杭州举行G20峰会热身活动

This year's G20 leaders' summit in Zhejiang's provincial capital is set to take place on September 4th and 5th. Speaking at a morale-boosting session on Friday, Hangzhou Party chief Zhao Yide says much of the preparations have already been made. We h

北京过度抽取地下水 每年下沉11厘米

China's capital is known for its horrendous smog and occasional sandstorms. Yet one of its major environmental threats lies underground: Beijing is sinking. 中国的首都北京以可怕的雾霾和偶尔发生的沙尘暴远近闻名。而一个重要

中国下调存款准备金率 稳定经济发展

Chinas central bank on Monday cut the proportion of funds banks must set aside as reserves, in Beijings latest attempt to tackle slowing growth in the worlds second largest economy. 中国中央银行周一宣布降低存款准备金率，也就是减少

Brazil creates security agency for 2014 World Cup

BRASILIA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government published on Tuesday in the Official Journal a decree creating the Special Secretariat of Security for Major Events, a body that is responsible for the security in events such as 2014 World Cup. A

Russian, Chinese warships start joint sea exercise

QINGDAO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Russian warships on Tuesday left a naval base in the eastern Chinese harbor city of Qingdao to start a joint exercise in the Yellow Sea. The Chinese navy's missile destroyer DDG-112 Harbin and other warships

7200万高薪人群构成中国新社会阶层

China's population of emerging social class, who have emerged since the reform and opening-up policy launched in 1978, stands at 72 million people, according to a report. 一份报告称，我国新社会阶层人口规模已达7200万，这一阶层自

孟加拉国建筑物倒塌至少50人死亡

DHAKA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 50 people were killed and several hundreds injured after an eight-storey building on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka collapsed on Wednesday morning. At least 50 bodies have so far been recovered, Israfil Alam,

孟加拉国厂房坍塌死亡人数超过500

Police in Bangladesh have arrested the engineer who warned of cracks in an eight-story factory complex that collapsed last week（April 24）, killing more than 500 people. Abdur Razzak Khan last week warned of cracks in the building a day before it

孟加拉国反亵渎抗议导致10人死亡

Overnight clashes between crowds of protesters and police in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka have left at least 10 people dead and hundreds injured. Police said protesters demanding new anti-blasphemy laws began pelting police with stones late Sunday,

孟加拉国制衣厂大火死7人

孟加拉国制衣厂大火死7人 Officials in Bangladesh say at least seven people died in a fire in a garment factory in the capital late Wednesday. The fire erupted in the Tung Hai Sweater Factory in Dhaka's Mirpur district after most workers had

60,000 affected by E China water pollution

NANCHANG, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tap water for 60,000 people was cut off Monday due to the pollution of a water source in east China's Jiangxi Province, government sources said. Around 10 a.m. Monday, an oily substance was seen floating near a water int

Beijing plans fewer vehicles on roads during heavy air pollution

BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of vehicles on Beijing's roads could be cut on days when the city suffers from heavy air pollution, according to a new regulation released for comments on Saturday. According to the Beijing Municipal Air Pollut

Reward offered for tips on underground water pollution

JINAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A municipal government in east China's Shandong Province has offered a huge reward for clues or evidence of local enterprises pumping emissions underground. The government of Weifang City has offered a 100,000 yuan (15,873

Pollution-dogged Beijing calls for firework restraint

BEIJING. Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Beijing authorities asked the public to cut firework celebrations and said they have reduced stocks of the items, as firework sales began on Tuesday for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year. Three authorized retailers in Be

Beijing unveils new steps to curb air pollution

BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will strengthen its efforts to treat PM2.5 and slash the density of major air pollutants by 2 percent this year, the municipality's acting mayor said Tuesday. The capital will take 180,000 old vehicles off the roa

Official cars ordered off roads during hazardous pollution

BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Thirty percent of official cars in Beijing should not be used when there is extremely bad pollution, traffic authorities confirmed Tuesday. The order was implemented on Monday evening to help combat the fourth round of he

Shell in Court Over Nigeria Pollution Charges

Shell in Court Over Nigeria Pollution Charges LONDON The international oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell was in court Thursday facing charges of polluting Nigerian villages. The case has been brought in a civil court in The Hague by four Nigerian

US Farmers Work to Curb Lake Erie Pollution

Ohio Lake Erie, the smallest of North Americas five Great Lakes, supplies fresh drinking water to an estimated 11 million people in Ohio, Michigan and southern Ontario province, Canada. Yet sometimes pollution, both from industrial waste and farm-che

Plastic pollution

Plastic Pollution NB: This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript Dan: Hello and welcome 6 Minute English from the BBC. Im Dan Walker Smith and today Im joined by Kate. Kate: Hello Dan. Dan: Now today Kate and I are talking about pollution. Kate

报告称 2030年联合办公将占办公市场30%

By 2030, co-working spaces will make up 30% of the office market and multinational enterprises will become major users, according to a report released by the US-based real estate services provider Colliers International Group Inc. 根据美国房地产