About 9.72 percent of Chinese netizens between the ages of 13 and 30 suffer Internet addiction, a survey revealed on Friday. The survey defines an Internet-addicted as one whose life, career and inter
Paced by national team jumper Li Ke, Changchun men's freestyle skiing team crowned in the aerial team event on Friday, wining the first ski gold medal at the 11th Chinese Winter Games. The 24-year-old
GAZA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The main power station that supplies Gaza City and other Gaza Strip areas completely stopped on Saturday night supplying electricity to the population due to fuel shortage, o
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- A spate of shootings occurred overnight and early Sunday in the Los Angeles area, killing two and wounding nine others, three critically, authorities said. The first s
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland will effectively push forward direct trade with Taiwan and construct a cooperative trade mechanism between the two sides on the basis of a “one China
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China has signed a new free trade area (FTA) agreement, sources with the Ministry of Commerce disclosed here at a national commerce working conference on Saturday. Commerc
BEIJING - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday paid visits to renowned space scientist Qian Xuesen and mathematician Wu Wenjun, extending festival greetings and showing gratitude for their contribu
CHICAGO - Diets high in protein may be the best way to keep hunger in check, US researchers said on Thursday in a study that offers insight into how diets work.A waitress at a restaurant in Michigan,
BANGKOK, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The People Power Party (PPP) looked set to win most of the 17 parliament seats in by-elections held in six Thai provinces on Sunday, according to an exit poll conducted by
Mikhail Saakashvili attends inauguration for a second five-year term as Georgian president in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, Jan. 20, 2008. Mikhail Saakashvili won at Jan. 5 presidential election with a