2015年CRI Year-ender: Top Events of Year 2015 in China

The beginning of year 2015 was marred by tragedy in Shanghai. The New Year's Eve celebration turned into a stampede that saw 36 people killed and 47 others injured. Most of the deceased were young people. Lack of adequate preparations and controls we

【英音模仿秀】只生一个好？

模仿文本：Just prior to the beginning of the Communist Party Congress last week, a Chinese government think tank recommended ending the country's one-child policy. It first came into force in 1979. Rebecca Kesby has been speaking to one Chinese

布莱尔首相演讲:Economic Policy

TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S BROADCAST ON ECONOMIC POLICY FRIDAY 30 JUNE 2000 In a few week's time, Gordon Brown will announce to Parliament and the country the Government's spending plans for the next three years. I can't, of course, reveal t

欧美名人演讲 第88期:奥巴马任内末次白宫记者晚宴演讲(10)

Come on. We werent just going to stop there. 拜托。我们哪能这就说完呢。 Come on. Although I am a little hurt that hes not here tonight. 拜托啊！虽然，他今晚缺席这让我有点受伤。 We had so much fun that last time, and i

VOA慢速英语--Program Offers Job Experience, Pay for High Schoolers

Program Offers Job Experience, Pay for High Schoolers At the start of the school year, Aelina Pogosian could not wait to tell her friends about the most interesting thing she had done over the summer. The 16-year-old did not want to talk about a trip

VOA标准英语2008年-Obama Seeks to Bolster Foreign Policy Credentia

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama travels to the Middle East and Europe next week as he seeks to bolster his foreign policy and national security credentials with U.S. voters. Obama is also expected to visit Iraq and Afghanistan soon. O

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Adviser Says One Of The GOP Nominee's Signature Plans Is 'Not Workable'

Trump Adviser Says One Of The GOP Nominee's Signature Plans Is 'Not Workable' STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Fifty Republican security experts released a letter yesterday saying Trump is unfit to be president, said he'd be the most reckless president in Americ

Any customer can get a 15,000-yuan insurance policy

Any customer who buys pork can get a 15,000-yuan insurance policy(保险单), no matter how much they buy. Even when they ask for a slice of pork, they can also get the insurance.Gu Linlin is manager of a grocery store in Sichuan, southwest China. He

2015年CRI ＂Two-child＂ Policy to be Released Next Year

Reporter: A universal two-child policy is expected to be passed by the top legislature by the end of the week as it concludes its latest bimonthly session on Sunday. The new rules would come into effect on January 1. Zhai Zhenwu, Head of the China Po

China reiterates prudent monetary policy for 2012

BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The central bank reiterated Friday that the country will continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy in 2012. The statement was released by the People's Bank of China after data showed that

China to continue prudent monetary policy next year

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, said Wednesday that China will continue its prudent monetary policy next year while making the policy more targeted, flexible and forward-looking. The announcement c

VOA常速英语2007年-Focus of US Presidential Race Shifts to Foreign

By Jim Malone Washington 28 December 2007 The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto appears to have shifted the focus of the U.S. presidential race to national security and foreign policy issues. VOA National Correspondent J

China reiterates proactive fiscal policy stance in 2012

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- China will continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy this year amid complicated economic environments both at home and abroad, Minister of Finance Xie Xuren said Wednesday. In an article published on the ministry's

徘徊的岁月The Year of Wandering

[美文欣赏] Between the preparation and the work,the apprenticeship and the actual dealing with a task or an art,there comes, in the experience of many young men,a period of uncertainty and wandering which is often misunderstood and counted as tim

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-14)

1 If you are flying Delta in the new year, expect to pay more for check bags. It will now cost you 23 dollars for the first bag and 32 for the second. That's an increas of eight dollars for the first bag and seven for the second. 2 Relief from the co

2015年CRI China Considers to Loose Second Child Policy

Currently, one in ten Chinese citizens is 65 or above. And this proportion is likely to increase to one third by the year of 2050. Meanwhile, the working population is also aging. Wang Jun, professor at Sun Yat-Sen University, says this trend would p

U.S poverty rate rises to 14.3 percent last year

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty（贫困） rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession（衰退） since the 1930s and high unemployment（失业率 ）

China targets 4% consumer price rise this year

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China aims to rein this year's consumer price growth at around 4 percent, according to a government work report delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the annual parliamentary session on Monday. In projecting a CPI increase o

EU says 2011 will be economically painful year

BRUSSELS, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The year 2011 will be economically challenging(挑战的) and painful, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned here Wednesday. After two years of economic recession（衰退）, Barroso expects a difficul

2016年CRI Two-child policy creates baby boom in China

Chinese lawmakers announced plans to eliminate the One Child Policy last year, replacing it with new regulations, which allow all couples in China to have two children. Now the impact of the new policy, which took effect this year, is already visible