Chinese online shoppers spent a record breaking 10-billion yuan within 14 hours on Sunday. The cyber shopping frenzy is in response to the Singles-Day holiday sales throughout the country. Major on-line retailers offered massive discounts of up to 50...
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Vice Premier Mr Li Keqiang, Minister of Education Mr Yuan Guiren, Mr Chancellor, Distinguished Guests, Members of the HKU Family, Ladies and Gentlemen, 尊敬的李克强副总理，袁贵仁部长，校监先生，各位来宾，各位香港大学大家...
奥巴马2008年在新罕布什尔州初选后也做了演讲，如今回到当初的地点却再也回不去个时间，奥巴马很创意的发表了名为We've Come Too Far to Turn Back Now的演讲。有网友说，每次听奥巴马的演讲都会...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao continues to inspect some of the worst-hit areas in Sichuan province. He's now in Shifang city -- 50 kilometers away from the epicenter of Wenchuan county. Wen says the top priorities are saving lives and restoring transpo...
Briefs: HFMD cases almost 25,000 The number of cases of hand-foot-mouth disease has now reached almost 25,000 in China. Thirty-two people have so far died from the enterovirus 71 or EV71 with the worst hit area in Fuyang, Anhui Province. Last chance...
Making a living doing exactly what you enjoy doing is a blessing. Theres one lucky man called Bai Zehua who owns a shop selling handicraft made from gourds. Working with gourds has always been my hobby. I enjoy painting on them, carving designs on t...
Chinese President Hu Jintao says his upcoming state visit to Japan will have the atmosphere of a warm spring. Hu Jintao made the remarks during an interview with journalists from 16 Japanese media organizations stationed in the Chinese capital. He a...
[VOICEOVER] To give foreigners a cultural taste of the Chinese capital during the Olympics, the Beijing Tourism Administration is organizing a homestay program. The government body is now inspecting thousands of applications from potential host fami...
Hu Pengfei is from Northwest Chinas Baoji of Shaanxi Province, and his family has a tradition of making clay figures that are well-known in the region, but Hu Pengfei, the black sheep of the family, devotes his time to the folk art form widely in Be...
Today is World Earth Day. It's the 39th day of action in response to the growing concerns about an environmental crisis. The day is meant to increase awareness and encourage people and governments to care more of our environment and take action to s...
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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...
The wave of anger and patriotism generated by CNN's recent offensive coverage of China has produced a smash hit song and stirred millions of Internet users into an online show of solidarity. Don't Be Too CNN, a track that lampoons the network for it...
The US shuttle Endeavor has returned home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ending its 16-day construction mission to the International Space Station. After a journey of 6.5 million miles, Endeavor touched down just one hour after sunset with i...
