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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (C) looks at a water filter system donated by US NGO Samaritan's Purse during her visit to a temporary camp at quake-hit Dujiangyan, Sich...

DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is impressed by China's relief work in the areas hit by the May 12 earthquake. Rice met with quake survivors and...

Local residents cheer for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Wuzhong City of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region during the Olympic torch relay June 30, ...

BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The planned international route of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay was cancelled, announced the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee for the Olymp...

BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- China will start a nationwide inspection on Thursday to tighten management of performance-enhancing drug suppliers and manufacturers ahead of the Olymp...

SHANGHAI, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Greek President Karolos Papoulias said here Thursday he believed the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be a monument in the Olympic history. ...

By Sportswriter Shan Lei BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Houston Rockets center Yao Ming said Thursday he has taken 80 per cent recovery from a foot surgery and would join the...

Music fountains are played in front of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest during the inauguration of the stadium June 28, 2008. Covering an area of 21.4 hectar...

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, presided over a meeting of the CPC Central Committee Political Bu...

Torrential rain from tropical storm Fengshen has killed 14 people in south China's Guangdong Province, up from nine on Friday, the local authority said on Saturday. The str...

Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, presided over a meeting of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau on the final stage of pr...

XI'AN - The controversial photographs of a rare South China tiger in the wild were allegedly fabricated by farmer Zhou Zhenglong, Shaanxi Provincial government officials said o...

BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Shang Fulin, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), on Sunday vowed to deepen reform and boost regulation to promote a stable a...

BEIJING, June 23 (Xinhuanet) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are finalizing an agreement to start the process of redrawing how Wall Street is r...

The country's top economic planner will tighten control over prices to prevent the inflation rate from rising further. Two days after increasing fuel and electricity prices,...

Hong Kong has become the most popular destination for mainland outbound travelers, according to the latest survey released by the AcNielsen. The company surveyed 4,103 traveler...

INBOUND agents handling China worry they may lose business to neighbouring countries during the July and August super peak season. They are anxiously waiting to hear from their ...

A new sightseeing bus center is expected to be built in Zhujiajiao Water Town in Shanghai's Qingpu District before the 2010 World Expo. The center, near the A9 highway, wi...

A new sightseeing bus center is expected to be built in Zhujiajiao Water Town in Shanghai's Qingpu District before the 2010 World Expo. The center, near the A9 highway, wi...

By Lin Li BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Delegates attending the fifth Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP) urged the Asian and European countries to streng...

BEIJING, June 19 -- Air France-KLM Group, British Airways Plc and Air Berlin Plc were among European airlines whose share-price estimates were slashed by Morgan Stanley analysts, w...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao chaired an executive meeting of the State Council (Cabinet) on Wednesday, which discussed post-earthquake reconstruction, reform of state farms in Hainan...

In Shanghai, travel agencies have begun offering package tours to Sichuan again. Prices are roughly the same as before the earthquake hit. This is peak tourist season in Sichuan. A...

About 200 Chinese travelers set out from airports in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon, becoming the first Chinese vacationers to take part in tour groups to the...

China's inbound arrivals will continue to grow by 7-8 percent a year to 163 million in 2010, the Pacific Asia Tourism Association (PATA) said in a recent report. There will ...

The annual Shanghai Tourism Festival will run from September 13 to October 6, according to the city's tourism officials. The opening night parade on Huaihai Road will get ...

NEW YORK, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The dollar fell against major currencies on Monday, hit by weak U.S. manufacturing data and rising oil prices. Light, sweet crude for July del...

BEIJING, June 14 -- The People's Bank of China vowed on Friday that it would take "forceful" measures to curb excessive price rises and enhance monitoring of cross-bord...

Heavy rains were forecast for most parts of rain-drenched southern China over upcoming 10 days, and some regions would probably hit by torrential rains, strong gales and thundersto...

BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Online Chinese shoppers spent 16.2 billion yuan (2.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 19 major cities in the first half of 2008, China Internet Network Informa...