GUIYANG, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Construction of a new high-speed railroad linking Guangdong Province, an economic powerhouse in south China, and Guizhou, one of the country's poorest regions, will start
BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) sold 154.4 billion yuan (about 21.3 billion U.S. dollars) of personal financing products in 2007, up 126.49 percent year
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown cuts a ribbon for the opening of a representative office of the London Stock Exchange in Beijing Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. The LSE has stepped up com
YABULI, Northeast China - China's biggest skiing resort Yabuli, which is busy preparing for next year's winter universiade, met knotty problems to deal with for National Winter Games to be opened on F
HAVANA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Everything is ready for the upcoming elections for the Cuban national and provincial assemblies slated for Jan. 20, the Cuban National Election Commission said Saturday. Th
BEIRUT, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Sunday called for more efforts and more negotiations for solving the Lebanese political crisis. “There are some outcome in my
BEIJING, Jan. 19 -- Businesses in Shanghai are taking steps to ensure the quality and safety of Shanghai Expo licensed products. Overseen by China's quality watchdog, JuneYao Group, an official produc
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China absorbed 74.7 U.S. billion dollars of overseas investment last year, official data released here on Saturday said. The country's trade volume jumped from 620.8 billi
First, the exhibition of the terra cotta warriors from Xi'an, China opened at the British Museum in September last year and will run until April this year. And now, CHINA NOW, the largest festival of
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The assets of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) hit 1.54 trillion yuan (212.4 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2007, up 7.1 percent year on year. At an annual