NATO chief calls for more active dialogue with China

LONDON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expressed his hope on Wednesday that NATO would seek a more active dialogue with China. We must expand the range of nations with whom

China's winemakers call for probes on EU imports

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Wine producers have applied to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) demanding investigations into whether European imports are damaging China's domestic market. Wang Zuming, head of the wine division of the China Alcoholic Drin

China widens pension coverage as population ages

SHIJIAZHUANG, July 1(Xinhua) -- China on Sunday launched a campaign aiming to provide pension insurance to all rural residents and unemployed citizens in order to help the country cope with its aging population. We must ensure that the new pension in

China's Mo says his Nobel Prize a victory of literature

China's Mo says his Nobel Prize a victory of literature GAOMI, Shandong, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan on Friday said his prize was a victory of literature, but not a victory of political correctness. Speaking in his hometo

Two China expressway collisions kill 47, injure 4

YAN'AN/CHENGDU, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Forty-seven people were killed and four others injured in two separate expressway collisions in China on Sunday, making it another bloodiest day in years. The first accident occurred at around 2:18 a.m. in northwes

Cold fronts to chill China, bring rain to south

BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Two strong cold fronts will sweep China during the next two days, bringing temperature drops across the country and rains in south China, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast on Sunday. A cold front moving ea

China plans Diaoyu Islands mapping

BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- China is to survey the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea as part of a program of mapping its territorial islands and reefs, it was revealed on Tuesday. The first stage of the island surveying and mapping was launched i

China to revise organ donor regulations

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhuanet) --The amendment(修正案) of China's organ transplant regulations is being prepared and may be out in March after revision, said Vice-Health Minister Huang Jiefu. It will give legal footing to the Red Cross Society of Chi

China suffer first defeat at Algarve Cup

ALBUFEIRA, Portugal, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Two-time champions China suffered a 5-0 drubbing by the United States in a crucial Group B clash of the Algarve Cup women's soccer tournament on Friday. China, who drew Sweden 1-1 in the opening battle, took t

Dual typhoons lash coastal regions in east China

FUZHOU, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Gales and rainstorms lashed coastal regions in east China when two typhoons made landfall in less than 10 hours from Thursday to Friday morning, forcing over 300,000 people to evacuate. Strong tropical storm Saola, weakenin

CCTV9英语新闻：China's consistent efforts for peacekeeping

Let's take a look at China's role in peacekeeping operations in Africa. China has begun to take part in UN peacekeeping operations from 1990. Since then, over thirty thousand Chinese soldiers have served in 24 UN peacekeeping missions. Chinese peacek

'China bashing' in the Indian media

It's the silly season in India-China relations. If you've tuned into one of the more hawkish Indian television channels or are reading the views of the many experts on India and China, it might seem like the two countries are at each other's throats

China, Uzbekistan forge strategic partnership

BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday held talks with Uzbek President Islam Karimov in Beijing, and both sides agreed to upgrade bilateral relations to a strategic partnership. Reviewing the healthy development of bilat

China approves foreign firms in growing sector

China approves foreign firms in growing sector BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- China will allow foreign investment in its burgeoning shale gas industry, in the hope that the foreign companies' technical expertise can help extract the resource.? Openi

Heavy rains to hit S China

BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Strong downpours and thunderstorms are expected to sweep south China over the coming three days, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast Monday. The storms will hit hardest in regions south of the Yangtze River,

China's PMI rises to 50.5 pct in Jan

China's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a preliminary readout of the country's manufacturing activity, rose to 50.5 percent in January of 2012, the highest level since October, indicating that a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy may be

China targets 7.5-pct GDP growth

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government announced Tuesday that its GDP growth target will remain around 7.5 percent this year to leave room for economic restructuring. The target is intended to help create jobs and improve people's well-b

China embraces French culture in spring

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhuanet) -- The annual Franco-Chinese Croisements 2011 cultural festival(节日) kicked off in Beijing's Sanlitun Village Thursday night, accompanying an opening ceremony for the 8th Annual French Cinema Panorama. Sylvie Bermann (

China's new generation of women paddlers coming of age

LONDON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- For those, who came to see a close game in table tennis women's final of the London Olympic Games on Tuesday, they may get a little disappointed. The match is intense, but by no means close. Chinese women players dropped on

China maintains blue alert for cold wave

BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's National Meteorological Center(NMC) on Saturday kept its blue alert for the severe cold wave that is sweaping many northern China regions. The observatory said temperature drop will continue to decline from the we