Shenzhen road collapse kills 5
A tornado struck south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, leveling blocks of homes and at least one elementary school, U.S. media reported.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay a state visit to Myanmar soon, an official announcement [...]
13 dead in east China factory blast
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Thirteen people have been killed after a factory explosion in east China’s Shandong Province. 19 injured are receiving treatment in local hospitals and another 20 people are still missing.
CCTV.com [...]
Philippines, Taiwan agree on joint probe into shooting incident
Taiwan and the Philippines have agreed to conduct a parallel investigation into the fatal shooting of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippine coast guard earlier this month. Prior to this, Taiwan had been urging a joint investigation into the [...]
China working with other countries to protect wildlife
China’s State Forestry Administration says China has made remarkable progress in wildlife protection. Deputy Administrator of the State Forestry Administration, Yin Hong made the comment at a press conference in Beijing.
She said efforts [...]
Beijing cab fare hike in the cards
As hailing a cab becomes increasingly hard in Beijing, the clamour is growing for something to be done about the problem. Beijing authorities have drafted a plan that hopes to solve the problem in the long term. Part of the plan is a revision [...]
52,000 new posts created for China’s graduates
More than 52,000 new jobs for college graduates have been published on the New Career Service Site for Students. According to the Education Ministry’s Employment Guidance Center, almost 30 percent of the new jobs are in south China’s [...]
Background: DPRK detains and sinks Chinese fishing boats
In the past decade, the DPRK has detained Chinese fishing boats and their crew on several occasions. Multiple collisions at sea has also led to the sinking of several Chinese fishing boats. Altogether there have been 4 cases involving nearly [...]
Philippines, Taiwan agree on parallel probe
Russian special services eliminated two gunmen suspected of masterminding a terror attack in Moscow and arrested another, the National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) said Monday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday called for [...]
Premier Li meets Indian leaders
Visiting Premier Li Keqiang has met with the Chief of the ruling Indian National Congress Party Sonia Gandhi, and Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari in New Dehli.
During talks with Gandhi, Premier Li said that the cooperation between [...]
China seeks confirmation that DPRK freed Chinese fishermen
China’s Foreign Ministry says it still trying to confirm reports that 16 Chinese fishermen have been released by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
So far there are no details on whether the fishermen really have been freed, or [...]
Chinese fishing boat held in DPRK
By CCTV reporter Guan Yang
The Chinese Embassy in the DPRK confirmed that the private fishing boat Liao-25222 from Dalian City in northeast China’s Liaoning Province’, was detained in the DPRK. The embassy called on Pyongyang to ensure [...]
Crossover: Indian media follows Li’s visit
The Chinese Embassy in the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is working on the detention by the DPRK of Chinese fishermen with a vessel.
Syrian troops, backed by Hezbollah militants, have launched an assault on a strategic, [...]
China, India to make new engines for world economy
By CCTV reporter Si Nan
Premier Li Keqiang and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed bilateral ties during their meeting in New Delhi on Sunday. The two leaders stressed that China and India will develop new engines for world economic [...]
25,000 new posts created for China’s college graduates
More than 25,000 new posts for college graduates have been published on the New Career Service Site for Students.
According to the Education Ministry’s Employment Guidance Center, nearly half of the number of new positions is in Jiangsu [...]
Taiwan hopes to send second investigation team
Taiwan says it’s ready to send a new investigation team to the Philippines, after the first team was unable to join the official Philippine investigation on the shooting of a Taiwan fisherman 10 days ago. Taiwan officials say they’re currently [...]
Taiwan ready to send 2nd probe team
Taiwan authorities have said that they are ready to send a second investigation team to the Philippines, but will only do so, after they have worked out the details of how a joint investigation into the shooting incident will proceed.
“We [...]
Frozen in time: transporting ice cores from Mount Qomolangma
Ice cores taken from glaciers contain a wealth of vital data about how the earth’s climate has changed over the centuries. In the latest of our special stories from the world’s highest mountain, Mount Qomolangma，our reporter Lin Nan [...]
THE WEEK May 17: Gas pump prank goes viral
Gas pump prank goes viral
A couple in Los Angeles was in the right place at the right time this week when they went to fill their gas tank. It’s typical in the US for gas pumps to house little television screens featuring a man reading [...]
EDF advisor: Sino-French cooperation in new energy
In 1994, as a former senior director of Veolia, Mr Jorge Mora started developing business in China, after nearly 20 years of working and living in the coutnry. As such, he is very familiar with the transformation that has occurred in the [...]
China marks “Help the Handicapped Day”
Sunday marks China’s 23rd “Help the Handicapped Day”. The China Disabled Persons’ Federation, says the theme of this year’s Day is aiding people living in poverty.
China has a population of 85 million with a disability. [...]
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