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BEIJING - China on Thursday rebuked the proposal by a few countries on Taiwan's participation in the United Nations specialized agencies, saying it infringed upon its sovereign...

Piano prodigy Lang Lang claimed piano represented modern China when referring to his performance at the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony. It is arguable whether piano best represen...

BEIJING - Six of China's centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are searching for six general legal counsels from both home and abroad through open competition, ...

While China's rapid economic growth has indeed increased demand for commodities in general, the weak dollar and speculation are the real causes of the huge spikes in internatio...

In the beautiful capital of Dushanbe, which is located in Hissar valley in the south of Tajikistan known for its vast expanse and meandering mountain ranges, the newly-built Palace...

Chinese President Hu Jintao, in a keynote speech Thursday at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tajik capital Dushanbe, made a five-point proposal for joi...

BEIJING, Aug. 29 -- Bank of China, the country's third largest bank by assets, posted a 42.78 percent growth in first-half net profit, the only domestic listed bank reporting a...

BEIJING, Aug. 29 -- The government is working on a plan to boost the country's annual grain output by 10 percent by 2020, an industry expert said Thursday. Song Tingming...

BEIJING, Aug. 29 -- The per capita income of people in China's rural areas rose 10.3 percent in the first half of 2008, the greatest increase for the six-month period for four ...

BEIJING, Aug. 29 -- The world's third-tallest building and the newest addition to Shanghai's high-end office and hotel markets will open to the public tomorrow, 14 years af...

By Bai Xu BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympics has witnessed so many superlative performances, most of which are set to go down in history. 1. Michael Ph...

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The increase in China's retail sales volume exceeded 20 percent year on year in the last eight months and is still accelerating, enough to sustain ...

Frank Fredericks, a Namibian former sprinter, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as well as the Chairman of the Athletes' Commission of the IOC, have receiv...

The number of phone users in China had exceeded 960 million as of July, including over 600 million mobile phone users, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) sa...

China and Tajikistan have reached broad consensus on deepening bilateral cooperation in politics, economy, trade and their efforts to combat terrorism, according to a joint stateme...

The Paralympic torch was lit at the Beijing Paralympic flame lighting ceremony in the Temple of Heaven on Thursday. (Xinhua Photo) Chinese premier Wen Jiabao lit the Beijing Par...

BEIJING - The Chinese government will stick to an economic policy that focuses on curbing inflation for the rest of the year, a senior official on Wednesday told China's top le...

The central government said Wednesday it is considering a series of fiscal measures to promote tourism, particularly in the less developed interior regions. The National Develop...

Rapidly growing fiscal revenue helped the country reduce its central fiscal deficit last year, despite heavy investment in rural and western regions, Finance Minister Xie Xuren Wed...

China has rolled out a new program for the development of four functional population zones. Its purpose is rational demographic distribution and migration, the National Population ...

Chinese equities lost 2.62 percent on Tuesday amid weak market sentiment in response to news that listed companies' profit growth slowed drastically in the first half of 2008 f...

The summer harvest was over. Watching a machine crush the wheat stubble in the field, Gao Chengli recalled the days when he was choked by smoke from burning straw and wary of lo...

China-Britain trade tops 2 bln pounds GOV.cn Thursday, August 21, 2008 Trade figures released by UK Trade &Investment (UKTI) show that business between Britain a...

China Communications Bank H1 profit up 81% GOV.cn Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Bank of Communications, China's fifth biggest commercial bank, said its first half ...

Hong Kong set to review privacy law GOV.cn Monday, August 25, 2008 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government is planning to take forward a revie...

Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Tuesday that the just-ended Beijing Olympic Games had scored a great success with the support and help of the whole international Olympic family...

China weighs criminal penalty on leaking personal data GOV.cn Monday, August 25, 2008 Citizen's personal information is likely to be better protected by a draft...

BJW: Thanks to the Olympic Games the world today has a much better understanding of China, Chinese culture and Chinese people and for the past week another window of understanding ...

Dream redeemed The US dream team redeemed itself on Sunday with a 118-107 against Spain in the basketball final. Guard Dwyane Wade was the game’s leading scorer with 27 poi...

China's Olympic gold medalists will each get a tax-free bonus of 350,000 yuan ($51,000), almost double that paid out after the 2004 Athens Games, local media reported Tuesday. ...