President Hu Jintao pledged yesterday to "respect farmers wishes, safeguard their interests and enhance their welfare" while building a new socialist countryside.He made the remarks during a speech to provincial and ministerial officials at a …
BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Li Hui said he was happy to receive New Year greetings from his friends via mobile phone until he received 128 text messages during the Spring Festival or Chinese Lunar New Year.Li, a resident in the central Chinese city …
BEIJING, Feb. 14 -- Key evidence supporting the long-disputed claim that the Chinese invented golf will be on show in Hong Kong next month.Two paintings, the "Wall Painting of Chuiwan" from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and "The Autumn Ban…
CHICAGO, Feb. 12 ?Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich announced Sunday that he wanted Illinois to become the first state in the nation to offer universal preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds.Mr. Blagojevich, a Democrat who is up for re-election this year, said the pres…
BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Vusi B. Koloane, minister plenipotentiary of South Africa in China, said on Monday that his government will do everything possible to "completely eliminate" crimes.Koloane said during an exclusive interview with…
HAIKOU, Feb. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- The publicity chief of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Saturday completed a four-day tour around farms in the southern province of Hainan, and called for efforts to build new socialist countryside.Liu …
Tan Huimin has been looking forward to her Valentines rendezvous tonight with her single friends who also do not have a date.The 26-year-old designer will join them for dinner at a hotpot restaurant and belt out karaoke numbers later."Valentines Da…
A girl chooses roses, each of which is sold for 199 yuan, at a flower shop on the eve of Valentines Day February 13, 2006 in Shenyang, Northeast Chinas Liaoning Province. Valentines Day is getting increasingly popular in China.A pair of dogs made of flo…
The nations top economic planner has warned that oil-refining facilities are stretched to the limit and urged that capacity be increased.The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) also suggested that prices of refined-oil products, which are …
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…
