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Mao Zedong''s official plane for sale

A former official plane of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong is displayed outside a shopping mall in China’s southern city of Zhuhai October 6, 2008. The plane, shown with a mobile phone number with Chinese characters reading "Plane for Sale", will make room for more parking space if sold, the mall company said.   A former official plane of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong is

More libraries, museums in China

    BEIJING, Oct. 6  -- China has taken big steps towards developing public cultural services since adopting the reform and opening-up policy three decades ago, statistics from the Cultural Ministry revealed here Monday.     Take for example the number of public cultural facilities built in the past 30 years. In 1978, there were 349 museums across the country.

Beijing gains great increase of tourism in

    BEIJING, Oct. 5  -- Beijing registered an increase of 35 percent tourists during the past week-long National Day holiday, many of whom visited the Olympic venues.     At least 8.02 million people made tours in Beijing between Sept. 29 to Oct. 5, including 2.35 million incoming visitors, the municipal bureau of tourism said in a notice released Sunday

Shenzhou-7 capsule shipped to Beijing for further

    BEIJING, Sept. 30  -- The re-entry module of China's Shenzhou-7 spacecraft arrived in Beijing Tuesday afternoon, two days after its safe landing in northern China's Inner Mongolia.     The capsule was shipped to Beijing's Changping Railway Station by train at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, and will be later delivered to the China Academy of Space Technology

China to issue commemorative coins for maiden

    BEIJING, Sept. 29  -- The People's Bank of China, the central bank, said on Monday that it would issue a set of gold and silver coins on Oct. 8 to commemorate the success of the country's maiden spacewalk.     The issuance comprises 30,000 gold coins, with a face value of 150 yuan (22 U.S. dollars) each, and 60,000 silver coins, with a face value of 10

China gets strict with school bus safety

    BEIJING, Sept. 28 -- China's ministries of Public Security and Education are urging districts across the country to enforce school bus safety rules strictly.     A jointly issued circular said the registration system of school buses and drivers must be strictly implemented across the country.     For example, schools must register vehicles they

[Video] Chinese walk into outer space

Under the attention from all Chinese and the world. Shenzhou 7 spaceship successfully brought astronauts onto the settled orbit and performed  China's first walk in outspace. Let's go back to the exciting minutes. The video grab taken at the Beijing Space Command and Control Center on Sept. 27, 2008 shows Chinese taikonaut Zhai Zhigang waving while walking out of the orbit

Overseas Chinese applaud Shenzhou-7''s successful

    BEIJING, Sept. 26  -- Overseas Chinese around the world have extended warm congratulations on China's successful launch of a third manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7.     "I felt so excited and proud to be a Chinese when the Shenzhou-7 was launched successfully," said Chen Anshen, deputy chairman of the Chinese Association in Austria.     Chen

How does China develop in the Post-Olympics period

BEIJING -- When thousands of overseas visitors headed home from Beijing after Olympics, most left with fond memories of the "exceptional Games", friendly and open gestures of the host, but also doubts over whether the country goes further to open itself up like it did. About a month after the Olympics, a raft of news-making events in China has showed positive signs of further opening, notably

China pays more attention to "Artistic talent" in

    BEIJING, Sept. 25  -- Performance in arts courses will become a factor in evaluating primary and middle school students, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday.     Arts education was insufficient because of lack of time, teachers and resources, which has hindered the development of quality-oriented education, said a course plan for compulsory

Tsinghua University sends a delegation to attend

     SANTIAGO, Sept. 25  -- Tsinghua University sends a delegation to attend inter-school exchange program in Chile. The delegation comprises of 17 students and 7 senior professors from the Economy and Administration College. They arrived in Chile's capital of Santiago to attend a series of activities.     During the ten-day visit, the Chinese visitors

Chinese manned spaceship Shenzhou 7 blasted off

    JIUQUAN, Gansu, Sept. 25  -- China successfully launched its third manned spacecraft on Thursday with three astronauts on board to attempt the country’s first-ever space walk.     The spaceship Shenzhou-7 blasted off on a Long March II-F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province at 9:10 p.m. after a

White paper: Tibetan-Chinese education system adopted

    BEIJING, Sept. 25  -- A bilingual teaching system was adopted in an all-round way in the educational sector of Tibet, with priority given to teaching in Tibetan, according to a white paper issued by the Information Office of the State Council on Thursday.     After the Tibet Autonomous Region was set up in 1965, it was stipulated that schools of all kinds

Chinese astronauts is ready for the Shenzhou-7 mission

    JIUQUAN, Gansu, Sept. 21  -- China's third manned space mission is almost ready. And Shenzhou-7 manned spaceship will be launched by Long-March II-F rocket in the coming week.     A panel of six Chinese astronauts arrived at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province on Sunday, making the last-minute preparations for the mission.

China to reinstate visa-free facility for Singaporean

    SINGAPORE, Sept. 17 — With effect from Sept. 19, Singaporeans who intend to travel to China for 15 days or less will no longer require a visa, Singapore's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.     The Foreign Ministry said in a statement the ministry and Singapore's embassy in Beijing have been informed by the Chinese authorities that China will reinstate the

China displays more attraction to overseas students

China is becoming one of the largest study destination countries in 2008. The Beijing Olympics acted not only as a global sports pageant, but also as a stage displayed Chinese culture and civilization to the rest of the world. More US students see China as an attractive study destination especially after the country has successfully staged the Olympic and Paralympic Games, a senior US official