VOA双语新闻 - 以色列将在东耶路撒冷建设700幢住

Israel plans to build nearly 700 new apartments in disputed East Jerusalem, defying demands by the United States and the Palestinian Authority for a freeze on settlement construction. While Israel has imposed a partial freeze on construction in the W

Real Estate Developers Turning to Other Areas for Funds

The mid-year reports on listed property companies in China have shown that only 40 percent of these companies have seen overall sales volume and net profit growth. Less powerful real estate companies have been forced to turn to other areas in an effo

NPR 2009-11-26

President Obama plans to unveil his strategy for Afghanistan next week. He'll give an evening address from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The White House says he will first brief members of Congress. The president's senior military command

China to Allow Social Capital in Railway Sector

The central government here in China has outlined how it intends to allow social investment into the railway sector. CRI's He Fei has more. A guideline has issued by the central government on how to innovate railway funding and speed up railway const

2017年CRI China obtains tangible achievements in reform

China's top economic planner is suggesting significant steps have been made in supply-side structural reforms, as well as the curtailing of hot-money outflows. CRI's Guan Chao with more on the National Development and Reform Commission's year-end ses

NPR 2009-01-04

Israel began a ground incursion inside Gaza today with a significant number of troops backed by tanks and helicopters. The operation is designed to seize areas of northern Gaza used by Hamas militants to fire rockets into southern Israel. Israeli Ma

影响:中国经济转型将影响世界

Forget the Federal Reserve. Forget the European Central Bank. The institution whose decisions will matter most to the world economy over the next five years is China's State Council. 忘记美联储(Federal Reserve)，忘记欧洲央行(European Cent

VOA常速英语2008年-New Capital City Draws Attention in Kazakhstan

By Valer Gergely Washington 23 April 2008 Kazakhstan enjoys a booming economy fueled by the country's oil revenues. As Valer Gergely reports, the country's new capital, Astana is not only one of the fastest growing cities in the world, but has also b

Work begins on major high-speed railway in western China

Work begins on major high-speed railway in western China XI'AN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Construction work started Saturday on a major high-speed railway in China's western hinterland to promote local economic cooperation and development. The 643-km-long

VOA标准英语2013--报告称发展中国家巨额腐败资金外流

Report: Corruption Cheats Developing Countries of Needed Money 报告称发展中国家巨额腐败资金外流 WASHINGTON The developing world needs huge sums of money to address its many problems with health, housing, education, and more. A new rep

建设银行拟发行优先股

BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- China Construction Bank (CCB), one of four major banks in China, on Saturday announced it plans to sell no more than 600 million preference shares to raise up to 60 billion yuan (9.8 billion U.S. dollars) in a private pla

中国承认低估燃煤消耗量 减排行动新挑战

BEIJING China, the worlds leading emitter of greenhouse gases from coal, is burning far more annually than previously thought, according to new government data. The finding could vastly complicate the already difficult efforts to limit global warming

铁饭碗时代一去不返

The archetypal worker in an advanced economy used to be a man on a production line or a salaryman in a city office a secure, yet repressed, cog in a machine. A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many/I had not thought death had undone so many, wrote

False ceiling collapses at Delhi Games venue

NEW DELHI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- A portion of a false ceiling at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue（犯罪地点） of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the Indian capital, collapsed Wednesday, causing no injuries, reported the Indo-Asian

EU Presses Hungary to Make Further Spending Cuts

The European Union is heightening its pressure on Hungary for reforms, saying that it has failed to effectively control its budget deficit and that its new constitution may be unlawful. EU economy minister Olli Rehn said Wednesday that the Budapest g

AP 2010-12-04

1. Members of the president's deficit commission will begin weighing in on a controversial plan being presented by the panel's co-chairman today. The plan calls for cuts to social security, curtailing tax breaks and deep cuts in spending. However, it

英语六级冲刺英文写作预测：外商投资

Foreign Investment 1、外商投资的优越性 2、外资给中国经济建设带来的变化 3、如何进一步吸引外资 The merit of foreign investments lies in many aspects. It increases capital investment in our economic construction， spee

China to continue regulating land supply for housing construction

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China will continue its regulation of land supply for housing use in 2013 to promote the stability of land market and healthy economic growth, a senior land and resources official said on Friday. Xu Shaoshi, minister of l

普京:与俄断交伤害欧盟经济

MOSCOW, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Curtailing cooperation between Moscow and the European Union (EU) will blunt the economic competitiveness of the European countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Severing economic ties between the EU an

China's Supreme Court to improve work style

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Wednesday announced plans to improve its work style, echoing a call by the newly elected leadership of China's ruling party to reject extravagance and reduce bureaucracy. The SPC's plan