英闻天下——519 Experts Calls for Community Hospitals, Family Doctors

In China, it is common for people who live elsewhere to journey to Beijing and try to make an appointment with a famous doctor at a large hospital after falling sick. Cao Zeyi, vice dean of the Medical School at Tsinghua University and former deputy

英闻天下——518 Cold War Big Winner at HK Films Awards

The Best Film of the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards goes toCold War The 2012 Hong Kong police drama Cold War won most of the big awards. In addition to Best Film, it also won Best Director, Best Script and Best Actor, among others. Cold War was the first

英闻天下——524 Iceland, 1st European State to Sign FTA with China

China and Iceland have signed a Free Trade Agreement. The agreement was signed during Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigur-dar-dottir's official visit to China on Monday. Iceland becomes the first European nation to have an FTA with China. The agre

英闻天下——523 World Military Expenditure Falls: SIPRI

World military expenditure has fallen for the first time since 1998, amounting to 1.75 trillion US dollars. In real terms spending is down half a percent from 2011. These latest figures on spending have been released by Stockholm International Peace

英闻天下——525 China Reiterates Calm on Korean Peninsula

The Chinese government has issued yet another call for calm on the Korean Peninsula. This comes as North Koreans celebrated the April 15th birthday of founding President Kim Il-sung. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying: No matter what

英闻天下——526 Feds Classify Marathon Blasts as Terrorist Attack

Federal authorities are now reportedly classifying the Boston Marathon explosions as a terrorist attack, but it's not yet known if this was a foreign or domestic attack. Reports are also quoting federal officials saying that neither C-4 nor any other

英闻天下——527 Property Market Still Hot Despite New Curbing Policies

The 2013 Beijing Property Expo is the first property exhibition to take place following the central government's introduction of a policy designed to curb the over-heated real estate market in April. Huang Xu is in his 30s. He is a supervisor at an i

英闻天下——528 Experts Comment on the Current Bird Flu

On April 15, the Department of Health of east China's Jiangsu Province reported that a woman surnamed Gu, a 77-year-old who had previously tested positive for the H7N9 virus, died on April 15 after emergency treatments failed. The province also repor

英闻天下——529 IMF Cuts 2013 World Growth Forecast to 3.3%

The International Monetary Fund has cut its world growth forecast for 2013 as the euro zone recession continues to drag. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng has more. The IMF has released its newest assessment of the global economy, World Economic Outlook. In the

英闻天下——530 Obama Calls Boston Attack "Terrorist Act"

Nearly one day after two explosions rocked the iconic Boston Marathon, US President Barack Obama has called the attack a terrorist act and is vowing to hunt worldwide for those responsible. CRI's Xiaohong reports from Washington. When 8-year-old Mart

英闻天下——531 China Southern Airlines Expanding

Asia's largest airline, China Southern, is to fly A380s between Sydney and its base in Guangzhou in the second half of this year. The airline has mostly been flying its five A380s on some of the shortest routes in the world for superjumbos, from Guan

英闻天下——532 Maduro Bans Opposition Rally

Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro is accusing the opposition of planning a coup against him following his narrow election victory. At least 7 people have been killed across the country during violent clashes at opposition protests. I can anno

英闻天下——606 Plasticizers Not been Proved Harmful to Human Health?

A professor of public health with Peking University is holding his ground on downplaying the dangers of plasticizers and melamine at a liquor brand conference, but wants to apologize for making the comments. Professor Li Keji, sparked public anger af

英闻天下——492 Australia to Improve Energy, Defense Ties with China

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is putting out a new call for stronger energy cooperation and defense ties with China. Among her proposals are potential three-way military exercises among China, Australia and the United States. We share inter

英闻天下——488 Thatcher "Lays Foundation" of Successful Sino-British Relations

Hong Kong had been a British colony since the middle of the 19th century. Negotiations between the British government and the Chinese government began in the early 1980s. Thatcher visited China four times, the first in 1977 as leader of the oppositio

英闻天下——489 Bird Flu Cases in China Rises to 24

Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization have been trying to address growing concerns about the H7N9 strain of the bird flu virus. A 64-year-old man died from the flu in Shanghai on Monday, becoming the 7th casualty, with the total numbe

英闻天下——490 Obama to Fly Sandy Hook Family to Washington

US President Barack Obama is to fly the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting to join the gun control lobby in Washington. The president made a speech at the University of Hartford, and put out a fresh appeal for the public to intensify

英闻天下——491 North Korea to Pull out Workers from Kaesong

The Chinese government is calling on North Korea to ensure the safety of Chinese diplomats in Pyongyang. The comments come after the North Korean government announced plans to suspend all operations at its Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Kor

英闻天下——502 China Urges "Turnaround" in Korean Situation

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei says all parties concerned should not make any moves to further escalate the situation. The Chinese side believes that despite changes in the situation, we have to stick to resolving the Korean Peninsula

英闻天下——501 Experts: China Lacks the Means to Stop Korean War

A number of leading Chinese observers are issuing words of caution, suggesting the Chinese government doesn't have the ability to stop a war from happening on the Korean peninsula. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng has more. Some observers in the international