CCTV9英语新闻：广东清远暴雨

Qingyuan has been one of the worst hit cities in Guangdong province by torrential rains. As the flood wore on, landslides poured into rural areas and traffic came to a standstill, schools have been forced shut. A major downpour like this is only expe

CCTV9英语新闻12月：美国副总统拜登今日访问中国

US Vice President Joe Biden will be arriving in China Wednesday. The Chinese Foreign Ministry says Biden will hold talks with top Chinese leaders, with the expected aim of promoting Sino-US relations to a new level. Biden began his Asia trip on Monda

CCTV9英语新闻：Icebreaker Xuelong heads to open water

The trapped Chinese icebreaker Xuelong broke through the Antarctic's heavy ice floes on Tuesday and was headed for open water. The vessel, which had been conducting China's 30th Antarctic expedition before going to the aid of the stramded Russian shi

CCTV9英语新闻11月：43名中国矿在加纳被释放

The Chinese embassy in Ghana says 43 Chinese nationals whove been held for alleged illegal gold mining have all been released. The embassy says it has been working with Ghanaian authorities to handle the issue. The 43 miners were arrested last month

CCTV9英语新闻：中国欢迎安倍来北京

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has also been speaking about the attendence of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the APEC leaders meeting in Beijing. Wang Yi says hell be welcomed as a guest.... but he insisted that a number of obstacles still stand in

CCTV9英语新闻：印度高温热死超过1100人

The summer season has started in India with a ferocity not seen in recent years. More than 1,100 people have been killed as a heat wave sweeps across the country. Most of the fatalities have been reported from the southern states of Andhra Pradesh an

CCTV9英语新闻：One of two fishing boats found, 14 people missing in northeast China

Two fishing boats were reported missing on Saturday in northeast China, with 14 people on board. The maritime search and rescue center in the port city of Dalian say as of 1900 local time Sunday, one boat was found capsized, but no bodies were found.

CCTV9英语新闻：Concerts held in Palmyra's legendary amphitheatre

Another concert has recently been held in the legendary amphitheater in the Syrian city of Palmyra. This marked the Roman theater's second event in two days. Singing folk songs and playing traditional music, this concert was known as The Gate of the

CCTV9英语新闻：环球剧院庆祝第四百五十岁生日

William Shakespeare, perhaps the world's greatest playwright, was born 450 years ago Wednesday. The Bard is thought to have invented over a thousand words, and Shakespeare's plays, such as Hamlet and King Lear, continue to be staged across the globe

中国奥运金牌得主因无证驾驶被拘留

After a fallout with his coach earlier this year, China's Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has hit the national headlines again for the wrong reasons. The pool prodigy was detained by police after driving without a license earlier this week in Chin

CCTV9英语新闻：中国敦促美国在中国南海争端保持中立

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have discussed the South China Sea issue, among many other issues in a phone call. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that Wang Yi urged Kerry to speak and ac

CCTV9英语新闻：美国驻韩大使在首尔遇袭受伤

US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert is in a stable condition after a knife wielding attacker slashed his face and left wrist on Thursday. Lippert was attending a breakfast meeting at a performing arts Centre in central Seoul, when he was attack

CCTV9英语新闻：美国六方会谈特使访问韩国

After talks with South Korean officials, the US Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks on the DPRK's nuclear issue, Sydney Seiler, will arrive in Beijing today on his second stop. On Wednesday, the US envoy met with the South Korean Director-General o

CCTV9英语新闻11月：辽宁舰首泊三亚

The Liaoning left its home port of Qingdao in east Chinas Shandong Province for the South China Sea on Tuesday, and passed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday morning. This is the first time the Liaoning has conducted a cross-sea training voyage si

CCTV9英语新闻：安倍经济外交的重点是什么？

Now, we're joined by Mr. Liu Youfa, former President of the China Institute of International Studies. Q1: Abe is expected to deliver his 2015 diplomatic achievement report in this afternoon's parliamentary session. Also in this morning's media briefi

CCTV9英语新闻：Management of wholesale markets a difficult issue to tackle

Just like the Grand bazaar in Istanbul, the AmPhaWa floating market in Bangkok and Dongdaemun in Seoul, wholesale markets are a place for the locals to shop, and foreigns to explore. But managing them can be difficult. Beijing officials says the gian

CCTV9英语新闻：广东50cm洪水淹婚宴 众亲友被迫站凳子观礼

Heavy downpour in Guangdong has made daily lives of local residents inconvenient. However that did not deter a couple from Jiangmen city from tying the knot on Thursday. The bride and groom braved the rain for their 30-table wedding reception, hostin

CCTV9英语新闻：上海市政府召开新闻会议在新年夜

It's been more than two weeks since the Shanghai New Year's Eve stampede. The cause of the incident has not yet to be released. Shanghai's Municipal Government will soon hold a press conference to announce the investigation results. The tragedy happe

CCTV9英语新闻11月：泰国的抗议者冲进泰国皇家军队总部

About a thousand anti-government protesters have forced their way into the compound of the Royal Thai Army Headquarters. Elsewhere in the capital, hundreds of protesters have surrounded the headquarters of the Prime Ministers ruling party. The protes

CCTV9英语新闻12月：外国专家点评中国防空识别区

US Vice President Joe Biden is set to arrive in China on Wednesday, as part of his three-nation East Asia tour. The trip comes amid rising tensions surrounding Chinas new Air Defense Identification Zone. On Tuesday, leading foreign affairs experts ga