英闻天下——2 Traditional Business Embraces E-Commerce

This month, one of China's largest oil and gasoline companies, Sinopec has started to use an online shopping platform to sell petrol. Let's follow our reporter Li Dong to find out more. China Sinopec Guangdong recently launched its online gasoline pu

英闻天下——532 Maduro Bans Opposition Rally

Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro is accusing the opposition of planning a coup against him following his narrow election victory. At least 7 people have been killed across the country during violent clashes at opposition protests. I can anno

英闻天下——531 China Southern Airlines Expanding

Asia's largest airline, China Southern, is to fly A380s between Sydney and its base in Guangzhou in the second half of this year. The airline has mostly been flying its five A380s on some of the shortest routes in the world for superjumbos, from Guan

英闻天下——520 Alonso Storms to Victory at Chinese Grand Prix

With a faultless tire strategy, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso claimed his 31st career victory at the Shanghai International Circuit. The 31-year-old showed an incredible feat of overtaking three times to clock one hour 36 minutes, 26.929 seconds, which w

英闻天下——586 Postgraduates Have No Edge in Job Market

At some job fairs in recent years, it has been very common to see hundreds of postgraduate students competing for one position. Many complain that it's very difficult to get employed nowadays. This year I felt it has been extremely hard to find a job

英闻天下——591 Former Official under Custody for Owning 29 Houses

A former housing official in central China's Henan Province has been detained after being found to own 29 properties. Zhai Haifeng, the former director of the local housing administration bureau in Zhengzhou city has been accused online of being enga

英闻天下——571 Smog Stirs Firecracker Complaints

China's Ministry of Environmental Protection is warning the air across much of northern China is going to remain seriously polluted through the night. The smog shrouding northern and eastern China has been forcing highway closures and flight cancella

英闻天下——539 Shenzhen School Entrance Rule

Education is one of the biggest concerns of migrant workers, especially in Shenzhen where 3/4 of people do not have local Hukou. In an effort to improve education equality, municipal government tries to break the Hukou barrier by introducing a brand

英闻天下——550 Early Education Necessary or Not

Nowadays, most early education centers are crowded with parents. Some early education centers in Beijing say they have professional teachers with international backgrounds. What's for sure is that what's behind such advantages is a high price tag. On

英闻天下——15 Discussion on Aid at Christmas Erupts

With Christmas upon us, many of us are much more likely to respond to charity advertisements featuring hardship and poverty. But in an article for the BBC, UK charity founder Georgie Fienberg argues for an end to what she calls pity aid, and for peop

英闻天下——38 Abe Not to Further Annoy Asian Neighbors: Experts

Satoshi Amako, a professor of contemporary Chinese studies at Waseda University, is suggesting the top priority for Shinzo Abe's new cabinet is to maintain a stable political environment before the House of Councilors election next July. As such, Ama

英闻天下——29 Official: Grain Imports Doesn't Mean Food Insecurity

The Chinese government says the surge of grain imports does not mean there is anything wrong with the country's food security. China imported over 10-million tons of wheat, corn and rice during the first 10 months. That almost doubled the number in t

英闻天下——33 Who Is the Biggest Food Waster

In China, parents often tell their kids to not waste food, however, media reports sat that food waste accounts for about 70 percent of the country's mounting garbage production. Especially in restaurants, massive amounts of food are wasted every day.

英闻天下——35 How to Pack up Your Leftovers Wisely

Wasted food is often seen in China. But why don't get a box to go? Many people don't pack up leftovers mainly because of sanitary concerns. If you're dining with people you don't know, they could have diseases. When I attend wedding banquets, I usual

英闻天下——406 Infrastructure Construction under Way in Sansha

China's deep-sea economy is set to take a huge step forward as basic infrastructure construction gets under way in Sansha, the country's youngest city at its southernmost point. He Fei has the details. Located on Yongxing Island in the South China Se

英闻天下——246 Senate Delays Vote On Hagel Nomination

The US Senate has in a surprise move postponed the vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be the nation's defense secretary. Carl Levin, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee issued a statement saying there wouldn't be a vote this week. Initially, th

英闻天下——259 NASA Says Asteroid Will Get Closer to Earth

NASA has announced that an Asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the TV satellites that surround the planet. NASA says that the celestial visitor has no chance of impacting the Earth and is known as 2012 DA14. A group of amatuer astronomers discove

英闻天下——255 Preparations for Spring Festival in Full Swing

Grocery stores are crowded with people in the days leading up to the Spring Festival. The weeklong Lunar New Year holiday will kick off Saturday with New Year's Eve celebrated traditionally with family. Shoppers are buying red lanterns, scrolls with

英闻天下——304 Driving a Car with a Tablet Computer

Scientists have unveiled the latest prototype of a car that drives itself with the help of a tablet computer. Acting like a plane on autopilot, it is designed to take over from humans in slow-moving heavy traffic or on a familiar route such as a scho

英闻天下——298 Future of E-payment in China

Digitization has transformed the landscape of our traditional banking business. Transactions between companies or individuals are now made within a few mouse clicks. The rise of e-commerce in recent years has taken the payment process a step further