CCTV9英语新闻：罗德曼正准备与朝鲜队的比赛

American basketball players led by former NBA star Dennis Rodman held their final practice with DPRK players ahead of an exhibition match today. Former NBA stars including Charles D. Smith, Doug Christie, and Vin Baker joined the practice. Organisers

CCTV9英语新闻：中国外交 坚持奉行互利共赢

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has reaffirmed President Xi Jinping's stance towards Africa. Wang Yi called the correct concept of morality and benefit a banner of Chinese diplomacy. He was speaking after meeting his Senegalese counterpart Mankeur N

CCTV9英语新闻：停止在叙利亚的暴力和流血是当务之急

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that the Syrian government and opposition should take the Geneva Two peace talks as an opportunity to start political reconciliation. The comments came after Wang Yi carried out separate meetings with represe

CCTV9英语新闻：王毅与加纳外长特塔赫会谈 称愿推进全方位合作

Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, has called for all-round cooperation with Ghana during talks with his Ghanaian counterpart Hannah Tetteh in Accra. Wang Yi says China is willing to work with Ghana to push forward the partnership on the base of mutu

CCTV9英语新闻：罗德曼再访平壤训练朝鲜男篮 下月为金正恩过生日

Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman has left Beijing for the DPRK with a team of retired basket players to mark the DPRK leader's birthday. This will be Rodmans fourth trip to the capital, Pyongyang. The former NBA stars will play exhibition gam

CCTV9英语新闻：香港居民通过绘画缓解压力

By CCTV correspondent Cathy Yang In Hong Kong, stressed out expats and locals alike are turning to a new type of stress release. Art jamming is taking off at the start of the year as a form of therapy, helping folks express their thoughts and feeling

CCTV9英语新闻：23rd of last lunar month marks "Little Spring Festival"

Thursday marks a traditional Chinese festival, called Xiao Nian, or Little Spring Festival, which is celebrated on the 23rd day of the last lunar month. According to Chinese tradition, Xiao Nian is a day for people to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen

CCTV9英语新闻：安倍在国会发表施政演说

The Japanese parliament, the Diet, has begun its ordinary session with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivering his policy speech. Abe has talked about pushing forward the so-called proactive pacifism. The session is scheduled to last for 150 days, until

CCTV9英语新闻：中国卫计委准备新的计划生育政策

By CCTV reporter Zhang Nini China's health authorities say preparations at the local level are underway to implement China's revised family planning policy that will allow more couples to have a second child. Provincial people's congresses must first

CCTV9英语新闻：2名中国科学家获得500万元创新奖

Physical chemist Zhang Cunhao and nuclear weapons expert Cheng Kaijia have won Chinas top science award for their outstanding contribution to scientific and technological innovation in the country. Both winners are from the Chinese Academy of Science

CCTV9英语新闻：倾城助圆重病男孩“警察梦”

Do you remember the story of the Bat Kid? A San Francisco boy fighting cancer got his wish to save the day as Batman. A similar scene has played out in China. In the city of Xinyu in East China's Jiangxi Province, a nine-year-old named Zou Junyi got

CCTV9英语新闻：安倍希望就参拜靖国神社向中韩解释

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he wants to explain to leaders in China and South Korea why he visited the Yasukuni Shrine, which honours the countrys war dead. Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister, said, I have always said that the door is op

CCTV9英语新闻：中国的总体贸易增长7.5% 2013

Chinese export growth slowed in December, while imports rose. The latest economic data has been released this morning, during a press conference by customs officials. For the details we're joined in the studio by Michelle Xing, Michelle. Michelle: Th

CCTV9英语新闻：摄影师单击作为背景的儿童与他们的梦想

As millions of migrant workers head home to reunite with their families, no one is happier than their children who spend most of the year without them. These left behind children as they are called in China, harbor dreams of not only being with their

CCTV9英语新闻：Directors Guild of America announces nominees

The nominations are in from the Directors Guild of America, an honor that also often foreshadows Oscar success. On Tuesday, Martin Scorsese, Steve McQueen, David O. Russell, Alfonso Cuaron and Paul Greengrass all got the nod. It's the first Directors

CCTV9英语新闻：中国驻西班牙使馆批评日本

The Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Spain has criticized Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida for his comments defending Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine. Kishida said in an interview with Sp

CCTV9英语新闻：郎朗国家大剧院开音乐会 成全球音乐推广大使

By CCTV reporter Stanley Lee China's piano prodigy Lang Lang is back in his native China, kicking off 2014 with a concert at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts. Wednesday's line-up included Mozart and Prokofiev. It is Lang Lang's first

CCTV9英语新闻：安倍晋三推动鹰派议程

The Japanese government has begun its ordinary parliament session, which is called the Diet. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to give his policy speech during the session. The session is scheduled to last for 150 days, until June 22nd.

CCTV9英语新闻：中国12月CPI降至七个月低点

Chinas latest inflation figures just released by the National Bureau of Statistics are at a seven month low. Decembers inflation came in at 2.5 percent compared with the same month last year. And with that number Chinas inflation rate for all of 2013

CCTV9英语新闻：浙江共确诊49例H7N9禽流感病例 已死亡12例

Zhejiang province has released its latest figures for H7N9 bird flu. As of Monday, the province has confirmed a 49 cases, 12 of whom have died. One person is said to have made a full recovery, while 36 are still being treated in hospital. 41 of the 4