A newly-promulgated regulation, which limits the issuance of new car license plates in a city in southwest China to ease traffic congestion, has sparked heated discussion. Since August this year, only about 2,000 car license…
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Beijing Sunday night for his first official visit to China as a guest of his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao. During al-Maliki’s stay in China from Sunday to Thursday,…
A delegation of the central government led by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived Sunday in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, to attend a series of celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of…
A couple of days ago, one of my Chinese Malaysian friends, a university lecturer interested in culture and history, visited me. I made tea and chatted with him about China’s history and other topics. Naturally,…
Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong has called for more communications in language and culture among the people in China and foreign countries. Liu made the remarks during a meeting with the contestants of the 10th…
For celebrated playwright and film critic, Cheng Qingsong, being true to oneself is the key to happiness and career success. The soft-spoken, happy man, says being proud of being gay is a prerequisite of a productive…
China voiced its strong indignation and stern objection to US President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama and demanded the US side to adopt immediate measures to wipe out the impact. “Such an act…
China, the world’s second largest economy, is stepping up its efforts to achieve “ecological civilization,” officials and experts said at a world eco-forum that ended Sunday. Altogether 14 Chinese provinces are striving to build themselves…
China will start a pilot carbon emissions trading project, and gradually set up a carbon emissions trading market, said Xie Zhenhua, vice-minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), on Sunday at…
Rescuers in east China’s Shandong Province on Sunday discovered unknown sources of water above an iron ore mine shaft where 22 miners were being trapped, making the possibility of further flooding at the shaft become…