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Aviation Market Enjoys Smooth Ride
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| China's aviation market showed signs of recovery in the first half of this year even though the period was marred by two fatal accidents involving domestic airlines. |
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30 Internet Cafes in Beijing Reopen
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| After being closed for almost a month, 30 licensed Internet cafes reopened in Beijing Wednesday after passing qualification checks. Many Internet cafes had been forced to close after a fatal fire at an unlicensed Internet cafe in Beijing killed 25 people and injured 12 on June 16. |
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A Chinese Bookstore in Paris
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| The Phoenix Bookstore in Paris -- the biggest Chinese bookstore in Europe -- is a resort for those people living in this metropolis who are either curious about or eager to study Chinese culture. The bookstore, mainly dealing in books published in China, has been described by the local media as the “Chinese world on the banks of the Seine” and an envoy to spread Chinese culture in France. |
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China Refutes US Report for Harming Bilateral Ties
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| Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan Tuesday refuted the first annual report presented to the US Congress by the US-China Security Review Commission as "groundless" and said it had "very evil motives," urging the US government to take concrete measures to eliminate its negative impact to avoid damage to bilateral relations. |
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Beijing Plans US$6 Billion Fund for 2008 Games
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| Beijing municipal government may launch an Olympic Industrial Investment Fund next year to raise 50 billion yuan (US$6 billion) for the construction of projects related to the 2008 Olympics. |
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Students Promote HIV/AIDS Awareness in Rural Regions
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| More than 100 university students will head into rural China to disseminate knowledge on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. "In vast rural areas, many farmers are still ignorant about AIDS, and improving their awareness is a critical task for us," said Xiao Donglou, who is in charge of disease control with the Ministry of Health, at the launch of the event Monday in Beijing. |
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Anniversary of Sino-Russian Good-Neighborly Treaty Marked
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| Sino-Russian ties have progressed greatly since last year when Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Sino-Russian Good-Neighborly Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation on July 16, 2001 in Moscow, according to Zhang Deguang, ambassador of China to the Russian Federation. |
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Cultural Relics in Danger Due to Water Project
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| The central-route construction of China's south-to-north water diversion project will endanger a huge number of cultural relics in the Danjiangkou Reservoir area in central China’s Hubei and Henan provinces, archaeologists said. |
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US Firm Wins 2008 Beijing Games Venue Design Contest
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| The first winners of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing were announced with American architects Sasaki Associates scooping two prizes for design competitions. |
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Beijing Releases Action Plan for 2008 Olympics
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| Beijing, the 2008 Olympics host city, officially released the Beijing Olympics Action Plan for the 2008 Summer Games on Friday, one day before the first anniversary of the City's successful bid for the 2008 Games. The document outlines the City’s plans for urban improvement and promises to present outstanding Games to the world six years later. |
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Nine Trapped Miners Rescued After 8 days
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| Nine coal miners were rescued after being trapped for eight days below ground by a mudslide in northwestern China. The miners were dug out of the mud-filled mine in Zichang County, Shaanxi Province, on Friday morning after rescue workers heard faint cries for help. |
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Are There Wild Men in Shenlongjia Natural Reserve?
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| Are there wild men in Shenlongjia Nature Reserve of Hubei Province? According to Zhang Jinxing, a member of Scientific Expedition Association of China and head of Comprehensive Expedition Team of Bizarre Animals, they will make public the large amount of footprints, DNA appraisals of hair, blood and feces samples of these alleged "wild men" collected over the past ten years and draw a conclusion on them next year. |
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Artificial Waves Flush Yellow River
Silt into Sea
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| Artificial waves on the Yellow River rushed into the Bohai Sea early Thursday morning at a speed of 1,880 cubic meters per second. Scientists said the waves have carried vast amounts of riverbed silt into the ocean.
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Sino-Russia Military Exercises Not Targeting Third Country
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| China Thursday confirmed that it is planning joint military exercises with Russia. The mid-August exercises will be aimed at preventing "dangerous military activities" along the borders of two countries. |
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China, Vietnam to Unveil New Marker Stone on Border
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| China and Vietnam will hold an unveiling ceremony for a new marker stone on the boundary between Hekou in southwest China's Yunnan Province and Lao Cai in Vietnam on July 13. Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Vietnamese counterpart Le Cong Phung would attend the ceremony. |
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