CCTV9英语新闻：Price rise to finance new subway projects

Beijing is home to an extensive seventeen line subway system. But although the system is the biggest its ever been, in many peoples eyes, its still not big enough for Beijing. For more analysis, joining us on the phone is Professor Li Hongchang from

CCTV9英语新闻：英国干涉香港事务 中国外交部发出最严重警告

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has responded sharply, after the British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee questioned Chinas policies toward Hong Kong since the China-UK Joint Declaration was published thirty years ago. Foreign Ministry spokesm

CCTV9英语新闻：中国从失败中吸取的教训

This year marks the 120th anniversary of the First Sino-Japanese War, commonly known in China as the War of Jiawu. It began in 1894 and ended with Chinas defeat in 1895. The war was a devastating blow to Chinas then-rulers, the Qing dynasty. For more

CCTV9英语新闻：顶尖艾滋病专家遇难 全球“抗艾”损失重大

Full coverage: Malaysian Airliner Crashes in Ukraine The international AIDS conference has drawn to an close in the Australian city of Melbourne. The event was marred by tragedy following the loss of AIDS researchers and advocates on flight MH17. Del

CCTV9英语新闻：Document for establishing int'l order after WWII

Saturday marks the 69th anniversary of the issuing of the Potsdam Proclamation. The Potsdam Proclamation was issued on July 26, 1945 by the United States, Britain and China. It called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces after Nazi Germany

CCTV9英语新闻：Xi urges stronger parliamentary exchanges between China, Venezuela

During the past decade, relations between China and Venezuela have grown from diplomatic formality to a close economic and political bond. Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Simon Bolivar Airport in Cara

CCTV9英语新闻：俄罗斯指责反政府势力挑战

Russian President Vladimir Putin says it's essentialthat air crash investigators in Ukraine have the security they need to do their work. His statement comes amid growing anger over the anti-government forces restricting access to the crash site and

CCTV9英语新闻：迪士尼暑假 3D 動畫鉅製 冠軍飛機王化身救火英雄

When Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he shifts gears and is launched into a world of aerial firefighting. I thought it was a great start. I knew that it would be a more of a harrowing adventure. The first film was

CCTV9英语新闻：罗马庆祝第一个皇帝

Emperor Augustus again towers over the temple he once built. Two millennia since his death, a special sound and light show in the Forum of Augustus is celebrating his legacy. Orginally named Gaius Octavianus, Augustus ruled for 41 years before his de

CCTV9英语新闻：国防部回应“中国船监视环太军演”:符合国际法

China's Ministry of National Defence has responded to a US media report saying that China sent a surveillance ship to monitor the world largest maritime drills the Rim of the Pacific exercise. The ministry said that Chinas naval vessels had the right

CCTV9英语新闻12月：卡梅伦参加会议

British Prime Minister David Cameron will arrive in China Monday at the head of a 100-strong trade delegation. The move represents a warming of relations between the two countries. Cameron will include in his three-day tour the Chinese capital, Beiji

CCTV9英语新闻：中国严厉查处违法高尔夫球场

Chinese authorities have sent in workers to dig up and tear down five illegal golf courses discovered in different parts of the country. Its part of government efforts to get tough on unauthorized construction and protect Chinas farmland. Here on the

CCTV9英语新闻：China urges U.S. to take responsible attitude on the South China sea issue

For more on the South China sea dispute, we're joined in the studio by Liu Youfa, former vice president of China Institute of International studies. Q1: It seems many cards are being played over the South China sea issue. What does this mean for the

CCTV9英语新闻：Experts seek to balance development & environment at Pacific Energy Summit

The 2015 Pacific Energy Summit has opened in Beijing, under the theme 'Strengthening Markets for Energy and Environmental Security'. The three-day meetings convene an exclusive group of hundreds of experts from around the world to discuss how to meet

CCTV9英语新闻：日本军事扩张的意图

There has been four editions prior to Japans newly released National Defense Program Guidelines. In 1976, the Japanese government proposed a so-called basic defense force to fend itsefl from small-scale invasions. It set the late Soviet Union as an i

CCTV9英语新闻11月：大雪,中国东北继续

Heavy snow continues to hit most parts of northeast China, causing rail, road traffic disruptions and flights to be cancelled. On Monday, ten expressways in Heilongjiang Province were closed, eight flights were cancelled, four airports were closed, a

CCTV9英语新闻：中国南方大雨中断了交通，影响日常生活

Several counties and cities in south China have been battered by yet more heavy downpours that started again this week. Among the most heavily hit areas are Leishan County in Guizhou Province, Ninghua County in Fujian, and Lufeng City in Guangdong. T

CCTV9英语新闻：Pipe roofing completes in Gongbei tunnel

A key stage in the construction of Gongbei tunnel, which will connect south China's Zhuhai city with Macau, has been completed. Pipe roofing has now been installed to reinforce the tunnel, in one of the largest construction projects in China. The Gon

CCTV9英语新闻：Israel announces plans to build 1,400 homes

Israel has announced plans to build 1400 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territory the Palestinians claim for their future state. The new homes are planned in Ramat Shlomo, an enclave in east Jerusalem, and in var

CCTV9英语新闻：禁止乙肝疫苗

And now let's take a look back at how this vaccination crisis began. On December 9th, three infants in central Chinas Hunan province fell seriously ill after receiving hepatitis B vaccines. Two of them later died. The vaccines came from the Shenzhen-