BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Housing price in 70 major Chinese cities jumped by 10.5 percent in November, according to an official with the country's top economic planning body. The growth rate was th
BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese enterprises are helping to ease global inflation by raising production efficiency, the country's top economic planner said in a press statement. The National Devel
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev casts ballot at a polling station in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Dec. 16, 2007. Kyrgyzstan held parliamentary elections on Sunday.(Xinhua Ph
Special Report: Iran Nuclear Crisis TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Sunday demanded neighboring Azerbaijan to provide evidence in the case that more than a dozen people were convicted of spying fo
Students are having class in a small class at the Luxiang Experimental Primary School in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. [Photo: Changjiang Times]A primary school in Wuhan, central China's Hube
A Chinese hospital has been ordered to pay 500,000 yuan (US$68,000) to two families 21 years after they took home the wrong newborn babies, media reported on Thursday.A woman surnamed Pan, who gave bi
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rose against the euro and other major currencies on Thursday after reports showed the U.S. economy will not slip into a recession despite a persistent cre
BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's banking regulator is likely to permit the banks' qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) units to invest in U.S. and European stocks markets, Shanghai Sec
Sina, one of China's leading web portals, has been awarded the exclusive new media rights for Euro 2008 in mainland China. UEFA President Michel Platini flew to Beijing this week to sign the deal, but
The International Olympic Committee ended the once stellar Olympic career of U.S. sprinter Marion Jones on Wednesday, taking back her five Sydney 2000 Games medals after she admitted to taking drugs.