The Central Huijin Investment Company, an investment arm of China's sovereign-wealth fund, bought shares in four major Chinese State-owned commercial banks on the secondary market on the first trading day after the long national holiday this week. Do...
Bottled water, including mineral and purified water, has become part of our lives. But now there is a wide variety of conceptual bottled water on the market that is extremely expensive, such as glacier water and bamboo charcoal water. Almost all of t...
Reclamation projects in some Chinese coastline cities have become shortcuts to develop local economies. With lower costs, local governments usually encourage real estate developers to reclaim land from the sea, but at the same time, such model has al...
They're often considered scavenging pests, but Australia's native White Ibis is helping scientists understand the impact of urban life on wildlife. These long-legged birds are a barometer of Sydney's environmental health. Our reporter Li Dong has the...
China has held a grand ceremony to mark the centennial anniversary of the 1911 Revolution that overthrew the long-standing imperial rule over the country. Addressing the ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Chinese President Hu Jintao...
Chinese water calligraphy is often seen as a hobby of elderly Chinese men. Every morning, elderly men gather in Beijing's parks to practice this ancient art on the ground with giant brushes dipped in water, writing fluid lines of ancient characters t...
Over the last six years the Chinese yuan has risen in value against the US dollar by over 20 percent. This is making it more expensive for Chinese Americans to visit their homeland. Dominic Swire recently spoke to some members of the Chinese communit...
Even though China is typically known for its myriad of tea varieties, slowly but surely, Western coffee culture has been brewing its way into China's big cities and even into smaller ones as well. So much so, that coffee barista training schools are...
Sajiao. Every Chinese man in a relationship recognizes it. But while the Western man may adapt to every other aspect of Chinese culture, he may be bewildered by this behavioral difference between his current Chinese girlfriend and any past Western gi...
As people in the United States mourn the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, questions about the company's future are now being raised. CRI's Washington correspondent Wang Shanshan has been taking the temperature of people on the streets of the U...
