BEIJING, Jan. 23 -- Sitting through China Central Televisions (CCTV) Spring Festival shows following the traditional family reunion feast was once a custom for millions of Chinese people.In recent years, however, as more and more people, especially the …
A pair of brown bears stage a snow-filed "fight" at Hefei Safari Park, Central Chinas Anhui Province on January 21, 2006. Wild animals get refreshed as heavy snow hits the zoo, which brings about a white scenery. [newsphoto]A Squirrel Monkey s…
The Communist Party of Chinas (CPC) top watchdog announced severe punishments yesterday for a number of officials involved in scandals of buying public and Party posts through bribery.The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Organization…
BEIJING, Jan. 23 -- Chinas most famous figures from 2005 will come together for a Spring Festival party tonight, produced by Hunan Provinces satellite television station, the Hong Kong-based Dakungpao has reported.The top 10 contestants from Supergirls,…
BEIJING, Jan 22 (Xinhuanet) -- The State Council, Chinas central government, has issued a general plan on emergency response for accidental calamities.Nine kinds of accidental calamities, listed on the plan, involve production safety, railway transporta…
BEIJING, Jan. 23 -- TD-SCDMA, a home-grown standard for third generation (3G) mobile communications, is already mature and ready for manufacturers to move ahead with production, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) said in a statement.The Chinese …
President Hu Jintao is set to visit the United States in April, Hong Kong-based Wenweipo reported yesterday, citing diplomatic sources.Both sides have reached a preliminary agreement on Hus April visit to Washington, while negotiations on the exact date…
No evidence that top al Qaeda leaders were at target, he saysWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday ridiculed as "bizarre" a U.S. report that senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in a CIA attack on a home along the …
WUHAN, Jan. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- The natural disaster early warning system has saved thousands of lives and prevented huge economic losses in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, according to the Yangtze River Water Resources Committee on Wednesday.By t…
CHONGQING, Jan. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Two cans of ancient paddies dating back to the imperial Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) were unearthed at a construction site in southwest Chinas Chongqing Municipality.The 500-year-old paddies were discovered from a group of …
BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese and Italian cultural officials signed an agreement here Friday in order to strengthen cooperation in control of the theft and smuggling of cultural relics.At the signing ceremony, Shan Jixiang, director of the Sta…
SHANGHAI, Jan. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- An unabridged Chinese version of Lolita, written by Russian-born American novelist Vladimir Nabokov, was published and put on sale nationwide on Wednesday by the Shanghai Translation Publishing House.It is the first comp…
The first Lunar New Year flight between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan landed in Shanghai Friday morning, kicking off the now annual frenzy of passengers taking advantage of the holidays to fly directly across the Straits.Passengers from Taiwan are all…
China and Greece, two ancient civilizations, signed their very first joint declaration yesterday to establish a "comprehensive strategic partnership," making new commitments to further consolidating bilateral ties. "This demonstrates that…
BEIJING, Jan.19 -- The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC) will spare no effort to secure the success of the Year of Italy in China 2006 - a symbol of mature relations between Italy and China and an occasion to be enjoyed by the people from both nati…
