Ciao, Yao!

Chinese basketball icon leaves the game and a huge legacy after a landmark career with the Houston Rockets in the NBA. Sun Xiaochen reports on his impact from his hometown. For Chinese all over the…

China improves rural disaster readiness

BEIJING – China will strengthen the system it uses to mitigate the harm caused by rural disasters and to issue early warnings about impending danger. A senior officials said those changes are coming because places…

Chinese folk art stamps debut in Pingdingshan

A set of special stamps featuring the Majie Folk Art Fair debuted in Baofeng county, Pingdingshan, Henan province on July 8, 2011. The set consists of four stamps worth 1.2 yuan each. They feature performances…

Chinese great Yao Ming retires from basketball

SHANGHAI – Yao Ming has made it official Wednesday, telling a packed news conference in his hometown that a series of foot and leg injuries have forced him to retire from basketball. “I will formally…

Investors turning to big-city business properties

SHANGHAI – Restrictions on home purchases are spreading to more second- and third-tier cities, increasing the chance capital will flow back to first-tier cities’ commercial properties, analysts said on Tuesday. The central government said it…

CPC puts the people first: historian

BEIJING – The Communist Party of China (CPC) will remain confident in its rule of the world’s most populous nation despite mounting pressures on social stability, as long as it represents people’s interests, a leading…

Next up, tomorrow’s weather

Nowadays, we have satellites, radars and other unmanned devices across the country collecting data for weather prediction. But you’d be wrong if you thought the job of a weather forecaster is just pointing at a…

Leaders label forum historic

WASHINGTON – The just concluded first China-US Governors Forum was described as a historical event between the world’s two largest economies, a senior US State Department official said Tuesday. The three-day event was held in…

Yao set to announce retirement Wednesday

SHANGHAI – Yao Ming should make it official Wednesday afternoon, announcing what is widely expected to be his retirement from the NBA and a sport that made him a household name in China. The 7-foot-6…

Locally-grown soy continues to drop

China’s soy bean plant area continues to fall, shrinking by 10 million mu (666,666 hectares) from 2010 and 20 million mu from 2009, the National Business Daily reported Wednesday, citing the National Development and Reform…