Lineup for Hong Kong Int’l Film Festival
The Hong Kong International Film Festival announced on February 24th a line-up that has a little something for everybody. It will open with a HK-Mainland romance “Love in the Buff”…
India to become the largest importer of coal in the world in 2012
India will overtake China and become the largest importer of coal in the world in 2012, reported by Bloomberg, citing research analysts from Citigroup. India’s purchases of coal from abroad…
China to hold legislative sessions amid complex circumstances
China’s legislators and political advisors are scheduled to start their annual sessions in early March, during which a wide range of issues will be discussed under the backdrop of complicated…
Reform and opening-up should carry on
(Yi Xianrong) Premier Wen Jiabao’s recent remarks, during his trip to Guangdong province in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the “Southern Tour Speeches” made by former leader Deng Xiaoping,…
China set its growth target at 8%
China has set its goal of 2012 economic growth below the rate of 8%, said the future Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to comments published today by Xinhua News Agency.…
China reiterated its support for the mediation of the Arab League in the Syrian crisis
The Deputy Foreign Minister of China and special envoy to Syria, Zhai Jun, on Saturday reaffirmed China’s support to the mediation of the Arab League to reach a “political solution”…
New Asian record: Liu Xiang defeats Robles at British Grand Prix
Chinese star Liu Xiang beat Cuban rival Dayron Robles at the British Grand Prix Indoor on Saturday. Liu Xiang’s victory of 7.41secs in the 60m hurdles is the world best…
DreamWorks Animation creates a studio in China with local groups
The DreamWorks Animation, which created the series of “Shrek,” “Kung Fu Panda” or “Puss in Boots,” will create a film production studio in China, in partnership with local groups, announced…
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Xi Jinping vows to press ahead with “Chinese dream”
Premier Li Keqiang’s confident press debut
Premier Li Keqiang’s confident press debut
Li Keqiang’s debut as China’s Premier in front of the world’s press has grabbed extensive attention, both at home and abroad. The 57-year-old person minced no words as he answered journalist’s questions, laying to rest doubts and concerns as to how he was gong to run the second largest economy in the world over the [...]
Xi orders courage to help deepen reforms
Xi orders courage to help deepen reforms
Communist Party of China (CPC) chief Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for courage like “wading through a dangerous shoal” to help deepen reforms in the country’s development. While joining national legislators from China’s economic hub of Shanghai to deliberate the government work report, Xi compared the difficulty facing the country’s deepened reform and opening up [...]
Northeast China’s first nuclear power plant starts operation
Northeast China’s first nuclear power plant starts operation
The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, started operation on Sunday afternoon. The plant’s first unit went into operation at 3:09 p.m., said Yang Xiaofeng, general manager of Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. Construction on the first phase of the project, which features four [...]
DPRK says it conducts 3rd nuclear test
DPRK says it conducts 3rd nuclear test
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Tuesday it has successfully conducted the third underground nuclear test, according to the official KCNA news agency. The test was part of the country’s “practical measures of counteraction” to defend its security and sovereignty against hostile U.S.policies, which it claimed have violated DPRK’s “rights to launch [...]
Reservoir leak results in casualties in Xinjiang
Reservoir leak results in casualties in Xinjiang
A reservoir leak in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has left one dead and more than a dozen injured, rescuers said Saturday. The Lianfeng Reservoir in Kaziwan Village, located about 25 km from Urumqi, the regional capital, began to lose water around 6:10 a.m., sources with the reservoir administration said. Water gushed out and [...]
China’s 1st single-layer graphene of 15 inches thick made in Chongqing
China’s 1st single-layer graphene of 15 inches thick made in Chongqing
A researcher uses a microscope to analyse a touch-screen product made from the 15-inch single-layer graphene in the Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in southwest China’s Chongqing, Jan. 24, 2013. Chongqing Institute recently announced that it successfully made the first single-layer graphene of 15 inches thick which has marked [...]
Police urged to improve service for Spring Festival travellers
Police urged to improve service for Spring Festival travellers
Police officers at all levels were urged to improve their work style and offer better services for travellers during the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush. Huang Ming, vice minister of public security, made the remarks during a televised conference on traffic management for the Spring Festival travel rush, which starts on Jan. 26. The Spring [...]