CCTV9英语新闻：90% of buildings in village at epicenter reduced to shambles

Longtoushan Village is located at the epicenter of the earthquake. Its 350 kilometers northeast of Yunnans capital city Kunming. The powerful earthquake reduced 90 percent of the buildings in the village to shambles, in just 15 seconds. So far about

CCTV9英语新闻：部署直升机运输伤员

China Eastern Airlines has deployed one chartered flight to an airport in Zhaotong county, and helicopters have also been deployed to the epicentre to transport the injured to medical facilities. Rains and heavy smog led to several failed landing att

CCTV9英语新闻：Volunteers offer psychological help to victims' familiesi n E China factory blast

In preparation for the counselling that will be given to victims families from the Kunshan explosion, more than 200 volunteers have received professional training from mental health experts. Yang Wenhong, who is the secretary general of the Kunshan P

CCTV9英语新闻：中国的反腐败监督机构

China has made progress in its ongoing fight against corruption. On Friday, the Central comission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China briefed the media on cases handled in 2013. Chinas discipline watchdog is biting down on corru

CCTV9英语新闻：中国投降恐怖分子宽大处理

China has promised lenient punishments for terrorists in the far western Xinjiang region who willingly surrender to authorities. The move comes in the wake of Thursdays attack in Urumqi, one of the deadliest to hit the region in years. In the wake of

CCTV9英语新闻：过去4年来住房和就业的大变化

Over the past few years, efforts in Xinjiang have concentrated on improving peoples livelihoods and quality of life. In the last four years, more than 70 percent of public fiscal expenditures in the region have been dedicated to this goal. Significan

Turkey sends military reinforcements to Syrian border

Ten people have been killed, and 32 injured after two trucks collided with each other in north Xinjiangs Wujiaqu City. Local police said a light truck, loaded with 41 migrant workers, was hit by an empty heavy truck, while the latter tried to pass it

CCTV9英语新闻：2015年中国或成全球最大种业市场种子

China may surpass the US to become the world's largest seed market next year as commercialization in the seed industry accelerates, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said ahead of the start of the World Seed Congress in Beijing on Monday. Chines

CCTV9英语新闻：Seattle manufacturers drawing space junkies

In the US, Washington states aerospace industry has always been associated with industry giant Boeing, but that may be changing. A growing number of smaller businesses focused on commercial space flight are moving to the Pacific Northwest. Their numb

CCTV9英语新闻：受害者被绑架和杀害在班加西的工作场所

The Chinese Embassy in Libya has confirmed the killing of a Chinese engineer in Benghazi. The victim was an employee of a Chinese construction company. He was abducted from a work site along with two colleagues. The engineer was later found shot, and

CCTV9英语新闻：Sisi wins 94 percent of votes cast by Egyptians living abroad

Egypt's presidential candidate and ex- military chief Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has overwhelmingly won the votes by Egyptians living abroad. The countrys presidential election commission announced on Wednesday, that Sisi garnered 94.5 percent of the votes

CCTV9英语新闻：乌克兰官员称马里乌波尔冲突已致21人死亡

Ukraine's Interior Minister says the countrys security forces have killed about 20 anti-government rebels who tried to seize control of police headquarters in the eastern port city of Mariupol. Minister Arsen Avakov said the attempt by activists to s

CCTV9英语新闻：美国将支持日本军事化

The US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee has approved the countrys next defense budget bill. One part of the bill clarifies US support for Japans recent moves to strengthen its military. The bill says the US supports Japans recent inc

Feature: Indonesian hospital struggles to cope with bodies of tsunami victims

An article in the Xinjiang Daily newspaper says authorities in Xinjiang reacted rapidly in response to the terrorist attack in Urumqi South railway station on Wednesday. Passengers walk outside the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi, capital of n

CCTV9英语新闻：中国互联网巨头之间的竞争上升

Competition is heating up between China's biggest Internet companies, including e-commerce leader Alibaba and search giant, Baidu. Mobile Internet is the new battle ground and with half a billion Chinese now using mobile devices to get online, the st

CCTV9英语新闻：China to increase economic, security cooperation with Africa

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Li started his week-long tour after arriving in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Sunday, where he was greeted by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. Its the first time Premier Li has visited Africa in his ca

CCTV9英语新闻：中国4月官方非制造业采购经理人指数至54.8%

Chinas non-manufacturing industry has continued an upward trend in April. According to the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, the purchasing managers index for Chinas non-manufacturing sector rebounded

CCTV9英语新闻：俄罗斯天然气公司：如果乌克兰未能在5月支付天然气债务，将执行预付款合同

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says his country will restart gas talks with Ukraine if it pays off at least part of its gas debt. Medvedev told reporters that nobody ever required Ukraine to hand over all the 4 billion US dollars straight awa

CCTV9英语新闻：中国，肯尼亚，深化合作，扩大两国间的联系

For the latest on Li Keqiangs visit, were joined by our correspondent Peninah Karibe in Kenyas capital Nairobi. Q1: Peninah, Premier Li will be in Kenya for three days, what are the highlights of his visit? Q2: A series of deals are to be signed cove

CCTV9英语新闻：越南侵犯中国主权

Yi Xianliang, deputy director-general of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs of Chinas Foreign Ministry, has said the Islands are the inherent territory of China and there are no disputes in this area. Yi said China has been shocked by the i