Olympic Torch Relay Update The Olympic Torch has made its way to Thai capital Bangkok. Earlier this week it was in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Muscat, Oman; Islamabad, Pakistan and New Delhi, India. National Stadium open to med...
Brief Fees scrapped at 33 museums in Beijing Starting today, 33 museums in Beijing will have free admission. Most of the museums will limit the number of visitors per day by issuing tickets. The public will still have to pay to see such historical s...
Hillary Clinton Takes Ohio Hillary Clinton staged a comeback winning the Ohio and Texas primaries, ending a string of defeats in her bid for the White House. Republican John McCain secured his nomination as well. Israeli attack on Palestinians After...
World bank plans to open more offices in Beijing The World Bank's director for China, David Dollar, said in an interview with China Daily that it is exploring the possibility of establishing more offices in China to facilitate its local programs. Ro...
Government departments are speeding up reconstruction after the severe winter storms. The railway authorities as well have taken measures to ensure the smooth transport of essential supplies. Also measures have also been taken to restore agricultura...
Are they on track for success? China has changed enormously over the last 20 years. Its economy has been growing at 10% a year, and it's on track to be the worlds largest economy soon. Today, 80% of the worlds electronic goods are made in China. As...
Delegates from the People's Liberation Army say military preparedness should be enhanced against threats to national sovereignty. They echoed Hu Jintao's report to the CPC National Congress in their group discussion. The PLA delegates highly commen...
Nigeria: Foreigners kidnapped Heavily armed gunmen in speedboats kidnapped seven workers, including three foreigners, from an offshore Nigerian oilfield on Saturday. The raid was the first big attack on an oil facility in five months since the inaug...
The central government has announced its goal of providing everyone in the country with basic healthcare by 2020. It's an ambitious goal for a nation that will have a population of 1.5 billion by then. Making healthcare affordable and easily accessi...
Affordable housing is one of the main goals of the government's policy of building a housing security system. In the last five years, 270,000 low-income families have been given access to low-rent housing. It appears that low-income families just ca...
