Central Gov't Sincere about Universal Suffrage

The central government's chief liaison in Hong Kong has gone on record saying authorities on the mainland are sincere in achieving universal suffrage for Hong Kong. CRI's Su Yi has more. Zhang Xiaoming, director of the Liaison Office of the Chinese C

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By Jim Bertel Washington, DC 17 February 2006 watch Bird Flu report As the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu continues to spread from Asia to the Middle East, Africa and Europe, there have been many pred

Greek coalition gov't talks collapse

ATHENS, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Marathon talks among parliamentary parties in debt-ridden Greece for the formation of a coalition government after the May 6 general polls collapsed on Friday, with the prospect of fresh elections in June seeming more likel

Greek coalition gov't wins confidence vote

ATHENS, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Greece's coalition government easily won a parliamentary confidence vote on early Monday, which clears the way for talks with international creditors for a review of bailout agreements to overcome the country's debt crisis.

Spanish gov't unveils new savings plan

MADRID, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish government on Friday unveiled its new savings plan, expecting to cut a total of 102 billion euros (125 billion U.S. dollars) of spending by 2014, in an effort to balance the strained public finances. The biennia

Japan's Noda cabinet resigns to pave way for Abe gov't

TOKYO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's cabinet members resigned en masse on Wednesday to pave the way for a new government led by Shinzo Abe, who will be the new prime minister in the day. In a cabinet meeting in the morn

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Former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva says Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov has resigned, parliament has been dissolved, and she will lead the new government. Jessica Golloher | Moscow 08 April 2010 Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva gesture during a n

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BBC Learning English People and Places Xiaolu Guo Amber:Hello! Today, we meet a young and highly-successful Chinese writer and film- maker, Xiaolu Guo. She talks about learning English, and about how she had fun trying to find the right kind of Engl

Chinese leaders, lawmakers discuss gov't work report

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and other senior leaders on Monday joined lawmakers in panel discussions on the government work report, which was delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the parliament's annual session. Hu said eff

CCTV9英语新闻：Thai gov’t plays down talk of coup ahead of city "shutdown"

Thailands Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has played down talk of a military coup in the country, ahead of a planned shutdown of the capital next week by protesters. Yingluck said on Friday that military intervention would not help the country and

Gov't to curb corruption in medical procurement

Gov't to curb corruption in medical procurement BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Authorities have pledged to further crack down on illegal activity regarding procurement procedures at local hospitals that are under the supervision of local governments, m

Mubarak says has ordered gov't to step down

CAIRO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- In his televised speech on early Saturday, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak(穆巴拉克) said that he has asked his current government to resign, vowing that the new government will bring more democracy and reform, in resp

U.S. gov't disapproves marijuana's medical use

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. federal government officially announced that it denied the medical use of marijuana. Department of Health and Human Services concluded that marijuana has a high potential for abuse, has no accepted medical use in

Premier voices full support for HK, Macao gov'ts

BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Premier Li Keqiang on Monday met with CY Leung and Chui Sai On, chief executives of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, praising the regions' roles in boosting the country's overall development. Li vo

Leaders, lawmakers, advisors discuss gov't work report

BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Communist Party of China (CPC) chief Xi Jinping and other senior leaders on Wednesday joined lawmakers and political advisors in panel discussions on the government work report. The report was delivered by Premier Wen Jia

More gov't subsidies for rural medical insurance system

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government will raise its subsidies for rural residents' medical insurance in 2013, Minister of Health Chen Zhu announced on Monday. Under the new rural cooperative medical program, the annual government subsid

Pakistani gov't loses majority as coalition party

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani government has lost majority in the parliament as a powerful party in ruling coalition Sunday decided to sit on opposition benches. Leaders of Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said that they will approach the Spea

New HK gov't to promote economy, democracy, livelihood

HONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's new chief executive Leung Chun-ying Sunday said the new government will lead the city to develop the economy, improve people's livelihood, promote democracy and build a more prosperous, progressive and righte

China to boost local gov't debt clean-up

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China will boost the clean-up of thousands of millions of local government's debt in 2012, so to guard against possible defaults that would hurt its banks, the country's banking regulator said Thursday. The country will f