The United Nations World Tourism Organization has released a report indicating the healthy growth of international tourism in the first half of 2011. But with the current euro zone crisis threatening to have an impact on major world economies and sen...
Palestinians in the West Bank were getting together on the street for the whole Friday afternoon to hear Abbas's speech. Our correspondent Xiaoyu witnessed local reactions in the West Bank city of Ramallah and filed this report. In Ramallah, people f...
Asian stocks continued a falling trend amid global bear market. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed at 2,433 points, down 0.4 percent. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 1.2 percent. Hong Kong stocks closed down 1.36 percent, at 17,669....
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to Yemen from Saudi Arabia after recieving medial treatment from injuries sustained an assassination attempt bomb attack back in June. Saleh's supporters have held various celebrations around the count...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to submit the letter of application to the United Nations for Palestine's statehood and UN membership today. Abbas' decision to bid for Palestine's statehood has won a big support from more than 80 perc...
Pakistan's government has denied links with the Haqqani network, a reportedly Pakistan-based militant group which was accused of masterminding a recent attack on the US embassy in Afghan capital, Kabul. Pakistan has warned the United States it risks...
Today is China's fifth nation-wide Car Free Day. Since the annual event first began in France, organized events are held every year on September 22nd in many cities and countries around the world. However, how many people in China really know about t...
A senior British official is pointing to China's high-speed rail system as a potential model for the UK. As CRI's London correspondent Tu Yun reports, it comes just weeks before a high-profile Sino-UK business forum in London, which is expected to se...
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has become the latest high-ranking Chinese official to take issue with the United States over its latest announced arms sale to Taiwan. CRI's Su Yi has more. Yang Jiechi has joined a chorus of other Chinese officials, cal...
China has protested against the latest US arms sale to Taiwan, saying the US action has created severe obstacles for the two countries' normal military-to-military exchanges. Military experts are warning the deal would deteriorate security ties betwe...
