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WB Urges More Balanced Global Approach to Development
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| The next 50 years could see a fourfold increase in the size of the global economy and significant reductions in poverty, provided that governments act now to avert a growing risk of severe damage to the environment and profound social unrest, according to a new World Bank report. |
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Sino-Russian Trade to See New High
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| Trade between Russia and China has enjoyed fast development in recent years. The trade volume reached a record US$10.7 billion last year, and could reach a new high of more than US$11 billion this year, visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov said Wednesday. |
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Flood Emergency Declared in Hunan
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| An official flood emergency has been declared in China's central province of Hunan, where surging water levels in the country's second biggest freshwater lake threaten millions of local residents. |
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Chinese Kids Prefer Foreign Cartoon
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| A survey conducted by the Beijing-based China Mainland Marketing Research Company found that of the top 10 cartoons that Chinese children watched, six were Japanese, two were American and only two were Chinese. |
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Math Toy Exhibition Opens in Beijing
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| Math toys dating back hundreds or even thousands of years on display at a math toy exhibition in Beijing are attracting the attention of many visitors, as well as foreign mathematicians. The exhibition which started on Monday runs to next Tuesday. |
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Plea to Help Save Qing Dynasty Pines
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| Ancient pines associated with the founder of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, have been plagued by both plant diseases and insect pests. Dedicated staff have been doing all they can to save them. But now a plea goes out for expert advice and help.
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2002 Forum on Chinese Internet Media Ended
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| The two-day forum on the Internet media came to an end in Suzhou on August 17. It focused on the challenges and opportunities for China's Internet media, on the operations, management and development trends of the media, and on the new technology application. |
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Top Indian Software Firms Move into Shanghai
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| Shanghai is set for a new boom in the information technology industry with the arrival of top Indian software companies in the first half of the year. The software park in Pudong of Shanghai had attracted around 1,000 enterprises with the investment worth of 2.3 billion yuan (US$277 million) from domestic companies and US$210 million from abroad by June this year. |
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Beijing Begins to Elect Community Leadership
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| More than 2,700 residents living in a central Beijing residential area cast their votes on August 17 in the first ever multi-candidate election of a local community chief and officials.
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Robinson Satisfied with China's Human Rights Cooperation
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| United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said that she is satisfied with the implementation of a two-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) on technical cooperations between her office and China aimed at furthering the promotion of human rights conditions in the country. |
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First Gold Mining Rights Auctioned Off in Jiangxi
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| The first public bidding for the excavation rights to a gold mine concluded "fairly and successfully" in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, on August 18. |
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