英闻天下——137 Chinese Leader Calls for Dialogue to Resolve Diaoyu Islands Issue

China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin is calling for dialogue to resolve the issue surrounding the Diaoyu Islands. Jia made the remarks during talks with former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who is currently on a personal visit to China

英闻天下——136 Washington in Talks over Sanctions on DPRK

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell says his country is in the middle of intense deliberations, at the United Nations Security Council over North Korea's rocket launch in December. Campbell told reporters in Seoul the United States is in

英闻天下——135 MOC: Boost Foreign Trade in Accord with GDP

The Chinese government is aiming to boost foreign trade in line with the country's economic expansion in 2013. Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, made the remarks at the press conference on Wednesday. Shen said China's foreign trade

英闻天下——134 Economic Loss from Air Pollution

A report from the Asian Development Bank this week is showing economic losses from air pollution in China accounts for 1.2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product. For more on this, we spoke earlier with Zhang Qingfeng, Asian Development Bank's Lead Wa

英闻天下——132 New-energy Cars Prevail in Detroit Auto Show

The show that will be open to the public from January 19 to January 27 features more than 500 vehicles from over 40 famous automakers from all over the world. The media preview started with the announcement of the 2013 North American Car and North Am

英闻天下——131 CIC Seeks Balanced Portfolio

China Investment Corp, the nation's sovereign wealth fund, is to balance out its portfolio this year. The investment arm said it will adjust its investment plans after it under-bought in Europe and over-bought in the United States and emerging market

英闻天下——130 Facebook Unveils New Search Feature

Social networking company Facebook has unveiled a new feature to help search information shared among hundreds of millions of its users. The Graph Search feature will allow users to search with phrases to get people, places, photos or other content s

英闻天下——129 Chrysler to Build Jeeps in China

Chrysler Group has agreed to make Jeeps in China with partner Guangzhou Automobile, a key step toward its goal of building Jeep into a global brand. Chrysler, majority-owned by Fiat, has not built Jeeps in China since before the Italian automaker too

英闻天下——128 China Eyes Latin America for Trade Growth

China is seeking deeper trade and investment cooperation with Latin America amid the global economic slowdown and sluggish international demand. Tian Deyou is director of the Americas division under the Ministry of Commerce. China's export increased

英闻天下——141 Moutai Investigated for Price Monopoly

Kweichow Moutai has announced on its official website that the company's new policies will soon be published under the guidance of China National Development and Reform Commission and the local bureau of commodity prices in Guizhou Province. Moutai's

英闻天下——142 Japan's Former Leader Visits Nanjing Massacre Museum

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has paid a visit to the Nanjing Massacre Museum during a trip to Nanjing, Jiangsu province. It's part of Hatoyama's four-day personal visit to China amid Sino-Japanese tensions over the Diaoyu Islands. I

英闻天下——140 Half Price Standing Train Ticket

As Chinese New Year approaches, train ticket prices are coming under the spotlight again as people start buying tickets home for the Spring Festival Holiday. A post on Sina Weibo calling for half price standing tickets is winning support from the onl

英闻天下——127 Developing Countries Urged to Safeguard Growth

In its newly-released Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank acknowledged that the world economy remains fragile four years after the onset of the global financial crisis. Here is World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. What we see is the

英闻天下——126 Pollutant Surge The Major Cause of Smog

Authorities in Beijing have now dropped the yellow alert for smog. The PM 2.5 index in the capital is now sitting at around 100. While still above the Chinese government's safety standard of 75, the PM 2.5 count is down significantly from the near on

英闻天下——125 Severe Smog Sparks Rise in Respiratory Health Cases

Beijing Children's Hospital has seen the number of sick children increase following days of air pollution in the city. Jiang Ziyu is a nine year old girl. My hands are red, my body has had a strange reaction too. I am coughing a lot and my stomach is

英闻天下——124 IAEA Seeks Deal over Iran's Nuclear Program

The UN Nuclear watchdog is trying to finalize a deal with Iran over its disputed atomic activities. During talks in Tehran on Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it hopes Iran would open access to Parchin military site. Herman Nack

英闻天下——123 FARC Demands Agrarian Reform in Peace Talks

Colombian rebel leaders have demanded the presence of the nation's top agriculture official to discuss the issue of agrarian reform at ongoing peace talks in Havana. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) negotiator Jesus Santrich: For thi

英闻天下——122 ECOWAS Military Chiefs to Respond to Mali Crisis

Military commanders from across West Africa have gathered in Mali's capital, Bamako, to discuss plans for an immediate deployment of troops to dislodge Islamist extremists occupying the country's north. Nigerian army Major General Shehu Abdul-Kadir:

英闻天下——121 Ma Yun Resigns as CEO of Alibaba

Ma Yun, founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced that he would be stepping down from the position of CEO in May. Instead, Ma will concentrate on his work as chairman of the Alibaba Group board of directors to help the new CEO c

英闻天下——119 Iran's Nuclear Tech Advances: Atomic Chief

Iran's Atomic Energy Organization says that Iran has made progress in nuclear technology. Head of Organization Fereidoon Abbasi said on Monday Iran has made good progress in the design and construction of reactors. The remarks came as Iran is to hold