Starting from 8 a.m. (Beijing time) Friday, Xinhua will work with all participating media organizations to launch a 24-hour multimedia "relay" coverage of "Global News Day for Children" on six continents. "Global News Day for Children" is a global media

Earlier this month, Peking University (PKU) announced a trial recruitment program that favors promising students with recommendations from their high school principals, sparking debate among academia, press and on the internet. Principals can recommend a fixed number of students showing

Senior military officials of China and Senegal said Thursday they would enhance cooperation between the two armed forces. China and Senegal had cooperated beneficially since the resumption of diplomatic ties in 2005, said Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie in a

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang Thursday has called for greater investment between China and the European Union ahead of the annual leaders' summit this month. "As the world's biggest developing country and the biggest developed economy, China and the EU

A shared experience provided the background when senior cadres from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and China met in Pyongyang Thursday. Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of the DPRK met a

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday ordered all administrative and medical departmentsto ensure accurate reporting of A(H1N1) influenza cases, in response to a medical expert's query over false reports. Zhong Nanshan, a medical expert in Guangdong Province, was quoted

Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu expressed hope to promote bilateral cooperation in economy, trade and agriculture with Syria during his meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri in Damascus on Thursday. Hui said the bilateral relations between China and

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Japanese Speaker of the House of Representatives Takahiro Yokomichi and President of the House of Councillors Satsuki Eda on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties. Yang said after the new Diet was formed

The government has effectively reduced the obscene content in the country's Internet sphere, but porn profiteers have countered by moving their virtual stores to mobile phone services. Chinese media, including official voices such as CCTV and People's Daily, are championing

Cypriot President Demetris Christofias on Thursday declared relations with China were outstanding and that Cyprus wanted to further strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Christofias was speaking after accepting the credentials of Li Guobang, China's new ambassador to the eastern Mediteranean

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Japanese counterpart Katsuya Okada Thursday evening to discuss bilateral ties as well as international and regional issues of common concern. Yang said after the new government was formed after the Aug. 30general

China's Ministry of Health (MOH) Thursday ordered all administrative and medical departments to ensure accurate reporting of A/H1N1 influenza cases, in response to a medical expert's query over false reports. Zhong Nanshan, a medical expert in south China's Guangdong Province,

The Hospital Authority (HA) of Hong Kong has prepared to provide professional medical services to the upcoming East Asian Games (EAG), including a plan for preventing the spread of A/H1N1 flu during the competitions. "A contingency plan has set out

About 60 percent of Taiwan's youth have considered suicide while more than 30 percent lack direction in life, because of a lack of public role models and weakened family support, a magazine survey found this week. Taiwan-based CommonWealth magazine's first

China's anti-corruption chief He Guoqiang Thursday urged authorities to utilize the public's online comments and postings in the country's ongoing attempt to fight corruption. He, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China

China on Thursday voiced strong dissatisfaction over Italian Chamber of Deputies speaker Gianfranco Fini's meeting with the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama attended the fifth World Parliamentarians Convention on Tibet in Rome and met with Fini while visiting Italy's parliament

China Mobile, the country's largest wireless carrier, is coming under pressure to shut off access to pornography through its cell phone network. The move comes as online sites accessible only through mobile phones are becoming a popular new method for

At least 12,000 teachers in Hubei province feel cheated as the diplomas they gained from a local normal college are recognized only within the province, and not nationwide. Li Ping (not a real name), a teacher from Yichang, Central China's

China and the United States announced yesterday they will send senior officials to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as nations try to get the DPRK back to negotiations over its nuclear programs. Defense Minister Liang Guanglie will visit