China punishes food safety criminals in 2011

BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities severely punished criminals violating food safety laws in 2011, according to new figures. Sources with the State Council's Food Safety Committee said on Thursday that a total of 286 people in more than

Clarke sets 60m fastest time this season

PARIS, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican sprinter Lerone Clarke clocked the fastest 60-meter time this season on Tuesday at the Lievin indoor meet in France. The Commonwealth Games champion, 30, timed 6.5 seconds to win the match, and finished clear of Fr

Messi the best in the world: Brazil's Lula

Messi the best in the world: Brazil's Lula BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that Argentinean star and Barcelona FC striker Lionel Messi is the best one in the world. In an intervi

广西工商学校超发录取通知书致百名学生遭拒收

More than 100 students enrolled at a vocational school in South China were turned away on registration day because there wasn't enough dorm space for them. 由于校方床位不足，100多名被中国南方一职业学校录取的新生在注册日遭

供给侧改革是经济发展重中之重

Jiang Wan is a young mother living in Beijing. Like many in her age demographic, she prefers to shop online, and gravitates toward foreign products for her baby girl. I usually choose to buy well-known brands in bulk. I think when it comes to childre

新一轮中美对话和磋商开始

Speaking at the opening session of the annual high-level talks between China and the United States, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong says 40 senior officials are in the US to conduct a candid dialogue with their American counterparts. They are expect

外国律所将受益于中国开放进程

Last year Baker amp; McKenzie obtained a coveted 001 licence from Chinese regulators. The designation confirmed that it would be the first foreign law firm allowed to establish a joint operation with a Chinese counterpart, FenXun Partners, in the Sha

Beijing defends interests in Asia-Pacific

BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhuanet) --Beijing on Thursday urged Washington to respect China's interests in the Asia-Pacific region as US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed, on the eve of his Asia trip, that the US will increase its military presence. Altho

国内30所虚假大学再上榜 诈骗手段新颖需警惕

A Chinese university information website has released a list of 30 fake colleges as students begin applying to universities following the annual college entrance exam earlier June. 在6月上旬的高考结束之后，学生们开始报考大学。此时

张继科拿冠军却“踢飞”奖金

China's Zhang Jike beat his teammate and good friend Ma Long 4-3 to clinch the 2014 Table Tennis Men's World Cup title in Dusseldorf, Germany. However, the World and Olympic Champion was stripped of his $45,000 prize money for celebrating the victory

Biden Urges Iraqi Leaders to Settle Differences

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is urging Iraqi leaders to settle their political differences with the country's Sunni Muslim vice president facing charges that he plotted to kill other government officials. The White House says Biden telephoned Iraqi

Heart attack victims get faster help

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- More than 90 percent of U.S. heart attack patients who need the lifesaving procedure receive it within just 90 minutes of being admitted to the hospital, according to a study released Monday in the journal Circulation.

那些离死神越来越近的坏习惯

You might think that just one cigarette 'can't hurt'. But it could in fact cost a smoker almost 14 minutes of their life, according to new calculations. A new website has worked out how much time a smoker, alcoholic or a drug addict will lose, each t

以色列人忧叙化武殃及池鱼 纷纷领取防毒面具

JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Amid talks about a looming U.S.- led western attack on Syria, Israelis fearful of a possible Syrian retaliation flock to the gas masks distribution centers across the country, raising the demand by a fourfold in only tw

英国新首的对华立场 对于北部振兴计划不是好兆头

The decision by Theresa May, the new UK prime minister, to postpone approval for Hinkley Point nuclear power station, apparently because of security concerns about Chinese investors involved in the project, raises questions about another of her prede

非洲发现结核病的起源

非洲发现结核病的起源 The origins of humans have been traced to Africa. And now, so have the origins of tuberculosis. New research shows the evolutionary trees of both humans and TB have grown side-by-side. TB bacteria originated in Africa a

谷歌最新数据显示 网络的安全性正在提高

While reports of major hackings continue to make news, the sites you visit are safer than ever before. 虽然关于网络黑客的报道仍旧屡见不鲜，但事实是你所访问网站的安全系数比以往任何时候都高。 In fact, the web

中国谈判代表在朝鲜

A top Chinese negotiator arrived in Pyongyang on Monday with a view to restarting the long-stalled Six-Party Talks and further improving the situation on the Korean peninsula, the Foreign Ministry told China Daily on Tuesday. It is the first visit to

美国向乌克兰提供1亿美元贷款担保

美国向乌克兰提供1亿美元贷款担保 WASHINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The White House announced on Tuesday that the United States will provide one billion U.S. dollars of loan guarantees to help insulate vulnerable Ukrainians from the effect

Australian troops at risk of HIV from Iraq

SYDNEY, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Australian soldiers and contractors in Iraq might have been exposed to blood-borne diseases such as HIV or hepatitis, as staff at Defense's main hospital unit in the Middle East failed to sterilize surgical equipment proper