Strong earthquake hits Taiwan regionHONG KONG, July 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Taiwan region at 11:00 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) on Sunday, according to the Ho...
Beijing's Olympic Village Court opensBEIJING -- The Olympic Games Village People's Local Court, the only law facility bearing the Olympic title in the country, opened here on Wednesday.Located in the...
Olympic victory ceremony costumes unveiledOrganizers of the Beijing Olympics have unveiled the costumes for medal ceremony hostesses. The designs fully reflect traditional styles of Chinese fashion. A...
Olympic Village begins trial operationsThe Olympic Village for the Beijing 2008 Games has begun its final trial operation ahead of its official opening in one week. The Village is set to be the home o...
Photos showcase Olympic host cityHow do overseas visitors view Beijing, whether it be the egg-shaped National Center for the Performing Arts contrasted with the four-square Great Hall of the People? W...
Gansu leg of Olympic torch relayTorch bearers Zuo Xia (L) and Ma Guangming raise their hands during the Gansu leg of the torch relay in Jiayuguan, a city on the western end of the Great Wall on July 6...
One-month countdown to Beijing OlympicsBEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China (CPC), will publish an editorial on Tuesday to hail the one-month...
Beijing responds warmly over Olympic songsThirty newly-released Olympic songs are proving to be hits among people in Beijing. The tunes can be heard wherever one strolls among Beijing's streets and hu...
Thousands of volunteers in Beijing ready to helpBEIJING -- Nearly 20,000 volunteers have been working in 200 street stalls here since the beginning of this month, providing information, emergency aid...
Beijing nears fulfillment of seven years' work in OlympicsBEIJING - When He Zhenliang, a then member of the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board, presented the last statement of the Beiji...
Foreign volunteers prep for OlympicsMelanie Sandbach flew across the Equator to get Beijing and was amazed to see young Chinese dressed in blue-and-white uniforms at the airport -- at 2 a.m. It was, o...
Torch relay in Guiyang endsThe Beijing Olympic torch relay has concluded its tour in Guiyang, the first leg of its visit to southwestern province of Guizhou.The drizzle didn't dampen the enthusiasm of...
HIV testing important to everyoneToday (27th) is the eighth National HIV Testing Day in the United States. It's estimated that a quarter of a million Americans who are infected with HIV do not realize...
Oil prices strike record highs above 142 dollarsCrude futures set a new high of just under 143 U.S. dollars a barrel on Friday. The new record came as the weakening dollar and tumbling stock market se...
UN Secretary-General starts China visitBEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Beijing Tuesday afternoon, kicking off a three-day official visit to China at the invitat...
Taiwan ready for mainland touristsThe first tour group setting out from the Chinese mainland for Taiwan is now ready. To embrace a new era for the tourism industry in Taiwan, the relevant sectors incl...
Cross-straits chartered flightsThe development of increasingly regular chartered flights across the Taiwan Straits over the last few years.The development of increasingly regular chartered flightsacro...
Olympic torch travels through LijiangThe Olympic torch relay continues its journey in Southwest China's Yunnan province. It arrived at its second stop on Tuesday.The city of Lijiang is in southwest Ch...
Bush starts two-day visit to UKLONDON, June 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush arrived here on Sunday afternoon for a two-day visit as his final tour of Europe before leaving office. Arrivin...
China quake death toll rises to 69,176BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's massive earthquake increased by four overnight to 69,176 as of Wednesday noon, the State Council Informatio...
Chinese President talks to netizensBEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao talked to Internet users Friday morning via a major news portal, the first time that the nation's leader has...
Beijing Olympic Cultural Festival kicks off Chinese President Hu Jintao and Greek President Karolos Papoulias on the night of June 23 watched a performance of the opening ceremony of the 6th "Beijing...
Beijing Olympic ticket transfer fees highSince June 20th, transfers of the tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been allowed by the authorities. Sun...
China CPI may drop in MayOverall inflation might have slowed down in May with food prices dropping, and offsetting hikes in non-food prices. But the China International Capital Corporation is still pr...
UN chief warns world must urgently increase food productionThe United Nations Secretary-General says the international community can't afford to lose that battle against the global food crisis. Ban Ki...
World leaders at UN food summit pledge to ease food crisisWorld leaders have pledged to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to combat a food crisis at a UN summit in Rome. After th...
Diplomat: Tibet issue not about human rights GENEVA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The Tibet issue is not an ethnic issue, not a religious issue, nor a human rights issue, but an issue either to safeguard nation...
