A two-day Sino-U.S. strategic and economic dialogue, the first of its kind, due in Washington D.C. on Monday, will help boost bilateral economic ties and pull the global economy out of its current downturn, experts say. POLICIES COORDINATION The dialogue,

Kenyan scholars lauded the Chinese government's swift action to stop criminals' violent acts in China's western region of Xinjiang on July 5. A couple of Kenyan scholars interviewed by Xinhua justified the action taken by the Chinese government, saying the

China on Monday aired "strong dissatisfaction" over Japan's granting a visa to Uygur separatist Rebiya Kadeer. "We express strong dissatisfaction with the Japanese government for insisting on allowing Rebiya to visit Japan to engage in anti-China separatist activities despite China's

The China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), the first of its kind between the world's biggest developing country and biggest developed country, opened here on Monday. On behalf of Chinese President Hu Jintao and invited by U.S. President Barack Obama,

U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner Monday noted that close cooperation between the U.S. and China is critical to the health of the global economy at the opening ceremony of the first round of China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue. &$&$

The National Mine Park in northeast China's Fuxin City, converted from Asia's largest open pit coal mine, opened to tourists on Monday. Admission to the park is free. Covering an area of 28 square kilometers, the park contains a cultural

China and the United States shoulder important responsibilities on a host of major world issues, Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Monday in a message to the opening session of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue. &$&$ Source: Xinhua&$&$ ...

China's oil consumption declined in the first half of the year as the country's economy slowed, but it would pick up growth in the second half, the main industry group said Monday. According to the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry

China's top anti-graft official He Guoqiang Monday called on discipline inspection organs across the country to step up the crackdown on corruption, in order to help "maintain stability of China's reform and development". He, a member of the Standing Committee

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L, front) talks with deaf-mute workers via finger language while visiting Yuping handicraft company in Jilin, a city of northeast China's Jilin Province, July 26, 2009. Wen made an inspection tour in Jilin Province from July

U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the opening session of the first China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue here on Monday. &$&$ Source: Xinhua&$&$ ...

U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that the first round of U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) is an "essential step forward in advancing a positive, constructive, and comprehensive relationship" between the two countries. &$&$ Source: Xinhua&$&$ ...

U.S. President Barack Obama said at the opening session of the first round of U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) that he and Chinese President Hu Jintao shares a commitment to a sustained dialogue to enhance the shared interests between

U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that it is important for the United States and China to reflect upon the questions that will shape the 21st century. "Will growth be stalled by events like our current crisis, or will we

A senior Chinese official said Monday the government's policies on ethnic affairs are "on the right track" and have helped create conditions for equality, unity and common prosperity among the country's different ethnic groups. &$ &$Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of

A law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death says the pop star's personal doctor administered the powerful drug that authorities believe killed him.

Not exactly a movie about dying of laughter but close to it, Judd Apatow's pot luck mock morbid meditation on mortality, punchlines and male anatomy, is strangely as much about the cutting off of life as castration anxiety issues.

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership recognized 20 partners for generating the most green electricity on site.

During their first meeting in April, President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao announced a new dialogue as part of the administration's efforts to build a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship with Beijing.

The rain came on the evening and night following Nag Panchami, a festival devoted to serpent deities that live half of the year in an subterranean kingdom and half in our world.