Russia not to support new U.N. resolution on Syria
Russia will vote against a new draft U.N. resolution on Syria, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. The document, prepared by a number of countries and to be voted soon at…
Overseas businesses urged to comply with rules
Chinese businesses operating overseas should comply better with local laws and regulations, and fulfill their social responsibilities while abroad, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday. At a regular press briefing,…
Chinese investor rebuts rumors over construction project in Georgia
A Chinese private investor on Monday rebutted some assertions about a construction project it is conducting in Tbilisi, stressing that it complies fully with local regulations. Hualing Holdings Limited has…
Chinese state councilor applauds China-Africa relations
Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo applauded China-Africa relations on Saturday, while also vowing to back the African Union’s (AU) role in African affairs. “China highly values its ties with the…
China’s sustainable growth contributes to global prosperity: officials
China’s sustainable development has contributed to the global recovery and growth, high ranking Chinese officials said Saturday in Moscow. Attending the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of…
Russia starts large-scale drills in Far East
Russian armed forces have started large-scale exercises on the Kuril Islands in the Far East, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. ‘ Artillery, air forces, navy and border troops are involved…
Chinese Academy of Sciences building overseas branches
China’s leading scientific institution is aiming to expand its influence by establishing overseas branches around the world, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced on Monday. The CAS has started…
China’s growing middle class to benefit the world: Canadian official
A growing Chinese middle class is not only good for China, but for the world, Dalton McGuinty, premier of Canada’s Ontario province, told press in an interview Saturday. It is…
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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 [...]