英闻天下——113 Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin Gets Underway

Harbin, located in northeast China, is the capital city of Hei Longjiang Province. With an average temperature of minus 25 Centigrade or minus 13 Fahrenheit in winter, it is known as the Ice City. The International Snow Sculpture Competition is one o

英闻天下——115 The Eurozone Crisis and its Past as well as Possible Future Effects

We have taken numerous measures and put forward new laws in order to guarantee that we are doing the best to put our household back in order, especially to guarantee liquidity which is the engine for a well running economy. The Greek Prime Minister A

英闻天下——141 Moutai Investigated for Price Monopoly

Kweichow Moutai has announced on its official website that the company's new policies will soon be published under the guidance of China National Development and Reform Commission and the local bureau of commodity prices in Guizhou Province. Moutai's

英闻天下——129 Chrysler to Build Jeeps in China

Chrysler Group has agreed to make Jeeps in China with partner Guangzhou Automobile, a key step toward its goal of building Jeep into a global brand. Chrysler, majority-owned by Fiat, has not built Jeeps in China since before the Italian automaker too

英闻天下——134 Economic Loss from Air Pollution

A report from the Asian Development Bank this week is showing economic losses from air pollution in China accounts for 1.2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product. For more on this, we spoke earlier with Zhang Qingfeng, Asian Development Bank's Lead Wa

英闻天下——148 Global Use of Yuan to See 'Major Leap': PBOC

The People's Bank of China, China's central bank says China will vigorously promote the opening-up of its financial market this year to attract wider use of the yuan globally. According to the bank, China has signed settlement agreements involving a

英闻天下——144 Federer in Action, Murray Advances at Aussie Open

Among the matches in progress. It is Roger Federer trying to advance as he faces Nikolay Davydenko. The score there was 6-3/6-4/6-4. Meanwhile, the earlier results seeing Andy Murray moving through after overcoming Portugal's Joao Sousa in three sets

英闻天下——314 Japan PM's Statement Needs Clarification: China

In an interview with the Washington Post ahead his US visit, Abe says China has a deeply ingrained need to spar with Japan and other Asian neighbors over territorial issues. The Japanese prime minister says the ruling Communist Party of China uses th

英闻天下——316 Regulations Promoting Saving Take Effect

In Guangzhou city, the capital of Guangdong Province, the tradition of local enterprises is to hold a banquet to celebrate the beginning of the New Year. But this year, many companies have cancelled their banquet. One staff member at a local Guangzho

英闻天下——335 Political Session Media Center Starts Operation

The media center of China's upcoming two political sessions has now gone into operation. The first Sessions of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or the CPPCC and the 12th National People's Congress, or the NPC are set to op

英闻天下——340 Huawei, ZTE Launch New Products at WMC

Huawei has unveiled its newest smartphone at this year's World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The Ascend P2 boasts a connection speed of 150 megabytes per second, which is said to be the fastest on the market. The company sold 32 million smartp

英闻天下——339 Government Formation in Limbo in Italy

Election results in Italy have left the country in a political stalemate with Pier Luigi Bersani saying the country is in a dramatic situation. Bersani's center-left coalition has narrowly won the recent election in Italy's lower house, and must now

英闻天下——360 Gbagbo Defends His Innocence

Laurent Gbagbo, former President of Cote d'lvoire has appeared at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, to hear if he will be tried on charges of crimes against humanity. Gbagbo faces four charges, including murder and rape, following Cote d

英闻天下——361 Mixed Responses for Calligraphy Education

The popularity of Chinese calligraphy has been dwindling. With technological advances, many young people no longer write words by hand but use keyboards. Many now struggle to write sentences on paper let alone attempt the complexities of calligraphy.

英闻天下——367 TCM Goes to Global Market

Nutrition Science Partners is set to begin the final phase of testing for a new drug based on a traditional Chinese medicine botanical to treat inflammatory bowel disease. The new partnership has given Nestle Health Science access to a traditional Ch

英闻天下——362 US Sequester is to Start

After an-hour closed-door meeting with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders at the White House, US President Barack Obama re-iterated that the all-across spending cuts will hurt the economy and the people. At a time when our businesses have fi

英闻天下——372 Lawmakers Call for Revised Air Pollution Control Law

Beijing and other parts of northern China have been battered by smog starting from the beginning of this year. The capital was blanketed by smog for 26 days in January, while eastern China's Jiangsu Province saw 13 days of heavy pollution in February

英闻天下——258 Xi Jinping Extends Festival Greetings to Workers

Xi Jinping visited construction workers, street cleaners, police and taxi drivers in Beijing ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Sunday this year. It's the holiday season. I'd like to learn what people are still at work. I know that you can'

英闻天下——218 Agricultural Product Price Keep Rising

The Chinese government has started distributing grain reserves to ensure market supply during the Spring Festival. Yao Jian is the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce. He says the move will help ensure market supply doesn't get affected by extre

英闻天下——165 China Eyes Stronger Partnership with ROK

China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has met with South Korean special envoy Kim Moo-sung. Yang said that China looks forward to a stronger partnership with South Korea. Yang also said that China supports efforts to improve relations between South Ko