Japan, S. Korea to seek tougher UN sanctions against DPRK
Japan and South Korea agreed Wednesday to seek tougher sanctions against the Democratic People’ s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which conducted a nuclear test Tuesday, in the UN Security Council.…
UNSC discusses new sanctions against DPRK
The United Nations Security Council is condemning the nuclear test carried out by the DPRK. It’s now considering a fourth round of sanctions against Pyongyang. The council met in emergency…
China urges UNSC calm on DPRK satellite
China on Monday called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to react calmly to the recent satellite launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). “China maintains that…
DPRK calls for UN Command dissolution, peace treaty
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday called for the dissolution of the UN Command (UNC) and a peace treaty to replace the Armistice Agreement (AA), the official…
Hong Kong is testament of success of “One country, Two systems”: senior UN official
United Nations General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic, in his recent speech in Hong Kong, described Hong Kong as a testament of the success of the “One country, Two systems” approach,…
UN General Assembly president to visit China
UN General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic will visit China from Dec. 26 to 28, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced Tuesday. Jeremic will pay the visit at the invitation of…
China welcomes UN special envoy’s visit to Syria
China has welcomed the UN special envoy’s visit to Syria and wishes him a positive trip, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday. At a daily press conference, Hua Chunying…
China urges international community to respect Afghanistan’s political independence
A senior Chinese diplomat to the UN on Wednesday urged the international community to respect the sovereignty and political independence of Afghanistan when the country holds a planned presidential election…
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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 [...]