China's public security department is mulling over imposing a limit on the length of Han names, amid efforts to regulate the nation's name usage.Beijing Evening News reported that the government has c
A local Chinese sci-tech company has sued Google's China branch over IPR infringement for adopting the identical Chinese name of “guge“, which they have prior use of and have requested Google chan
By Liu Yifang MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The year of 2007 has witnessed strained relations between Russia and the West caused by disputes over the U.S. missile defense plan in eastern Europe, Russia'
LIMA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday said the autonomy announced by four eastern provinces is to split the country, according to news reaching here from La Paz. “Unde
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