CCTV9英语新闻：Search area now all 1,400 km of downstream Yangtze

The search area for the victims has been extended from the site of the capsizing to where the Yangtze River meets the sea in Shanghai, about 1,400 kilometers. Police have also begun a thorough search along the banks of the river. The search teams hav

CCTV9英语新闻：Search continues, families pay respects at riverside

Local authorities have been briefing the media about the latest from the scene of the Eastern Ship capsize, and head of Jianli county Huang Zhen told the media that the search operation is still ongoing. He said because of Jinalis limited capacity, s

CCTV9英语新闻：改革让中国高考更公平透明

For more of the story, we are joined in the studio by CCTV's Jin Yingqiao. Q1. Yingqiao, tell us what's being happening on the first day of this once-in-a-lifetime test. A1. Indeed, I've been through the test myself, and I can fully understand how ne

CCTV9英语新闻：9.4 mln sitting for China's college entrance exam

The pressure is on for millions of high school students across China, as the college entrance exams known in Chinese as the gaokao get underway. In this country, this crucial exam is dubbed by many as the one that will determin a person's life. Candi

CCTV9英语新闻：演播室访谈：高考的问题是什么？

For more, we are joined in the studio by Dr. Wang Yan from the National Institute of Education Sciences, under the Ministry of Education. Q1, Is the Gaokao still a once-in-a-lifetime test for all, or is its importance on the decline here in China? Q2

CCTV9英语新闻：大学教师鼓励创业

In China, teachers in universities used to be forbidden to start businesses of their own unless they first quit their jobs. But now, in the latest measure to boost technology creation, Shanghai has been the first to lift the ban. University teachers

CCTV9英语新闻：Path created to allow easy access to sinking site

The Eastern Star ship, which capsized in the Yangtze River Monday night, is located in a remote part of the river that is hard to access from land, making it difficult for personnel and rescue equipment to be delivered to the site. On Tuesday night,

CCTV9英语新闻：Key facts on Yangtze tragedy, rescue operation

It's been almost 40 hours since Eastern Star capsized. The ship left Nanjing on May 28th, heading upstream along the Yangtze River to Chongqing. It was caught in strong winds in Jianli, Hubei Province late on June 1st, Monday night. The ship sunk wit

CCTV9英语新闻：Divers brave bad weather to rescue 14th survivor

40 hours after the Eastern Star cruise ship capsized. The clock is now ticking to further survivors. More than 3,000 rescuers and 110 search vessels are involved in the search, with bad weather continuing to hamper the operation. Helicopters have als

CCTV9英语新闻：客轮翻沉超45小时:4600多名官兵参与救援

Rescue workers are searching around the clock for anyone still be trapped, 37 hours after a cruise ship with over 400 passengers aboard overturned and sank in bad weather. Many of them are retirees.  Over 4,600 rescuers, including over 200 divers, a

CCTV9英语新闻：长江沉船救援仍在继续

Rescue work continues in theYangtze River. Most of the passengers on board were elderly. It was supposed to be a pleasure trip, but now more than four hundred lives are at stake. It only took 2 minutes for the passenger ship Eastern Star to sink and

CCTV9英语新闻：云南中缅边境陆空实弹演习:空中地面打击齐开展

China's army and air force have started an air-ground live-fire drill in southwest China's Yunnan province, close to the border with Myanmar. China's armed forces have started an air-ground live-fire drill in Yunnan Province, close to the border with

CCTV9英语新闻：Key facts on accident, rescue operation

On May 27th, 458 people boarded the ship, starting their cruise tour from Nanjing to Chongqing. After six days of voyage, at around 9:30 pm on Monday night, the ship capsized during a storm in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River. More than three

CCTV9英语新闻：Shanghai gives official nod to taxi-hailing apps

Shanghai has launched its online taxi-hailing services platform. The city becomes the first in China to legalize car-hailing smartphone applications via an official public services function. 160 million, thats the number of people using the two bigge

CCTV9英语新闻：12名乘客获救其中包括85岁老太太获救

12 people have so far been rescued as search efforts continue after a passenger ship sank late on Monday night on a section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province. And this 85-year-old woman was among them. A CCTV cameraman captured t

CCTV9英语新闻：Report: Tibet's glaciers at their warmest

Recent decades have likely been the warmest and wettest on record in the Tibetan Plateau, known as the 'Third Pole' for its ice fields. The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountains represent one of the largest ice masses on earth. But the glaciers a

CCTV9英语新闻：China sends rescue vessel to help locate black boxes

China's Ministry of Transport says it has sent the rescue vessel Nan-hai-jiu 101 to help retrieve the black boxes of flight 8501. The ship set sail at ten AM today from south China's Haikou City. It is heading for the sea area where the wreckage is l

CCTV9英语新闻：Premier officiates first loan issued by China's first e-bank

Premier Li Keqiang pressed the 'enter' button on a computer on Sunday to finalize the first loan by WeBank, a new online bank and one of five privately funded banks given approval to open in China. During a visit to China's first Internet-based bank,

CCTV9英语新闻：多数希腊人希望留在欧元区

According to a new opinion poll in Greece, 79 percent of Greeks want to remain in the eurozone. The poll also says 59 percent are satisfied with the way the government is negotiating with its lenders, but nearly half of them want a deal to be struck

CCTV9英语新闻：Institutions forecast on inflation, trade and new loans

This week will see the release of a slew of economic data for May. The Bank of Communications expects May inflation to edge up 1.4 percent on rising pork price. PPI would continue falling but at a slower rate. PMI may climb to 50.2 percent. Trade is