late Soviet Union as an i...
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The Japanese cabinet is scheduled to approve three security-related documents, to bolster its military forces and raise its profile. The new mid-term defense strategy guidelines include a budget of 240 billion US dollars, with provisions made for fiv...
US retired basketball star Dennis Rodman will return to the DPRK for a third time on Thursday, for the first time since the execution of leader Kim Jong Uns uncle Jang Song Thaek. The trip organizers said that theres a need for more cultural and spor...
By CCTV correspondent Grace Brown Christmas may not be a traditional time for celebrations in China, but that doesnt get in the way of its commercial opportunity. With many young people there looking to let off steam - and shopping the main therapy -...
By CCTV reporter Liu Yang The Administrative Procedure Law is often used in cases involving the improper handling of land of local governments. Our reporter Liu Yang explains the loopholes in the current law and what the changes to the law would mean...
China may implement changes to its one-child policy as early as next year. The bill proposes allowing couples to have two children if either parent is an only child. A bi-monthly session of Chinas top legislature, the Standing Committee of the Nation...
And now let's take a look back at how this vaccination crisis began. On December 9th, three infants in central Chinas Hunan province fell seriously ill after receiving hepatitis B vaccines. Two of them later died. The vaccines came from the Shenzhen-...
Guangdong province has purchased 1.5 million doses of hepatitis B vaccine after health authorities halted the use of a brand that may have killed six baby deaths in Guangdong, Hunan and Sichuan provinces. The cause of death of the babies has not yet...
Apple and China Mobile have announced a long-anticipated agreement to bring the iPhone to the world's biggest phone company. The deal is expected to help to boost iPhone sales in a market where Apple faces intense competition. Its been a long time co...
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