Children join parents' petition for overdue wages

DALI, Yunnan, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A group of 13 children drew widespread attention in China last week by helping their parents claim wages held in arrears. The children, the youngest of whom was five, stood in a line in downtown Dali, a major tourist

Peter Jackson to shoot "The Hobbit" trilogy

LOS ANGELES, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Many Hobbit fans were excited or worried when Peter Jackson announced Monday that he will stretch the originally planned two-part adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy-adventure The Hobbit into a trilogy, some

毫无悬念! 《美国队长3》继续领跑票房

The Captain America: Civil War continued its domination of the Chinese film market in the week ending May 15, earning 389 million yuan (59.7 million U.S. dollars), China Film News reported on Tuesday. 据《中国电影报》本周二报道，《美国

富士康子公司鸿准宣布投资滴滴1.2亿美元

Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, revealed last Thursday its subsidiary had invested $119.9 million in Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing. 全球最大的合约电子产品制造商富士康科技集

富士康暂缓收购夏普

Talks for Foxconns $6bn takeover of Sharp have stalled after the Apple supplier postponed signing a deal only hours after the ailing Japanese electronics group agreed to the sale of a controlling stake. 有关富士康（Foxconn，又称鸿海精密）

郭台铭呼吁日本允许富士康收购夏普

The takeover battle over troubled electronics maker Sharp has intensified after Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Taiwans Hon Hai Precision Industry, made a personal appeal to the Japanese government and bank officials to take its $5.1bn offer serio

老年人、智力障碍者拟纳入民法"监护"范围

Chinese seniors without the ability to take care of themselves would be given guardians under a draft of rules governing people' private rights. 根据管理公民私权的一项法则草案，我国无自理能力的老年人将获得监护人。 Th

2015年春运周三开始启动

This year's Spring Festival travel rush is due to start on Wednesday, with an estimated 2.8 billion trips to be made over the 40-day period. 295-million trips are expected to be made by rail, an increase of 10 percent compared with last year. It is r

春运全国已发送旅客13.8亿人次

China's Spring holiday rush has so far accomplished 1.38 billion trips, a 3.3 percent growth from last year, according to the country's Ministry of Transportation on Saturday. 根据国家交通运输部星期六发布的消息，截止目前为止，春

增加户外活动可减少近视风险

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Spending more time outdoors may reduce the risk of developing nearsightedness in children, a Chinese study said Tuesday. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at about 1,800 c

警惕美国不可预测性,中国加强海军实力

BEIJING: The PLA Navy is likely to secure significant new funding in China's upcoming defence budget as Beijing seeks to check US dominance of the high seas and step up its own projection of power around the globe. 北京：解放军海军可能在今年

中国海军舰队访问阿尔及利亚

ALGIERS, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The 13th Escort Taskforce of the Chinese Navy arrived Tuesday in Algiers, capital of Algeria, beginning a four-day visit to the country. The visit by the escort taskforce, composed of two frigates and one supply ship, is

中国海军第十三批护航编队抵达葡萄牙访问

LISBON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The 13th escort taskforce of the Chinese navy arrived in Lisbon, capital of Portugal on Monday, for a five-day goodwill visit to the country. The visit by the taskforce, composed of two missile frigates of Huangshan and H

英国海军船只继续寻找MH370

LONDON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo and submarine HMS Tireless continued their hunt for the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that went missing on March 8, the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced Wednesday. British

英国皇家海军最先进驱逐舰怕热

The engines powering the Royal Navys cutting-edge fleet of Type 45 destroyers are unable to operate continuously in the warm waters of the Gulf, MPs were told on Tuesday. 周二，英国国会议员们被告知，英国皇家海军(Royal Navy)最先进

Lamy: Doha negotiations need higher gear

GENEVA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy told the Trade Negotiations（谈判,磋商） Committee on Tuesday that the foremost challenge over the next several weeks is to take the engagement on Doha negotiations to a higher ge

US Women Gear Up for World Cup

The sixth FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off in Germany in June, with the team from the host nation as the two-time defending champion. The United States women's soccer team won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and is ranked number-one in th

掴客输掉1.4亿美元的官司后申请破产

BBC News Online news site Gawker has filed for bankruptcy after losing a $140m (￡97m) privacy case earlier this year. The company filed for bankruptcy protection, which could allow it to avoid paying the damages. BBC新闻 新闻网站掴客输掉今

全面'二孩政策'计划于明年元旦落地

All couples in China are encouraged to have two children, according to a draft amendment to China's national law on population and family planning proposed to China's top legislature for review on Monday. 周一，人口与计划生育法修正案草案

全面二孩政策实施一年 年底将进入生育高峰期

China is likely to encounter a peak in births at the end of 2016, one year after the implementation of the country's two-child policy. 在距离二孩政策执行一年之后，中国很有可能在今年年底迎来生育高峰。 According to Yuan