BEIJING -- Taiwan compatriots are welcome to participate in activities relating to the Beijing Olympic Games next year although the Olympic torch relay cannot pass through Chinese Taipei, said a Chine
Beijing Capital International Airport snagged all but one award in a domestic airport service evaluation, the most of any airport evaluated.In the evaluation of airports with an annual passenger throu
China's central bank and banking regulator confirmed in a joint notice that interest rates and down payments on some categories of mortgage will be increased, as China seeks to curb rising house price
On the UN conference on Africa issue in Sep.25th, US president Geroge Bush pass a samll note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice secretly. Guess What Bush say to Rice.Two years ago, Bush also passe
KABUL, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police captured a main Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi in the southern Helmand province, Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “In an operation
Basketball superstar Yao Ming is worried that China's recent shaky performances will cost it its lofty ambitions at next year's Beijing Olympic Games.Chinese NBA star Yao Ming (R) shake hands with 18
BANGKOK: China's Mu Shuangshuang on Wednesday broke a world record for the total lifted in the women's 75kg category at the world weightlifting championships in Chiang Mai on Wednesday.Mu Shuangshuang
New home sales in the United States dropped by 8.3 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 795,000 units, the lowest level in seven years, the Commerce Department said Thursday.The r
The Italian banks Unicredit and Capitalia will become operative starting Oct. 1, according to Italian News Agency ANSA.The papers creating the merger, which will see Capitalia incorporated into Unicre
Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- More than 19,000 militants have been killed in Iraq since the insurgency there began more than four years ago, according to