BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Former champion Maria Kirilenko looked to be at about her peak of her hardcourt game at the prestigious China Open, making it to the quarterfinals after beating Tamira Paszek of Austria in straight sets on Thursday. The 20...
BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's first space lab module were in good condition and all tests went on smoothly during the past week, according to a statement issued by the country's space project authorities Thursday. The unmanned module, Tiangong-...
BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Officials and delegations from China and African countries have gathered at a seminar being held in Beijing to discuss rural development and economic growth. The seven-day seminar kicked off on Sunday, attracting represen...
CHENGDU, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- A list of this year's top 500 Chinese enterprises was unveiled in the city of Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday. The Sinopec Group was ranked first, with last year's revenues reaching 1.97 trillion...
BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- China pledged on Thursday to make more efforts to aid people living in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa in collaboration with the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). We noticed that the ICRC launched an a...
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, strengthens 35 basis points to 6.3997 per U.S. dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading system. In China's foreign exchange spot market, the yuan is all...
BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Next year will bring a doubling in the size of the words that appear on cigarette packages to warn consumers of the dangers of smoking. Starting in April 2012, cigarettes produced and sold in China will bear a new warn...
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday issued a regulation on drug rehabilitation that encourages drug users to voluntarily undergo rehabilitation programs. The regulation took effect Sunday as a supplement of the country's anti-drug law that w...
WIMBLEDON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- China's French Open champion Li Na crashed out of Wimbledon on Thursday, losing 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 to German wildcard Sabine Lisicki in the second round. 65th-ranked Lisicki will tackle Japanese qualifier Misaki Doi, who kno...
XICHANG, Sichuan, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched a new communication satellite, the Zhongxing-10, from its Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province on early Tuesday. The satellite, carried by a Long March-3B rock...
