BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares continued its upward trend to close at all-time high on Friday as profitable half-year corporate earnings buoyed market sentiment. The benchmark Shanghai Co
Organizers of the 2007 Shanghai Special Olympics are carefully planning accommodation and sightseeing activities for the athletes.In recent weeks, Ms. Gao Jvlan has been awfully busy. As the top recep
Firefighters were battling one remaining major blaze in southern Greece yesterday, after managing to bring under control hundreds of others that for one week ravaged large parts of the country and kil
Aerobatic team of the Turkish Air Force performs during a celebration marking the 85th anniversary of Victory Day in Ankara, capital of Turkey, on Aug. 30, 2007. (Xinhua/Anatolia News Agency Photo)
BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government is working on specific regulations for collecting royalties from television, radio stations for using music works, a senior official said here over
The China Top 500 Enterprises 2007 List releasedin Wuhanon Saturday said that the top 500 gained 17.49 trillion yuan (2.3 trillion U.S. dollars) of business revenue last year, up 23.
Click to see the next pictureSalesperson shows the golden bars. [Photo: cnsphoto]China's first golden bars that are designed as birthday presents for the elderly were put on the market on Wednesday Au
The first test-tube baby born on the Chinese mainland is among more than five million freshmen to enter college in the fall semester starting next week. Nineteen-year-old Zheng Mengzhu has been admitt
For the second year in a row, Angela Merkel, the first woman to become chancellor of Germany, ranks No. 1 on our list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She continued to impress the world with he
Mexico City firemen stand outside Latin America's tallest building, Torre Mayor, after it was evacuated due to a bomb threat and police found a small handmade bomb inside its car parked in the garage