A Chinese woman walks under lanterns in Yu Garden in Shanghai February 12, 2006. Chinese people celebrate on Sunday the traditional Lantern Festival which marks the last day of the 15-day long Spring Festival. [Reuters]A Chinese woman poses in front of …
The central government is working on a long-term plan to increase the use of alternative fuels to reduce the dependence on oil.Coal gas and renewable energy sources such as biomass and solar power are expected to become "major alternatives," a…
BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinas Forbidden City, one of the worlds largest imperial palaces, will undergo overhaul in the coming three years, Beijing News reported Saturday.The move was aimed to restore the imperial grandeur of the palace halls an…
BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- A new security system at the Dunhuang grottoes will help protect the famous ancient murals from temperature fluctuations and bats and mice.The installation will start in March, and the system will monitor the 700 caves of…
XIAN, Feb. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- The museum of the Banpo Ruins, the largest and best-preserved primitive village ever discovered in China, will reopen on April 1 after renovations, the curator has said.The protection hall built half a century ago above the …
PISCATAWAY, New Jersey (AP) -- Assemblyman William Payne recalls the first book he heard as a kindergartner in the 1940s, and never forgot the black stereotypes that filled the 19th century childrens story."You grow up with these subliminal message…
In China, urban and rural dwellers spend most of their family income on childrens education, which is increasingly becoming the main cause of poverty for households, according to a recent survey.The conclusion is based on a national survey of 4,128 peop…
Foreigners working in China have to pay personal income tax only if their monthly pay is above 4,800 yuan (US$592), up from the previous threshold of 4,000 yuan (US$493), Xinhua reported yesterday.The revised law on personal income tax became effective …
China will have to make tremendous efforts if it is to become a moderately developed country by the middle of this century, according to experts.He Chuanqi, director of China Modernization Research Centre under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told Chin…
Chinas State Council on Thursday issued the guidelines on the national medium- and long-term program for science and technology development (2006-2020), which sets the proportion of research and development expenditure in the gross domestic product at 2…
Xinhua News Agency published a commentary on chartered passenger flights across the Taiwan Straits during the Spring Festival, asking when the restrictions on the chartered flights will be lifted.The chartered flights have been operated three times, in …
A senior civil aviation official called for the establishment of regular charter flights across the Taiwan Straits as the Spring Festival charter-flight programme ended yesterday.Packed to capacity with 260 Taiwan passengers, Shanghai Airlines flight FM…
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing held talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in Oslo on Monday, with both sides expressing their common will to expand cooperation in various fields.Stoltenberg appraised the current bilateral r…
The Chinese Ministry of Railways has moved promptly to deal with heavy snows and rains which hit the central and eastern parts of the country since the start of February.Moderate and heavy snowfalls and rainfalls were reported in the provinces and munic…
The Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) Monday held a protest against Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Asos remarks of glorifying its 50-year colonization of Taiwan and using the word "country" when mentioning the island.Shouti…
