Tibet ranks first in China in the rate of the development of the individual and private sector in 2009. (People's Daily Online Photo)&$&$ Tibet ranks first in China in the rate of the development of the individual and private sector,

China will invest more than1.5 trillion yuan in railway construction and increase the existing operating mileage of railways in its western regions by 20,000 kilometers in the coming 10 years, that's 50,000 kilometers in the region by 2020. China's total

Photo shows przewalski's gazelle playing on a grassland east of the Qinghai Lake, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Oct. 14, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ The Qinghai-based Protection Center for Przewalski's Gazelles has raised funds of 1.2 million yuan RMB from government agencies

Not long after China and Australia have passed the bumpy road and come back to "business as usual", both sides set to resume the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. Why is the FTA so important and urgent to both China

Bathed in the sunshine in early winter, old people were chatting in their home yards; women were learning Tibetan embroidery in a two-story building; and children were having a lot of fun. The scene was spotted in the Guantang New

A blind girl braids the hair of a classmate of hers in the school for the blind in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ For Tsering Dorje, an eight-year-old Tibetan boy, the school for the blind

HONG KONG: A total of 2,416 accredited journalists would cover the 5th East Asian Games in Hong Kong, said the Planning Committee here on Monday at the launching ceremony for the Media Center. The Media Center of EAG, located on

Undated photo shows children playing with the icicles on the branches of a tree in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Chinatibetnews Photo)&$&$&$ &$&$

Picture taken on Oct. 25, 2009, shows a Buddhist pagoda in front of the ruins of the Guge Kingdom in Tsada County, Ngari Prefecture, west Tibet. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ With the development of tourism industry, the ruins of Guge Kingdom in

An increasing number of mainland migrants to Hong Kong are changing the spelling of their surnames to avoid discrimination, a report said Monday. Lawyer Raymond Tang told Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post that his firm was seeing more mainland-born

The students from Lhoka are learning the winter fire safety knowledge. (Chinatibetnews Photo)&$&$ Entering winter, security hidden troubles of fire incident are increasing. The related activities including fire drills, fire-fighting equipments display, and teaching fire safety knowledge have been carried

A plot of land at 15, Guangqu Road, which is publicly acknowledged by industry insiders to be the "only prime land left in Beijing's CBD (central business district) area," became a hotly contested target among real estate giants on June

The HIV positive population in China is likely at 740,000, compared to 700,000 in 2007. From China Daily:The number of HIV positive people in China probably stands at around 740,000, up from the estimated 700,000 who had the virus in

People's Daily reports on new regulations covering sex change operations:Only those 20 or above with documented psychological reasons will be allowed to become a transsexual. And only surgeons with at least 10 years of related experience in hospitals approved by

Children in Beijing play with pet rabbits, by Patrik Lockne

Four police officers from Shaanxi Province have received jail terms ranging from one year to two and a half years for the death of 19-year-old Xu Gengrong. Xu died after he was interrogated for his role in the rape and

In the wake of President Obama's China visit, Timothy Garton Ash puts forward two approaches the West could take to engage China. From the Malaysian Insider:Diplomatically, the US will have significant possibilities of balancing Chinese power by strengthening relationships with

China's economic planning agency has given final approval to Disney to open a theme park in Shanghai, BBC reports:The National Development and Reform Commission said the long-awaited park would be built in the city's eastern Pudong district.Earlier this month, the

Ying Chan, director of the Journalism and Media Studies Center at The University of Hong Kong, writes an op-ed in the New York Times about the images portrayed during President Obama's visit to China last week:While the jury is still

Two people were executed today for their role in milk contamination scandal which killed at least six children last year. From Reuters:A total of 21 Sanlu executives and middlemen were tried and sentenced in January by a court in the