CCTV9英语新闻：Space lecture features Q&A session

The space lecture featured a QA session towards the end. Students questions ranged from what space looks like from Tiangong-1 to what problems the human body has faces in space. One of the students asked if the astronauts can see space junk and how S

CCTV9英语新闻：Fascinating display of Shanxi crafts at Culture Industries Fair

In Shanxi province, a myriad of arts and crafts are currently on display in the city of Taiyuan. The First Shanxi Cultural Industries Fair is welcoming guests from around the world to witness the splendours of the province. A traditional drum-show of

CCTV9英语新闻：Domestic and foreign milk powder companies all under scrutiny

The NDRC says it has launched an anti-trust investigation into a number of milk powder companies, Chinese and foreign included. Bios-time, Wyeth, Nestle, Mead Johnson, Abbott and Dumex are all on the list. The investigation is based on beliefs that t

CCTV9英语新闻：US Secretary of State Kerry meets Israeli PM Netanyahu

US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a second time in 24 hours in Jerusalem. Kerry returned to Jerusalem following a two-and-a-half hour meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan

CCTV9英语新闻：韩亚波音777上的70名中国乘客确认安全

Chinas Consulate General in San Francisco has confirmed the names of 70 out of the 141 Chinese citizens on board the crashed Asiana Boeing 777 who are known to be safe. 中国驻旧金山领事馆目前已确认乘坐韩亚波音777该次航班的141名

CCTV9英语新闻：暴风雨席卷中国大部（双语）

Chinas National Meteorological Center is warning the public to prepare for rainstorms in large parts of the country. 中国国家气象中心发布预警，提醒中国大部地区公众注意防范即将到来的暴风雨。 Heavy rains and scattere

CCTV9英语新闻：西南地区山体滑坡8人死亡（双语）

Rain-triggered landslides and floods in south-west Chinas Sichuan Province have left eight people dead and 11 others missing. 中国西南地区的四川省因大雨导致的山体滑坡和洪水致使8人死亡，11人失踪。 Downpours battered Sh

CCTV9英语新闻：欧盟葡萄酒享受高额补贴（双语）

The EUs overall subsidy to the wine industry is around 1.3 billion euros per year. For example, the French government gives 300 euros to every hectare of wineries. Italy and Spain have provided subsidies to their wine exporters, in going to wine exhi

日本制造的机器人也会犯错误（双语）

A Japanese humanoid robot interacted with visitors to Miraikan, Tokyos National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, on Wednesday. 周三，一个日本产人形机器人在东京国家新兴科学与创新博物馆未来馆与观众见面。 H

CCTV9英语新闻：金价降至3年最低水平（双语）

Gold prices fell to a three-year low on Thursday plummeting 200 dollars per troy ounce in just 10 days. 周四，金价降至三年最低水平，仅10天每盎司降幅达200美元。 The precious metal sank 2 percent on Thursday to breach below the

CCTV9英语新闻：海南“蜜月行”产业悄然升温（双语）

If youve popped or have been asked the big question you may want to consider a honeymoon on Chinas tropical Hainan Island. 如果你已经有计划度蜜月或者有此打算，那你可以考虑下去中国热带海南岛度蜜月。 The Hainan gove

CCTV9英语新闻：Search area expanded after roads cleared

For more details, lets cross live to our reporter Ai Yang at Zhaotong airport. Q1, Ai Yang, the golden 72 hours since the earthquake hit have now passed. How is the rescue work going? Are rescuers still pulling out survivors from the rubble? Q2, The

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