China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will set hand to preserve and protect its local section of the Great Wall, the first such kind of move in the local history, said the regional government on Sunday. Preservation and protection will go
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang left Beijing on Sunday for visit to Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia. Zhang's visit, scheduled from September 7 to 17, is at the invitation of the German government, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonian
Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Beijing on Sunday with Koichi Kato, former secretary-general of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and chairman of the Japan-China Friendship Association, who attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games on Saturday
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday met with his counterpart from Republic of Korea (ROK) Han Seung Soo on sidelines of the Beijing Paralympic Games. Wen extended a welcome to Han, who attended the opening ceremony of the Paralympics on
A delegation of the National People's Congress (NPC) left here Sunday for an official goodwill visit to New Zealand, Australia and Samoa from September 7 to 20. The delegation, headed by Yan Junqi, vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people went to the polls here Sunday to cast their votes for the 4th term Legislative Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The polls, beginning at 07:30 a.m. local time (2330 GMT
With a dazzling and emotional show that highlighted the value, dignity and dream of life, the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games opened in the Chinese capital on Saturday night, rallying the world under one shared dream of "transcendence, integration and equality"
NPR profiles the daughter of a Red Army officer, who traced his steps on the Long March to understand his experience:It wasn't until she went on her own long march, where she talked to people and farmers along the trail,
The Los Angeles Times reports on Chinese coverage of the U.S. election:To the Chinese, who are spared by the one-party communist system such complications as an electoral college and party caucuses, the spectacle unfolding in the United States is not
From Reuters:China on Saturday launched two satellites it said would monitor the environment and help reduce natural disasters, Xinhua news agency reported.The satellites, fired from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi Province, would help forecast and monitor floods,
From Xinhua:The number of wild gray snub-nosed monkeys, an endangered species only found in southwest China's Guizhou Province, has more than doubled to about 850 over the past three decades.The monkey, the rarest among the three species of golden monkeys
Holland Cotter of the New York Times reviews an exhibit of revolutionary art now on at Asia Society:Under that party's auspices, a month ago, some 16,000 performers offered an awesomely dressed, drilled and illuminated paean to China's cultural brilliance, past
The Guardian reports on the opening of the Paralympic Games in Beijing, which was produced by Zhang Yimou:Particularly well received was a ballet performance by a young girl who lost a leg in May's massive Sichuan earthquake. After a solitary
From Caijing Magazine:Eight economists were invited by Premier Wen Jiabao and the State Council to a closed-door meeting between July 8 and 11 on China's macroeconomic conditions and employment outlook. Cai Fang, director for the Institute of Population and Labor
Geoff Dyer reports in the Financial Times:Sarah Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention may have received little attention in China, but the news of her choice as John McCain's running mate has attracted considerable interest.While Chinese media had appeared
Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Beijing on Sunday with German President Horst Koehler, who attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games on Saturday night. &$&$Source: Xinhua&$&$ ...
A coal mine was flooded in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province early Sunday morning, leaving about 20 people trapped underground, local authorities said. More than 50 miners were working in the shaft when the accident happened at the Fushun
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Beijing on Saturday. Yang applauded Iran's support to the Beijing Olympic Games and to the Beijing Paralympics. Mottaki, who came to accompany Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for
