CCTV9英语新闻：Donetsk children kicking off on their football goals

Football, like all sports, is universal. Wherever you go in the world, there are kids playing in an open space, kicking a ball around. East Ukraine is no different, despite the civil war that's only been checked by the recent ceasefire. Ukraine has a

CCTV9英语新闻：China's iron ore prices halved in 2014, traders feel pinch

Iron ore prices slumped as much as 50 percent in 2014. Importers who are facing risks of further declines, are remaining cautious holding lower inventory levels. Shipping companies and steel producers are also suffering from the dampening market. It'

CCTV9英语新闻：China scraps quotas to meet WTO ruling

China has scrapped a quota system that was intended to restrict rare earth exports. The move involves 17 metals used in high tech sectors, it's aimed at complying with a World Trade Organization ruling released last year. The Ministry of Commerce iss

CCTV9英语新闻：Torrential Rains in China: At least 2 killed, over 30,000 evacuated

Leishan, Huishui, Kaili, in these three most severely-affected counties, the misery is shared. The torrential rains came so suddenly and intensely, flooding in disaster for the locals who have lived here for generations. A worker repairs fiber-optic

CCTV9英语新闻：New guideline issued for eco-friendly development

China has made yet another move to improve its environment. The cabinet published a guideline on Tuesday, stressing the need to strike a balance between environmental protection and economic growth. The guideline called for more economical and effici

Putin says ready for direct dialogue with Trump

Police in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region say 181 terror groups were dismantled since a sweeping campaign was launched a year ago. According to police, 96 percent were thwarted at the planning stage, and 112 suspects turned themsel

CCTV9英语新闻：Traffic resumes in Xinjiang after 18 hour rescue

Sudden snowfall earlier this week blocked a national highway in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The local traffic control department worked nearly 20 hours to clear the snow, and traffic in the area has now returned to normal. The snow started arou

CCTV9英语新闻：Premier Li wraps up four-nation tour

Premier Li Keqiang has wrapped up his tour of Latin America, after signing agreements boosting trade and investment in key areas such as infrastructure, mining and energy with Chile. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses the opening of an economic and

CCTV9英语新闻：ASEAN Disater Relief Exercise: China, Malaysia take lead to boost preparedness

China issued its first white paper on military strategy, stressing the active defense guideline and pledging closer international security cooperation. The paper highlights four critical security domains: the ocean, outer space, cyberspace and nuclea

CCTV9英语新闻：Okinawa governor visits US to discuss Futenma

Japan's governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga, is on a visit to the US. Onaga plans to tell the US government directly that Japan opposes the US moving the Futenma airbase into its district. Onaga has said that the land reclamation permission in the cou

CCTV9英语新闻：Webank marks China's 1st internet-based private bank

Webank is China's first Internet-based bank. Its establishment marks a major step in deepening reform in the financial sector, one that's being constantly transformed by the Internet. Webank was approved by the country's regulators in July, 2014. Fiv

CCTV9英语新闻：主要研究改革

To discuss the NPC plenary session, we turn now to our studio guests, Professor Fu Jun, from the School of Government at Peking University and Mr. Laurence Brahm, a political economist. Q1:The Chinese leadership has defined the year 2015 as the key y

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：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：Li Keqiang addresses business body in Santiago

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has addressed a meeting of business officials in Santiago, the last stop of his first official tour to Latin America. The premier's speech at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, or ECLAC, was aimed

CCTV9英语新闻：Iraq announces operation to liberate Anbar province

Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitary volunteer force says it's leading the campaign to drive the Islamic State from Anbar Province. But the operation's codename will do nothing to ease the fears of the area's Sunni population. Dubbed Labaik ya Hussein -- it's

CCTV9英语新闻：中国将继续援助尼泊尔

China has dispatched three military helicopters to Nepal to help with rescue and relief missions, as it pledges to continue to support its neighbor. China has already sent 186 tonnes of relief supplies, while a 70-strong chemical defense unit is work

CCTV9英语新闻：习主席访问俄罗斯，哈萨克斯坦和白俄罗斯

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to pay a series of state visits to Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus over the coming days. During his visit to Kazakhstan, President Xi is expected to promote a series of projects as part of the Silk Road Economi