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By Ma Xiangfei BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) on Tuesday expressed condolences to the earthquake victims in Sichu...

RUIJIN, Central China, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay will kick off in Ruijin city, the first leg in Central China's Jiangxi province, on Wednesday. Ruijin,...

By Sportswriter Zhang Rongfeng RUIJIN, Jiangxi Province, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in Ruijin of Jiangxi Province started with a minute of silence to the ...

TIANJIN, China, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Lu Shanzhen, coach of the Chinese gymnastics women's team, expressed his unhappiness about the draw of the women's team competitions for ...

TIANJIN, China, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Huang Yubin, the head coach of the Chinese gymnastics national team, expressed his satisfaction over the draw for the men's gymnastics team c...

WUXI, China, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese women's basketball team outplayed visiting Poland 91-72 in Wuxi, Southeast China, on Thursday, winning seven of the eight games played s...

CHANGCHUN, Northeast China, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Ding Ning, one of China's youngest table tennis stars, said she hoped to win an Olympic gold medal, most likely after the 2008 Ga...

Special report: 2008 Olympic Games BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- China's women hockey team will be on a tough way to struggle for medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympic women&#...

QUANZHOU, South China, April 23 (Xinhua) -- China's weightlifting team may compete in five men's categories in the Beijing Olympic Games as Chinese strongmen showed their w...

By Sportswriter Zhang Rongfeng RUIJIN, Jiangxi Province, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in Ruijin of Jiangxi Province started with a minute of silence to the ...

BEIJING, May 14 -- The Olympic torch relay passed through this famous city yesterday deep in the mountains of East China's Fujian province, where Mao Zedong and his comrades fo...

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay will go on its tour as scheduled in Sichuan despite Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Wenchuan County of...

By Ma Xiangfei BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) on Tuesday expressed condolences to the earthquake victims in Sichu...

RUIJIN, Central China, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay will kick off in Ruijin city, the first leg in Central China's Jiangxi province, on Wednesday. Ruijin,...

BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese artists sent a welcoming message in an open letter to their counterparts worldwide on Sunday, inviting them to come to Beijing to enjoy the feas...

BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- China's women hockey team will be on a tough way to struggle for medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympic women's hockey tournament since it has been p...

BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The host China's men's basketball team will face the United States Dream Team on the opener of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as the draw of m...

LUOYANG, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Yang Shujun of Chinese Taipei claimed the title of the women's 51 kilogram division here on Saturday, with a thrilling 4-3 victory over China'...

Located on the bank of the Yue Lake at the northwest comer of the West Lake, the Yue Fei Temple was first built in 1221, and consisted of the Temple of the Martyr, the Loyalty Enli...

Also one of the Ten Scenes of the West Lake, the Autumn Moon on Calm Lake is located at the western end of the White Causeway, surrounded by water on its three sides and against th...

The Three Pools Mirroring the Moon is one of the Ten Scenes of the West Lake. The three stone pagodas are 2 meters in height respectively, and were first built 800 years ago on the...

In the water of the West Lake, there are three islands with different features, with the Mini Yingzhou being the largest of them. Built in 1607, the island has a feature of "ha...

??Guilin was first established by Emperor Qinshihuang (214 BC) as the Guilin Shire. It was located on the Guixiang "Corridor" which was an important passage connecting Zhon...

The spring of the West Lake is very poetic, especially the famous scenery of the White Causeway in Early Spring. Built in Tang Dynasty, more than 1,000 years ago, the White Causewa...

Reposed onthe Baoshi Hill, the Baoshu Pagoda was first built in the period of the Northern Song Dynasty, ruined and rebuilt many times later. Now a solid hexagonal pagoda with 7 st...

The Broken Bridge lies at the eastern end of the White Causeway. According to the Joumal of West Lake Visit in the Ming Dynasty, the place was so named because the White Causeway f...

History Hangzhou is famous historical and cultural city in China, reputed as one of the 7 major ancient capitals in the Chinese history. Hangzhou has a long history and it has ...

The first direct air route between Beijing and Seattle will be launched on June 9 by Hainan Airlines. This will be the fastest air link between China and the United States. The...

China is able to guarantee stable domestic food supply and keep prices level, as the country has abundant grain reserves, said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)...

China's foreign trade of electronics and information products reached 201 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of this year, a growth of 17.7 percent year-on-year. The...