China Reduced to World’s Happiest Country
Unlike the “Are you happy?” CCTV debacle of last fall, a survey on happiness released last week is unequivocal about China’s contentment. On May 16, People’s Daily published “The People’s Happy Chinese Dream: Index of the Development [...]
Guo Yue, Li Xiaoxia win women’s doubles at table tennis worlds
In the Women’s Doubles final, China’s Li Xiaoxia and Guo Yue took on compatriots Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen for the title. The winners at the worlds at Yokohama in 2009 and Rotterdam in 2011, Guo and Li were looking to complete the [...]
World’s tallest Buddha statue finished
A woman prays in front of the Buddha statue in Jiujiang, East China’s Jiangxi province, May 19, 2013. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]
The construction of the world’s tallest statue of Amitabha (“Infinite Light”) was [...]
World’s first pole dance drama performed in Tianjin
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Dancers of China’s National Pole Dancing Team perform in “Fairies on the Pole,” the world’s first pole dance drama, in Tianjin, north China, May 17, 2013.
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Li gets better of Ding at table tennis worlds
Olympic champion Li Xiaoxia knocked off top seed and title-holder Ding Ning in a thrilling contest to reach the final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Saturday.
Third seed Li had reduced Ding to tears after pipping her to [...]
Chinese dominate worlds despite Ma Lin exit
Defending world champion Zhang Jike shook off the challenge of Brazil’s Gustavo Tsuboi to safely advance to the third round of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Thursday.
Chinese star Zhang, also the Olympic title-holder [...]
China has world’s largest new media market: report
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) — China has the world’s largest new media market, highlighted by the country’s growing Internet penetration and a vibrant range of new media applications, according to an industry report published [...]
China’s teenager takes 11 minutes to advance at table tennis worlds
PARIS, May 13 (Xinhua) — China’s 18-year-old girl Hu Limei took only 11 minutes to beat Haliti Ilirjana of Kosovo in the first round of qualifying at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Monday.
Hu, who has yet to be ranked [...]
Schlager to play in table tennis worlds
VIENNA – Austrian star Werner Schlager on Wednesday said he would participate in the upcoming World Table Tennis Championships in Paris next Monday.
“Many people think I am retired, but it’s wrong,” said the 40-year-old [...]
World’s leading economies congratulate WTO’s new chief
GENEVA, May 8 (Xinhua) — Various leading players in the global economy have sent their congratulations to Brazilian diplomat Roberto Azevedo on Wednesday for his victory in a race for the top job at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
European [...]
Schlager to play in table tennis worlds
VIENNA, May 8 (Xinhua) — Austrian star Werner Schlager on Wednesday said he would participate in the upcoming World Table Tennis Championships in Paris next Monday.
“Many people think I am retired, but it’s wrong,” [...]
Detroit Electric Shows World’s Fastest EV in Shanghai, Inks Deal with Geely
Detroit Electric is an age old automotive brand, albeit one that slipped into the history books but has returned as a self proclaimed leader in the production and development of EV vehicles. Detroit Electric is headed by Albert Lam, Lam previously [...]
IBM makes world’s smallest movie by filming atoms
Updated: 2013-05-02 14:31
(Xinhua)
Scientists from IBM on Wednesday unveiled the world’s smallest movie, made with one of the tiniest elements in the universe: atoms.
Named “A Boy and His Atom,” the movie used thousands of [...]
World’s largest ocean expo to open in NE China
The 2013 World Landscape Art Exposition will hold its opening ceremony on May 10 on redeveloped salt marshes in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province. It is the first world horticultural exposition to be held on the marshes since the completion of reconstruction [...]
Shanghai music lovers to savor two of world’s great tenors
Updated: 2013-04-19 13:41
By Zhang Kun (China Daily)
Two of the world’s top tenors are performing in Shanghai in the last week of April.
The biggest-selling artist in the history of classical music, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will [...]
Australia to be world’s largest or second-largest LNG exporter by 2018: official
HOUSTON, April 16 (Xinhua) — Australia is expected to become the world’s largest or second-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter by 2018, thanks to the continued expansion of its LNG sector, a top Australian energy official [...]
World’s most pricey iPhone 5: $15M
BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhuanet) — An iPhone 5 studded with a black diamond as home button is believed to be the world’s most expensive smartphone ever made.
Stuart Hughes, a longtime designer of aftermarket electronics, spent nine weeks [...]
Cancer death rate in Vietnam among world’s highest
HANOI, April 12 (Xinhua) — Vietnam reports about 110,000 new cases of cancer every year and over 73 percent of them die, one of the highest rates in the world, according to Mai Trong Khoa, deputy director of Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital.
The [...]
Chinese Tourists Now World’s Top Spenders
According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Chinese tourists now spend more travelling abroad than vacationers from any other country. The Wall Street Journal reports:
With their matching hats and bullhorn-equipped tour guides, [...]
Chinese Tourists Now World’s Top Spenders
According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Chinese tourists now spend more travelling abroad than vacationers from any other country. The Wall Street Journal reports:
With their matching hats and bullhorn-equipped tour guides, [...]
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