山寨狮身人面像遭埃及投诉

图片1 A replica of Egypt's iconic Sphinx built in northern China will be dismantled after an Egyptian ministry complained about the structure, state media said Sunday. 据中国官方媒体上周六报道，中国北部某地因仿制埃及的标注性

Films lined up for a sparkling new dimension

BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- One of the world's brightest minds aims to bring to the world a new, advanced three-dimensional image technology that will leave other such technology in the shadows. Our new technology will be better than that used i

Fireworks sales down in Beijing during holiday

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Sales of fireworks and the number of people injured due to fireworks setting off in Beijing have dropped significantly during this year's Spring Festival holiday, which began on Feb. 10. A total of 313,000 cartons of fire

Vape 牛津词典评出2014年度热词

As 2014 draws to a close, its time to look back and see which words have been significant throughout the past twelve months, and to announce the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year. Without further ado, we can exclusively reveal that the Oxford Dict

鸠山由纪夫今将出任日本首相

A new political party is taking power in Japan on Wednesday. The Democratic Party of Japan defeated the Liberal Democrats in the general election last month, making party leader Yukio Hatoyama the first prime minister from outside the LDP in nearly 1

美国:中国阻止印度加入核供应国集团

Outlier China preventing Indias entry into Nuclear Suppliers Group, says US 美国：中国阻止印度加入核供应国集团 WASHINGTON: The outgoing Obama administration has lashed out at China for blocking India+ from becoming a member of the Nu

上海将在公租房全面推广'人脸与指纹识别'

Shanghai plans to adopt face-scanning and fingerprint identification technology in all its public rental housing programs to enhance management and prevent abuse. 为加强管理，防止违规行为，上海市计划在其所有的公租房项目中引

At least 9 killed in blasts at Jakarta hotels

JAKARTA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Two high explosive bombs rocked two luxurious hotels of Ritz Carlton and JW Marriot in central Jakarta Friday morning, killing at least 9 people and wounding more than 50. The death toll rose to nine after the life of Ti

Bastos double lifts Vasco to top of group

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Fellipe Bastos scored two goals as Vasco de Gama defeated Alianza Lima 2-1 in their Copa Libertadores match at Lima's Alejandro Villanueva Stadium on Tuesday. The result lifts Vasco to the top of their group with 1

Fisker Automotive signs supplier deal with BMW

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Fisker Automotive, a Southern California electric car maker, announced on Thursday that it has signed a pact with BMW regarding the supply of engines and other related components for future models in a major tieup. Th

北半球7月气温创记录新高

Fridays are awesome. It seems I have said that before. I'm Carl Azuz for commercial-free CNN STUDENT NEWS. It is month and one day until the official end of summer in the northern hemisphere. But scientists say, worldwide, July was the warmest month

Pixar brings fascinating animation world to Hong Kong

HONG KONG, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The latest exhibition by Pixar Animation Studios opened Sunday at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum on the first stop of its new global tour. The exhibition Pixar: 25 Years of Animation building on the success of its last

Too-realistic animation can creep us out

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Computer animation（动画 ） has a problem: When it gets too realistic, it starts creeping people out. Most recently, moviegoers complained about the near-realistic depiction of humans in Disney's 3D flick Mars Need

Animation production base opens in Tianjin

TIANJIN, May 27 (Xinhua) -- China's first state-level animation production base opened Friday in northern Tianjin Municipality, with a total investment of 4.5 billion yuan (690 million U.S. dollars). More than 180 firms have signed up for animation p

US men's water polo team aim to go one better than Beijing

LONDON, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The captain on the US water polo team, Anthony Azevedo believes that his side can go one better than the silver medal that they won in Beijing four years ago and win the gold medal in London. Beijing saw the US defeated by

Kai Fung No. 2 back to Hong Kong water

HONG KONG, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong fishing vessel Kai Fung No. 2 reached Hong Kong water on Tuesday evening. A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Chief Executive CY Leung and HKSAR government ar

Tap water in Liuzhou safe for drinking

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- The source of cadmium contamination in the Liujiang River had been blocked and tap water in Liuzhou is safe to drink, said environmental officials of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Wednesday. Tap water from Liu

Climate change might lead to water shortage in the Alps

VIENNA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Climate change and rising temperature in the long term can lead to water shortages in the Alps region, international experts warned Thursday at the Water-Scarce Final Conference in the Austrian eastern city Graz. The Alpi

安哥拉总统任命新国防部长

LUANDA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Tuesday appointed Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco as defense minister, according to a press release from the Civil Affairs Office to the Presidency. In a presidential decree, Ed

计生法“禁止代孕”条款被删除

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Law Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) has suggested to delete a controversial provision on banning surrogate pregnancy in a draft law amendment. Lawmakers have quite different opinions over this provis