China cuts its reserve ratio again

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) - China's central bank announced on Saturday it would lower the reserve requirement for commercial lenders by 50 basis points, the second time it has taken such action this year to inject more market liquidity and shore up

巴西总统：通货膨胀受到控制

BRASILIA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday that the country's public-sector accounts and inflation are under control, and the government has all the factors to prevent an unwanted rise in prices. During a ceremony

1月美国就业增长令人失望

1月美国就业增长令人失望 WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. employers added fewer new jobs than expected in January, putting wrinkles on the economic outlook, although the jobless rate fell to a five-year low, the Department of Labor repor

央行降准降息支持实体经济

The People's Bank of China says the economy is still facing downward pressure. Meanwhile, the global financial market has shown major fluctuations recently. Therefore, the central bank has concluded that it's necessary to apply flexible monetary poli

40%的巴西家庭已联网

40%的巴西家庭已联网 RIO DE JANEIRO, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Internet access among Brazilian households increased from 36 percent in 2011 to 40 percent in 2012, according to a study released Thursday by the Information and Communication Technology

中国夫妇考虑生二胎的成本

A survey by the China Youth Daily shows over 80-percent of those asked are mostly concerned about the high cost of a 2nd child. Even though we are eligible to have a second baby, we can't afford it. It is too expensive to send a second child to a goo

China's steel output slows, prices drop

BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's steel output growth slowed in July and prices of steel products have continued to drop, according to data from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Crude steel production gained 4.2 percent year

救市不断 中国股市仍跳水

China's A-share market has seen another day of sell-offs, despite the government's attempt to shore up market confidence. The Shanghai Composite Index has closed the day down 3.5-percent. Nearly 15-hundred issues in Shanghai ended the day down the da

进化论决定了男人在约会时眼睛朝哪儿看

Whether a man is drawn to a woman's body or her face may depend on whether he sees her as a short-term fling or a long-term lover, according to a new study that discusses evolutionary motivations in dating. Men who, for the purposes of the study, wer

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China 2012 growth eases to 7.8 pct

BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's economic expansion slowed to 7.8 percent year on year in 2012 amid external jitters and domestic woes, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Friday. The growth rate, the weakest expansion in a decade,

金砖国家新开发银行上海开业

The opening comes after a BRICS summit held in the Russian city of Ufa earlier this month, where leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa talked about some final details of the multilateral lender. Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei

广州学生艾滋病累计病例大升

Guangzhou issued an educational action plan to enhance HIV/AIDS prevention on campuses and curb rapidly increasing HIV infections among youths. 广州颁布了一项新的教育计划，即：加强校园艾滋病防御，抑制不断增长的青少年

英语美文:怎样你才能幸福

In recent years, researchers have attempted to use a variety of statistics and surveys to answer a question that's occupied countless generations of philosophers: What makes us truly happy? 近年来，研究人员试图利用各种统计和调查方法

中国上调寿险利率上限

BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's insurance industry regulator said Friday that it will relax controls on interest rates for standard life insurance products, marking the country's latest effort to deepen market-oriented reforms in its financial sy

中国养老保险基金将投资股市

Amid worries about the pension fund's low investment return over the past years, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) released a draft guideline that allows the fund to be invested in the stock market. Ministry spokesperson Li

阿尔巴尼亚因金融危机贫困增加

TIRANA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Statistics Institute of Albania (INSTAT) reported on Thursday that poverty in Albania has increased due to the global financial crisis and the general macro-economic situation of low economic growth since 2008. Accord

台湾将合法化同性恋婚姻

u Shan and her partner are raising 5-month-old twins together, but only one of the women is their legal parent. That could soon change as Taiwan appears set to become the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. 台湾台北（美联社）-苏

ADB lowers China's 2012 growth prediction

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday lowered its prediction for China's economic growth to 8.2 percent in 2012 and 8.5 percent in 2013, although a bank official said a hard landing is unlikely. The ADB made the re

报告显示 中国近9万人资产上亿

There are now around 89,000 Chinese people worth more than 100 million yuan, said China Ping An Insurance Group. 中国平安保险集团日前声称，我国目前约有8.9万人资产在1亿元以上。 60% of China's multi-millionaires have assets