英闻天下——78 Italy's Berlusconi Not to Run for PM

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's party and its former main ally, the Northern League, have resumed their alliance. Berlusconi will not run for the top office again in the upcoming elections. He said it was still not clear whom the ce

英闻天下——77 China to Slash Patient's Medical Bills by 70 Percent

China's Health Minister Chen Zhu has set out a goal to reimburse 70 percent of the patients' medical costs by 2015. In order to achieve this goal, we need to limit the use of drugs and treatment methods that are not on the list of essential medicines

英闻天下——75 China to Reform Re-education through Labor System

The Chinese government will this year push through the reform of its re-education through labor system, according to a national political and legal work conference held in Beijing on Monday. The controversial system presently allows police to detain

英闻天下——74 Syrian President Offers New Political Solution

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has put forward his own roadmap for a political solution to the country's 22-month old crisis. In his first televised speech since June last year, Assad appeared among hundreds of his loyalists at the Opera House in t

英闻天下——73 CAR Rebel Heads for Gabon for Talks

A rebel delegation of Central African Republic is heading for the Gabonese capital Libreville for talks over the country's political crisis. The 12-member delegation is expected to arrive in Libreville to discuss the conflict with the government led

英闻天下——72 China to Overhaul Non-government Orphanages

China's civil authorities are to overhaul the non-government orphanages nationwide after a deadly fire in central China's Henan province. The month-long campaign is to inspect private orphanages after seven children were killed in a fire at an orphan

英闻天下——71 Deficit in China's Pension System

A recent report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows China's pension deficit reached some 77 billion yuan in 2011. It increased nearly 9 billion yuan from the previous year. About one-third of China's provinces and autonomous regions do no

英闻天下——70 Year End Review: General Elections in 2012

2012 can be called a year of political change. Many countries including the United States, Russia, Japan and South Korea all held their general elections. As such, today's key words are general elections. CRI's Zheng Chenguang has more. And whether I

英闻天下——69 Former Official under Custody for Owning 29 Houses

A former housing official in central China's Henan Province has been detained after being found to own 29 properties. Zhai Haifeng, the former director of the local housing administration bureau in Zhengzhou city has been accused online of being enga

英闻天下——68 Robots to Boost Chinese Economy

Market demand for robots is growing in China as the country faces an increasing aging society and greater demand for skilled labor. Company managers say they are optimistic the robot business will grow by at least 10 percent next year. Gu Chunyuan, p

英闻天下——76 China's IPO and Refinancing Markets in 2012

A leading Chinese financial data provider says that IPOs on China's A-share market lost its momentum in 2012, with fewer newly listed companies and reduced fundraising. Some 150 Chinese firms raised a combined 93 billion yuan through IPOs in Shanghai

英闻天下——30 Weibo Anti-corruption Thrives in China

The name uncle watch is one of the highlights of weibo anti-corruption this year. Uncle watch, Yang Dacai, a work safety official in Shaanxi, who was sacked in September after Internet users posted photos of him wearing luxury timepieces that he coul

英闻天下——37 China Proposes New Pension Insurance System

China's current pension insurance system includes basic pension insurance for urban workers, rural social insurance and urban social insurance. Under the new plan, those covered by two or three of these types of insurance can switch from one or the o

英闻天下——36 China Eyes Greater Market Share for Its GPS Rival

Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, says the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System would provide a navigation service for users in China and surrounding areas with a positioning accuracy of less than 10-meters. Besides contin

英闻天下——35 How to Pack up Your Leftovers Wisely

Wasted food is often seen in China. But why don't get a box to go? Many people don't pack up leftovers mainly because of sanitary concerns. If you're dining with people you don't know, they could have diseases. When I attend wedding banquets, I usual

英闻天下——34 Shenzhen to Adopt New Family Planning Policy

The regulation is regarded as the first local law to make clear the issue of violating the state one-child policy by giving birth outside of China's mainland. It stipulates that couples who violate the family planning policy by giving birth outside o

英闻天下——33 Who Is the Biggest Food Waster

In China, parents often tell their kids to not waste food, however, media reports sat that food waste accounts for about 70 percent of the country's mounting garbage production. Especially in restaurants, massive amounts of food are wasted every day.

英闻天下——32 China's Overseas Acquisition On the Rise in 2012

Canadian rules are the strongest anywhere in the world and as long as companies are following those rules, then everybody will benefit - the investment side from China, those receiving the investment in Canada, exploration will go ahead, jobs will be

英闻天下——31 Property Market Booms at the End of 2012

In contrast to sluggish home sales in many large cities at the beginning of 2012, the final weeks of 2012 seems to be a feast for the property market. In Shanghai and Shenzhen, developers claim that their properties are sold out as soon as the bookin

英闻天下——29 Official: Grain Imports Doesn't Mean Food Insecurity

The Chinese government says the surge of grain imports does not mean there is anything wrong with the country's food security. China imported over 10-million tons of wheat, corn and rice during the first 10 months. That almost doubled the number in t