China opposes Israeli settlement expansion
China on Monday reiterated its opposition to Israel’s settlement expansion in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, urging Israel to create necessary conditions to resume the peace talks with Palestine…
China voices grave concern over Israeli military operation in Gaza
China on Thursday voiced its “grave concern” over Israel’s large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip, urging Israel to maintain “maximum restraint.” “We are highly concerned with the operation and…
New Arab TV news channels launched as viewers’ behavior changes
New Arab TV broadcastings are mushrooming in the Middle East while the turmoil’s impact on the number of viewers begins to decline. Saudi Prince and multi-billionnaire Al Waleed Bin Talal…
Chinese-Arab Forum to strengthen ties with Arab states
The special envoy of China to the Middle East Wu Sike (吴思科) on Monday stressed the importance of joining the Chinese-Arab Forum that is scheduled to be held in Tunis…
China’s Mideast envoy urges Israel and the Palestinians back to negotiations
Chinese Middle East envoy Wu Sike said Sunday that China is willing to play a constructive role in bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace negotiations. Wu, on a…
China opposed to closing the Strait of Hormuz
Premier Wen calls such actions “extremist”. China opposes “any extremist actions” regarding the Strait of Hormuz, said Premier Wen Jiabao at a press conference in Qatar, where he arrived on…
China strengthens its ties with Gulf countries
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signed cooperation agreements with Qatar on Wednesday, January 18. The agreements include the construction of a refinery in China, announced today Doha media. The day before,…
Foreign Ministry: China supports the Russian draft resolution on Syria
China supports Russia draft resolution on Syria, announced Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin at a press briefing. “China supports the positive efforts of Russia, aimed at resolving the Syria crisis…
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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 [...]