China's state assets watchdog has called on major state-owned firms to meet energy saving and pollution reduction targets a year ahead of schedule.The 154 central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) with h
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- German carmaker Volkswagen and U.S. computer company Apple are discussing the possibility of producing a car together. “The two companies are in the early stages of t
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Taliban would set free the remaining seven South Korean hostages in Afghanistan later Thursday, said Haji Zahir, a local tribal elder engaged in talks.
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan on Sept. 10, a local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported on Thursday. The executive committee o
A man tries to board a taxi outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York Sept. 5, 2007. Drivers of New York's yellow taxis went on strike on Wednesday over plans to install tracking systems int
DALIAN, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Shang Fulin, head of China's securities market watchdog, said Thursday that the preparations for setting up stock-index futures have been basically finished. Shang, chairma
China's securities watchdog is considering lowering the threshold for individuals allowed to invest in banks' QDII (qualified domestic institutional investor) products to 100,000 yuan (13,158 U.S. dol
Ten Chinese movies will be sent to the coming Hollywood Chinese American Film Festival, said the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) in Beijing on Wednesday.The movies, includin
The Chinese volleyball team edged host Indonesia 3-2 for its third straight victory in the top eight round of the Asian men's volleyball championship in Jakarta on Wednesday.Fang Yingchao scored 23 po
The Indonesian government will not impose quota to restrict steel pipe import from China as it would violate the free trade agreement between China and ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nation