The upcoming 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will chart the direction of Beijing's future policy toward Taiwan, a senior mainland official said Wednesday.Li Weiyi, spokesm
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to rise by 4.6 percent this year and by around five percent in the first half of 2008, according to a forecast report by the Research Bureau of the People's
A new World Bank report Foreign Capital Utilization in China: Prospects and Future Strategy praises China for its success in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), and recommends China to opt for
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Former California Governor Pete Wilson endorsed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday. “Rudy has proven he
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government is drafting a new national emergency response plan which aims to enhance partnership between federal, state and local responders in time of crisis,
China has encountered a rising Internet security problem over the past three years mainly triggered by a growing number of profit-driven computer virus writers, hackers and illegal traders.Despite the
NEW YORK - Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, US President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: “Childrens do learn.“US President
BEIJING, Sept. 28 -- In the past eight months, China has shut down 253 small coal-fired generating units that were heavy energy consumers and emitters, and replaced them with high-efficiency generator
BEIJING, Sept. 28 -- Foreign and private investors now contribute more than half of China's industrial output, the statistics bureau said yesterday.Relaxed ownership rules in the manufacturing sector
YANGON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar people and monks kept on staging demonstrations in the country's biggest city of Yangon Thursday afternoon, the second day after the imposition of a curfew and a b