A staff member from a high-tech company in Yancheng, eastern China's Jiangsu province, displays a gene ID card that the company has made for a young customer, on Wednesday, December 12, 2007. [Photo:
MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The United States has deleted five compromise proposals in a document received by Russia in November on the U.S. missile defense plans in East Europe, the Russian Defense M
TOKYO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- A man fired a gun in a sports center in southern Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture on Friday, killing one people and wounding several others, local media said. The man fled from t
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate Republicans Thursday passed a new comprehensive energy bill after the Democrats stripped the controversial tax package from the bill. The vote was 86-8.
HONG KONG, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks on Wednesday opened low and ended lower due to clouds over the U.S. economy and inflation concerns on China's mainland. The benchmark Hang Seng Index op
By Xinhua writer Jiang Xufeng BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government is to enforce the procurement of energy-efficient products by departments and local authorities with a new list of com
A flight of AirChina, file photo [Photo: www.ce.cn]Air China and Shanghai Airlines joined the Star Alliance, the oldest and largest airline alliance in the world, on Wednesday.There was a ceremony hel
Property pricesin 70 large and medium-sized cities (Photo: Chinadaily.com)Ensuring the housing supply for low and middle-income families will remain a government priority next year, officials said.Gov
TOKYO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Japan's parliament agreed Friday to extend the current session again till Jan. 15, with the ruling bloc seeking passage of a bill that will enable Japan to resume refueling
BRUSSELS, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Heads of state and government from European Union (EU) nations gathered here Friday to discuss issues of Kosovo, Iran and enlargement of the bloc, among other things. The