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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. ...

It's not everyday that an immigrant family makes it big even in the "land of plenty". But the Chao family has made it. US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao took part in Ch...

SEOUL: President Hu Jintao and his Republic of Korea (ROK) counterpart Lee Myung-bak have agreed to expand cooperation in political, economic and other fields, including the Korean...

Beijing's huge investment in the Olympics will help cement its place as a world-class city and business center, and leave a legacy of improvements for its residents, pundits ha...

Usain Bolt's lightning gold-medal runs, in less time than an average person takes to write the shortest text message, reflects the pace of life in today's world. Till Su...

A performer dances in the street parade at the annual Notting Hill Carnival in central London August 25, 2008....

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The President of the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee (BOCOG), Liu Qi, received the Olympic Order in Gold on Monday from the hands of International Ol...

Beijing, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Foreign leaders recently conveyed their appreciation of the just-concluded Beijing Olympic Games to Chinese leaders President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Ji...

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Juan Antonio Samaranch said that the 29th Olympic Games of Beijing was the best one...

BEIJING, Aug. 26 -- Thirty-seven performing troupes from across Asia will gather next month at a grand festival in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan province, to prov...

BEIJING, Aug. 26 -- As the 10th Asian Art Festival will open on September 26 in Zhengzhou, local authorities expect it to also show the city's brilliant civilization and recent...

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The United States clocked a new world record of 3:29:34 to win the men's 4x100m medley relay as Michael Phelps claimed his eighth gold medal at the...

Wang Jue had dreamed of becoming an Olympic volunteer for three years, from the day in July 2005 when he learned he had been accepted to a university in Beijing. After taking 16...

ROME - An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the ster...

Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Sunday that the Beijing Olympic Games have promoted the Olympic spirit of solidarity, friendship and peace. "The success of the Beijing Ol...