Heaviest rain in 6 decades thrashes Beijing, leaving 4 dead

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The heaviest rain in 61 years that lashed Beijing Saturday have left at least four people dead and six others injured, local authorities said. Two people were killed and six others injured as strong winds toppled rooftops

近4成年轻人想做职业游戏玩家 2成想当主播

Most young Chinese would like a job in new media but they run into roadblocks from parentsand society, a survey has found. 一项调查发现，我国大部分年轻人想要从事新媒体工作，但他们遇到了来自父母和社会的阻拦。

花开款款宁为晚,日出迟迟却是晴

The Phoenix Suns have the second-worst record in the NBA, but they decorate like champions. To walk through halls of Talking Stick Resort Arena is to be bombarded with the franchises storied history and the kind of atmosphere it wants to foster. 虽然

维珍飞船沙漠坠毁 “太空一游”需25万美元

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- A passenger rocket plane developed by Virgin Galactic's crashed on Friday after suffering an in-flight anomaly during a powered test flight over the U.S. state of California, the commercial company said on Twitter. 新华

三胞胎太像 父母靠指甲油颜色区分

Whenever identical twins or triplets are born their parents will often be met with a cry of 'how do you tell them apart?' 每当有双胞胎或三胞胎降临人世，他们的父母总会面临这样一个问题怎么区分他们？ Well, one family

Intel unveils 3-D transistors

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Intel Corp. on Wednesday announced that it will mass-manufacture chips using new transistors featuring a three-dimensional (3-D) structure, calling it a technical breakthrough in microprocessors. The 3-D transistor, c

中国的寒冷天气会持续到下周

The mascot, Kangkang, debuted on Thursday. It's based on a colored ink prototype painted by well-known Chinese artist Han Meilin. The 80-year-old is the man behind the famous fuwa, the mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. For the Spring Fes

Wildfire ravages over 8,000 hectares in central Spain

MADRID, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A wildfire in the Central Spanish province of Leon has charred over 8,000 hectares of land, local media reported on Tuesday. The president of the Castilla and Leon regional government Juan Vicente Herrera said the fire tha

金砖四国峰会结束领导人同意建立开发银行

DURBAN, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The 5th BRICS summit ended Wednesday with leaders agreeing to establish a development bank, while several agreements were signed to strengthen cooperation within the grouping and enhance engagement with other emerging and

“加勒比石油计划”(PETROCARIBE)第7次首脑峰会召开

CARACAS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The 7th Summit of the Petrocaribe oil alliance opened here on Sunday, with the aim of creating a special economic zone for member states. The meeting has attracted leaders, officials and representatives from the 18 Petrocar

全球海洋保护峰会开幕

Officials from around the world are meeting this week to discuss protecting the worlds oceans amid climate change and overfishing. The Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth is being held in The Hague. The summit runs through A

习主席出席金砖国家峰会

The seventh BRICS summit is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday and the 15th meeting of the Council of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State for Thursday and Friday in Ufa, Russia. During his stay there, President Xi Jinping will meet wit

伊万卡将应默克尔邀请参加G20妇女峰会

Ivanka Trump is planning a trip to Germany to attend a summit on the economic empowerment of women, a senior administration official said. 据美国政府一位高级官员透露，伊万卡特朗普正在计划前往德国参加一届有关妇女经济

商学院科研百强榜发布 中国共七所商学院上榜

The Top 100 Business School Research Rankings were recently released by the University of Texas at Dallas. 德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校近日发布了全球商学院科研百强榜。 Seven business schools from China, including two from the Chi

China cuts GDP growth to 7.5 pct in 2012

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China sets its GDP growth target at 7.5 percent this year, down from 8 percent in 2011, according to a government work report to be delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the parliament's annual session Monday. This is the fi

China's GDP tops Japan in Q3

China's economy again beat Japan's in the third quarter（第三季度） of this year, AFP reported on Dec 9. China's nominal GDP amounted to $1.42 trillion during July to September, compared with Japan's $1.37 trillion, the report said, citing Japa

China's Q1 GDP growth hits 3-year low

BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- China's economy expanded 8.1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, slowing from 8.9 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. The figure, which marked t

中国多省上半年GDP增速出现回升

Almost all Chinese provincial-level regions posted faster economic growth in the first half of this year, compared to the first quarter, official data showed. 官方数据显示，与第一季度相比，中国大多数省份今年上半年的经济增

我国统计局改革GDP核算方法 提升科技含金量

China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has adopted a new method of calculating GDP that it says better reflects the contribution of innovation to economic growth. 中国国家统计局采用了新的GDP核算方法，该方法据称能更好地反

Sinopec boss wins Petroleum Executive of the Year award

Sinopec boss wins Petroleum Executive of the Year award LONDON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese oil giant Sinopec's boss Fu Chengyu has been awarded the title of the Petroleum Executive of the Year in London on Monday evening by the world leading energy