英闻天下——619 Relief Supplies Keep Pouring into Sichuan

Additional relief supplies are being sent in to areas hit by Saturday's earthquake in Sichuan. Authorities in Shanghai have been sending in raincoats, flashlights and batteries. Other relief supplies from other parts of China are also finding their w

英闻天下——617 Official on China's Disaster Response

Now for more on rescue efforts in the quake-hit areas in Sichuan, we are joined live on the line by Chen Hong, Deputy Director of the Department of Earthquake Disaster Emergency Management of China Earthquake Administration. 1 What's the main focus o

英闻天下——607 A Teenager's Fight for Equal Educational Rights

A 15-year-old girl in Shanghai is striving for equal education opportunities in China's major cities after being denied access to high school because she didn't have the right residence permit. According to local policy Zhan Haite's hukou is register

英闻天下——3 Professors Interpret Mayan Doomsday

Today is December 21st 2012. According to some the Ancient Mayan civilization predicted today would bring about a global doomsday. This idea is gripping the world. To discuss the potential doomsday we have Kristine Larsen, Professor at the Copernican

英闻天下——8 Lapland Tourism Heats up in Christmas Period

Rovaniemi is certainly an out of the way area. It's hundreds of kilometers from most of Scandinavia's well known cities. But despite this, tourism is booming in the far north, despite austerity and financial crises elsewhere in Europe. Over half a mi

英闻天下——7 China-Africa Friendship Awards Held in Beijing

The fourth China-Africa Friendship Awards ceremony has been jointly held by the African People's Friendship Association and China Radio International in Beijing. Ten delegates have been awarded this year, including Yuan Longping, Li Genchang, and Wu

英闻天下——509 U.S Not to Take Military Actions Easily: Analyst

A leading Chinese military observer is suggesting the United States is going to be very cautious when it comes to any potential military intervention on the Korean Peninsula. Professor Lv Yousheng is an expert on military strategy with China's Nation

英闻天下——510 Beijing Confirms Taxi Fares to Rise

China Daily Coastal Cities Fall Victim to Maritime Pollution China's coastal areas are suffering from maritime pollution as scenic spots and local environments become increasingly threatened. Two days of gales last week resulted in almost sixty tons

英闻天下——516 DPRK Continues Celebrations Despite High Int'l Tensions

While the international tensions are riding high, inside North Korea, celebrations are still taking place in the lead up to next week's anniversary of former leader Kim Il-Sung's birthday on April 15th. A giant flower show has opened in Pyongyang, fe

英闻天下——500 First H7N9 Patient Discharged from Hospital

The first person to recover from the new strain of Bird Flu here in China has been discharged from hospital. The 4-year old boy is well enough to leave hospital in Shanghai. With two new infections being reported today, the number of people who have

英闻天下——522 London Police to Review Security Plan

In light of the Boston explosions, British police are reviewing their security plan for the upcoming London Marathon. CRI's London correspondent Tu Yun has more. The London Marathon will be held this Sunday. A Metropolitan Police spokesman has said t

英闻天下——592 Environmentalists: HK Shark Fin Shops Try to Hide Their Trade

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——598 Mouth Watering or Health Killing

Many who watched A Bite of China say the documentary is more than just a food show. But while A Bite of China has highlighted what people can eat, other TV news programs and other media sources here in China have been highlighting what NOT to eat her

英闻天下——599 Illegal Taxis Thriving in Cities

Outside a subway terminal in west Beijing, dozens of illicit cabbies are seen drumming up passengers almost every day. These illegal cabbies occupy the roadside outside the subway station, and it's very hard for buses to stop at the bus station. When

英闻天下——587 New Measures to Facilitate Train Tickets Purchase

Chinese passengers started to buy train tickets for the Spring Festival travel season at the booths on Wednesday. This year, railway operators have adopted several measures to facilitate the purchase of train tickets ahead of the Spring Festival, the

英闻天下——589 China to Reform Re-education through Labor System

The Chinese government will this year push through the reform of its re-education through labor system, according to a national political and legal work conference held in Beijing on Monday. The controversial system presently allows police to detain

英闻天下——578 Going Home by Carpooling

Yuan Feng is one of the founders of the carpooling website. He says many of his schoolmates fail to get a train ticket during the Spring Festival travel season so he set up the website with 11 schoolmates. By spending 50,000 yuan setting up the websi

英闻天下——301 Dialogue Still Right Way to Solve Territorial & Maritime Issues

Ouyang Yujing, deputy director at the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs with the Chinese foreign ministry tells CRI the Chinese government is resolute in protecting this country's national interests. But at the same time, he says China's door

英闻天下——305 Online Retailer 360Buy Finishes 4th Round of Financing

The PR department of online retailer 360buy.com says the company raised more than 700 million U.S. dollars in its latest round of financing from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Kingdom Holdings Company. What I can confirm with you is we indeed hav

英闻天下——294 China Refutes Hacking Accusation

The Chinese government has dismissed a report by a U.S. computer security company accusing a secretive Chinese military unit of being behind a series of hacking attacks. The report by Mandiant identified a Shanghai based unit of the People's Liberati