英闻天下——468 South Korea Reacts Strongly over DPRK's "State of War" Provocation

North Korean government issued a statement on Saturday saying the country had entered a state of war with South Korea. The statement, announced by the country's national media, came after two American B-2 bombers flew a training mission in South Kore

英闻天下——9 China Becomes Africa's Largest Trading Partner

We are a country that is in the development and we value the investment of China to our country. Rwandan Finance Minister John Rwangombwa praises the flow of Chinese investment into his country. Between 2005 and 2009, Rwanda-China trade increased fiv

英闻天下——65 AC Milan Players Walk off Pitch over Racist Abuse

In European football, AC Milan's players walked off the pitch during a friendly against 4th-tier club Pro Patria after some of their fans began hurling racist insults. Massimo Ambrosini is AC Milian captain. We are really sorry because of a few peopl

英闻天下——63 Environmentalists: HK Shark Fin Shops Try to Hide Their Trade

Photos shot in Hong Kong this week show more than 18-thousand shark fins drying on the roofs of industrial buildings. The fins are spread neatly in patterns under a warm sun. The images present just a fraction of the shark finning that takes place ev

英闻天下——555 Incentive Scheme Needed to Boost Rural Age Pension

A report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences indicates that more than 78 percent of rural old-age pension contributors believe the scheme has failed to keep up with demand. Deng Qiandui is a rural doctor from Yunnan Province and a delegate to t

英闻天下——562 Advisors Urge Equal Educational Resources

China's central government set the goal of increasing the country's educational expenditure to 4 percent of the GDP 20 years ago. This goal was finally reached in 2012, according to Finance Minister Xie Xuren at last year's national fiscal work meeti

英闻天下——561 Groundwater Pollution Arouses Concern

Water contamination has caught increasing attention among the Chinese public. Some have gone so far as to challenge local environmental officials to swim in a polluted river. Ma Jun has been an active environmentalist for more than 10 years. About ha

英闻天下——560 Advisors: Public Hospital System Needs Improving

During the past three years, China has adopted different reform measures in pilot government-run hospitals throughout the country. The core principle of the reform is to provide basic health care as a public service, including improving the way of se

英闻天下——559 Improving CPPCC System for China's Well-being

National advisers have been seeking to improve the efficiency of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, China's top political advisory body. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng takes a closer look CPPCC members cover representatives fro

英闻天下——558 New Generation of Migrants Arouses Attention

China has a new generation of migrant workers who are more familiar with city life rather than life on the farm. How they will fare in the city aroused attention during the annual session of the National People's Congress. CRI's He Fei has more. The

英闻天下——557 Caring for Families that Lost Their Only Child

Due to China's One Child Policy adopted in 1979, millions of families gave birth to only one child. If such families lose the child, or the child becomes disabled after the parents lose their childbearing ability, they will become a Shi Du Jia Ting,

英闻天下——556 What to Expect from China's New Urbanization

Urbanization is a hot issue at the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature. NPC deputies are discussing how to achieve higher quality urbanization in China. CRI's Zhang Ru has more: At the West Railway Statio

英闻天下——554 Chinese Microblogs, Effective Means of Anticorruption

China's growing number of microbloggers who expose power-abusing officials are becoming a force to be reckoned with. Public voices are getting louder in the age of the microblog. Independent journalist Ji Xuguang is credited with bringing down Lei Zh

英闻天下——553 Five Shark Species Put on Protection List

Five species of shark have been put on a wildlife protection list. The move has been made at the final meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Bangkok, Thailand. The decision restricts cross-border trade in the ocean

英闻天下——552 Calls for Legislative Backup for Children's Welfare

Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs indicate there are at least 150,000 street children across China. More than 80 percent of them come from rural areas, and 48 percent have run away from home because of family problems. Earlier this year,

英闻天下——551 Activists Urge Better Wildlife Protection

Animal rights activists here in China are issuing new calls for an amendment to this country's wildlife protection law. CRI's Alexander Blucher explains. China's wildlife protection law was passed in 1989 with the aim of sustaining wildlife as a reso

英闻天下——550 Early Education Necessary or Not

Nowadays, most early education centers are crowded with parents. Some early education centers in Beijing say they have professional teachers with international backgrounds. What's for sure is that what's behind such advantages is a high price tag. On

英闻天下——549 Dead Ducks Found in Sichuan River

More than 1,000 dead ducks have been found dumped in the Nanhe River in South-Western China's Sichuan province. Although the Nanhe River is not a source of drinking water for local residents, this does come just a few days after thousands of dead pig

英闻天下——548 Black Surrogacy Market in China

In Shanghai, official statistics show that the annual number of babies born after parents use in-vitro fertilization or IVF exceeded 20,000 in 2011. But hospitals are far from able to satisfy demand, forcing many infertile couples to hire women to ha

英闻天下——546 2nd Marriages of Senior Citizens Arouse Concern

The re-marriage between two elderly people is on the increase recently in China. The new trend has aroused lots of concern from people from all walks of life. And the priority concern includes problems of how to handle their personal deposits, proper