英闻天下——192 Garage Cafe, New Business Trend for the Young

Garage Cafe looks like an ordinary coffee house but functions as an incubator for fledgling companies in Beijing's Zhongguancun. Entrepreneurs here build businesses with laptops at dining tables rather than with desktops in cubicles. Rent for office

英闻天下——194 Fantasy Literature for Children Has Huge Potential

Thanks to the development trend over the past years, fantasy literature is now accessible to not only adult readers but also children. A forum was recently held in Beijing during which participants agreed that such development trend would have an inc

英闻天下——211 China Stresses Normal Exchanges with Japan

The Chinese government says they've maintained normal communication with Japan, despite a bitter territorial dispute in the East China Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei made the remarks during the visit here of the former Japanese Prime Min

英闻天下——215 Labor Intensive Industry Adopts Automation

Peng Dingchang is a worker in Guangzhou Automobile Group's welding department in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province. He says in the past an eight worker unit needed to spend 3 minutes on assembling. Now, by using robots, the time for assembly h

英闻天下——217 No. 1 Central Document Focuses on Rural Issues

China has issued its first policy document for 2013, pledging to accelerate agricultural modernization and rural development. The annual policy document, issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council has been d

英闻天下——222 Second, Third Tier Cities Popular for Grads

Gaoyao in Guangdong Province is a third tier city with the population of only 700 thousand. But in the past few years, more than 5 thousand graduates from all over the country chose to work here. Feng Minqiang, Secretary of Municipal Party Committee

英闻天下——240 Income Distribution Lacks Timetable and Details: Economists

A number of economists here in China are suggesting the government's newly-unveiled plans to tackle income distribution lack a clear timetable. The same economists are also warning the implementation of the plan, which is designed to bridge the count

英闻天下——244 France Considers Mali Withdrawal from March

France has announced it may pull troops out of Mali as early as next month. It comes as troops secure the key northern city of Kidal. French troops are also expected to hand over Timbuktu to African forces this week. Meanwhile France is calling for t

英闻天下——234 Iran Urges U.S. to Start Dialogue

Iranian President Mahmouad Ahmadinejad is calling on the US to put aside its stick if it wanted to start talks with Iran under fair conditions. Ahmadinejad, speaking to a Beirut-based TV station, says his country is open for talks with the U.S. on it

英闻天下——254 Cautious Credit Card Consumption Traps

In recent years, various banks have been competing to issue credit cards, whose numbers have been increasing sharply in China. Such a high increase in the number pf credit cards has created a situation with some people holding a number of credit card

英闻天下——253 Snake-related Products Popular in China

A gold cobra, shinning shimmering, splendid sits in a locked, glass display case in a Hong Kong jewelry shop! It will take a chunk out of your wallet, setting you back some $25,600 U.S. dollars. It took artisans about a month to make the snake, which

英闻天下——249 Supreme Leader Rejects Nuclear Talk Proposals

Iran's Supreme Leader is rejecting direct talks with the U.S. The rejection comes after U.S Vice President Joe Biden proposed one-to-one talks over Tehran's nuclear program. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Negotiations as a tactic, talk as a tactic, a gestur

英闻天下——266 Stolen Matisse to Return to Venezuela

A painting by Henri Matisse stolen more than a decade ago from a museum in Venezuela will soon be returned to the country. The painting, Odalisque in Red Pants, is to be returned from the United States within three to five weeks. Raul Grioni is presi

英闻天下——270 Obama Pledges to Reignite Economy

In his fourth State of the Union address, President Barack Obama says his generation's task is to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth, a rising and thriving middle class. He urged Congress to tie the minimum wage to the cost of livi

英闻天下——276 San Francisco China Town Celebrations

Named one of the world's top ten parades, the Chinese Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco has been named the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. Karen Eng is the coordinator for the Chinese New Year parade. She says Chinese New Year i

英闻天下——289 3D Printer Market in China

With a 3D printer, you can design your own item, either it's a cellphone cover or a 3D model of yourself, even something only exists in your imagination. But a high precision 3D printer has more practical application. Yao Junfeng is the general manag

英闻天下——281 Islamic Culture In Lanzhou

Prayers resound through Lanzhou every Friday afternoon as local Muslims gather for congregational prayer, or as Muslim people call it, Jumu'ah. During Jumu'ah, Muslims from around the city often come to Xiguan Mosque, the largest mosque in Lanzhou an

英闻天下——283 An Asteroid Misses Earth, Causes No Public Panic

Meanwhile, a 45-meter wide asteroid has hurtled safely past earth after it came within 27-thousand kilometers, making it the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. The asteroid, named 2012 DA14 came closer to earth than many communication and we

英闻天下——288 Hong Kong Disneyland Posts First Profit

Hong Kong Disneyland's parade now has all the more reason for celebration, as the seven-year-old theme park has just announced its first ever net profit. The world's smallest Disneyland, which opened in September 2005, has posted its first net profit

英闻天下——290 New Measures on Credit Card Service

The revised measures for China's bank card industry requires banks to keep cardholders informed about their credit card service details such as various fee rates and possible risks. And banks are required to remind cardholders at least three days bef