英闻天下——584 A Look at Housing in Third-tier Cities

China's real estate market in major cities is warming up, with home prices rising, and more people buying new apartments. However, this is not the case across the country. In smaller cities, real estate agents are finding it increasingly difficult to

英闻天下——588 Doing Social Work: a Popular Lifestyle on Holiday

Collecting garbage or helping those less fortunate than yourself; social work like this is now a popular choice for young city dwellers to spend their leisure time. Gao Peng volunteers at care centers for the elderly in his spare time. He helps with

英闻天下——590 China to Overhaul Non-government Orphanages

China's civil authorities are to overhaul the non-government orphanages nationwide after a deadly fire in central China's Henan province. The month-long campaign is to inspect private orphanages after seven children were killed in a fire at an orphan

英闻天下——567 Rent a Boyfriend Back Home

Who to bring back home for the Spring Festival dinner? That's the question many single urbanites struggle with before they head back home for the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on February 10th this year. As young people go h

英闻天下——576 No Lavish Banquets for the Chinese New Year

It's a tradition that as the Chinese New Year approaches, companies all over the country hold year-end parties. Most of them feature a banquet, various programs performed by staff members and a raffle with precious prizes. But in response to the cent

英闻天下——548 Black Surrogacy Market in China

In Shanghai, official statistics show that the annual number of babies born after parents use in-vitro fertilization or IVF exceeded 20,000 in 2011. But hospitals are far from able to satisfy demand, forcing many infertile couples to hire women to ha

英闻天下——549 Dead Ducks Found in Sichuan River

More than 1,000 dead ducks have been found dumped in the Nanhe River in South-Western China's Sichuan province. Although the Nanhe River is not a source of drinking water for local residents, this does come just a few days after thousands of dead pig

英闻天下——559 Improving CPPCC System for China's Well-being

National advisers have been seeking to improve the efficiency of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, China's top political advisory body. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng takes a closer look CPPCC members cover representatives fro

英闻天下——460 Black Surrogacy Market in China

In Shanghai, official statistics show that the annual number of babies born after parents use in-vitro fertilization or IVF exceeded 20,000 in 2011. But hospitals are far from able to satisfy demand, forcing many infertile couples to hire women to ha

英闻天下——464 New HIV Vaccine Developed in Spain

The team led by Dr. Josep Maria Gatell, has produced a vaccine which reduces the level of HIV in patients' blood by 90 percent after twelve weeks of vaccinations. The team at Barcelona's Clinic Hospital has been developing the vaccine for the past fi

英闻天下——10 Yearend Keyword: New Leadership

Everybody has their own aspirations and pursuits. We can say that everyone has a dream. Now, we are all talking about the Chinese dream. In my opinion, the greatest Chinese dream in modern China is to realize the rejuvenation of our nation. Xi Jinpin

英闻天下——18 Syria Airstrike Leaves 60 Dead

The Syrian Observation for Human Rights says at least 60 civilians have been killed in a government air strike on a bakery in Hama province in what could be the deadliest air strikes of the civil war. Meanwhile, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Z

英闻天下——55 Chinese Sports More Integrated with the World

China's football and basketball clubs had been busy signing a number of international star players in 2012. At the same time, tennis and golf are starting to become more recognized, given that Chinese athletes are starting to thrive in those sports a

英闻天下——60 Jason Pym: New Dali Citizens

I'd love it if you call me an artist, but I am not quite there yet. But that's what I want to do. This is Jason Pym, a Brit who has been pursuing his dream of being an artist in China for 12 years. He and his wife also own a 60-square-meter caf in th

英闻天下——39 2012 World Medical Technology Review

Technology is constantly changing the face of medicine for patients and doctors. A company in Sweden is developing eye-tracking technology for the mass market place. Here gadgets which register, process and respond to eye movements could mean an end

英闻天下——37 China Proposes New Pension Insurance System

China's current pension insurance system includes basic pension insurance for urban workers, rural social insurance and urban social insurance. Under the new plan, those covered by two or three of these types of insurance can switch from one or the o

英闻天下——72 China to Overhaul Non-government Orphanages

China's civil authorities are to overhaul the non-government orphanages nationwide after a deadly fire in central China's Henan province. The month-long campaign is to inspect private orphanages after seven children were killed in a fire at an orphan

英闻天下——78 Italy's Berlusconi Not to Run for PM

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's party and its former main ally, the Northern League, have resumed their alliance. Berlusconi will not run for the top office again in the upcoming elections. He said it was still not clear whom the ce

英闻天下——81 China to Reform Re-education through Labor System

The laojiao system allows police to detain people for up to four years without an open trial. Leading experts have argued this contradicts Chinese laws and China's Constitution. The system has made headlines in recent months, with several cases of pe

英闻天下——392 Raise the Red Lantern on Chinese Ballet

Recently, an amazing performance of Raise the Red Lantern, put on by the National Ballet of China became a hit in Montreal, Canada in late February. A combination of gorgeous colors, breathtaking melodies and close-knit choreography took the show far