CCTV9英语新闻12月：演播室访谈：对劳动力市场的歧视

December 3rd marks the United Nation's World Day for Persons with Disabilities. This year's theme is: break barriers, open doors. But despite many reforms in China to boost their employment, opportunities for handicapped job-seekers in the worlds sec

CCTV9英语新闻12月：女生为劝妹妹多吃青菜 网上征集“谎言”

And finally, let's take a look at how a little white lie is helping a little girl change her eating habits for the better. Someone using the name Mo Yizhi posted online that her nine-year old sister doesnt like eating vegetables. On Monday, the littl

CCTV9英语新闻：政府对日政策不反思

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes visit to the Yasukuni shrine has drawn much criticism from South Korea. Seoul has gone so far as to call off a series of defense meetings and military exchanges with Japan scheduled for early next year. Deputy defe

CCTV9英语新闻：中国国有企业改革的三个主要原则

China's top supervisory and administrative body of state-owned assets outlined the three main principles of the reform. First, we must stick to the basic economic system, which means public ownership is the main body, while a variety of other forms o

CCTV9英语新闻12月：远东国际军事法庭审理南京大屠杀事件之经过

In September 1946, a U.S. priest John Magee testified before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East against the crimes Japan committed during the Nanjing Massacre. He also brought films and pictures he took during the massacre. Procurat

CCTV9英语新闻12月：张成泽被解雇

China and South Korea have both responded to the dismissal of DPRK's senior official, Jang Song Thaek. Chinas Foreign Ministry said on Monday the sacking was the internal affairs of the DPRK, adding it hoped the country would maintain national stabil

演播室访谈：中国2013年的经济目标实现

The Central Economic Work Conference has opened in Beijing. The meeting is expected to draw a detailed reform roadmap for the countrys economic development in 2014. For more analysis, we're joined in the studio by Ding Yifan, deputy director of the I

演播室访谈:中国允许市场价格制定中发挥更大的作用

The growth of CPI, a main gauge of inflation, slightly slowed in November. It grew 3 percent year on year, down from the 3.2 percent recorded in October. Food prices, especially that of vegetables, were the main driver. For more insight, joining us n

CCTV9英语新闻12月：美国老兵遭朝扣留,美方呼吁放人

The US is calling on the DPRK to release an 85-year-old American citizen whos been detained in the country for more than a month. Retired finance executive Merrill Newman fought in the Korean War 60 years ago. He was taken off a plane on October 26th

CCTV9英语新闻12月：习近平会见英国首相卡梅伦

President Xi Jinping says now is the right time for China and UK to seek stronger cooperation. During a meeting with visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron, Xi Jinping stressed the importance of the relationship between China and the UK, calli

CCTV9英语新闻：国家发改委要求能源公司确保供暖需求

Chinas top planning agency is asking the countrys state-owned energy companies to increase production and import of natural gas to guarantee winter supply of heating. Economists from PetroChina say it will need more than 70 billion cubic meters of ga

CCTV9英语新闻12月：国防部：防空识别区并非“禁飞区” 未扩大领空

China's Defense Ministry has reaffirmed that the country's newly announced East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone is not an expansion of China's airspace. East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (Source: Ministry of National Defense/Ch

演播室访谈：处罚不足以阻止犯罪的道路

Monday is traffic safety day in China, a day established by the Ministry of Public Security to raise awareness of safe driving. Every year about 70,000 people die in traffic accidents in China, giving it the dubious distinction of having worlds most

CCTV9英语新闻12月：美国深切关注中国设立东海防空识别区

US Vice President Joe Biden met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Tuesday before heading to China for talks on Wednesday. Even though his Asian tour has long been planned, Biden has arrived in the continent in the midst of a controv

CCTV9英语新闻：中国零售企业现金的季节性消费

By CCTV correspondent Grace Brown Christmas may not be a traditional time for celebrations in China, but that doesnt get in the way of its commercial opportunity. With many young people there looking to let off steam - and shopping the main therapy -

CCTV9英语新闻12月：蓝色多瑙河开始圣诞季

A familiar tune that makes you want to tap your feet or dance during the Christmas season is the Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss. It is traditionally played on New Years Day, and has become the unofficial Austrian national anthem. At this time of

演播室访谈：在中国灵活的退休年龄成可能？

On Thursday, Chinas Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security called for calm, until more details are released over a fiercely debated government plan to raise the retirement age. Earlier we spoke to Du Peng, Director of the Center for Aging St

CCTV9英语新闻：日本欲拉东盟国家共同抵制中国防空识别区

Leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are gathering for a summit in Tokyo. Japan's Kyodo News says Japan hopes to rally ASEAN support to rein in China's strong stance on the airspace. For more analysis, we are joined in the

CCTV9英语新闻：乌克兰反政府示威者继续占领基辅市政厅

The ongoing standoff in Ukraine represents the divide between popular hopes of joining the European mainstream, and political pressure to move closer to a Russian-led customs union. To understand the situation in Ukraine, we are joined on the phone b

CCTV9英语新闻12月：中方希望泰国大选顺利举行

A Foreign Ministry spokesman says China hopes the Thai general election is successful. As a friendly neighbour of Thailand, China hopes parties in Thailand can properly handle differences through dialogue and consultation under the framework of the C