The prudent fiscal policy the authorities have said they will pursue to help cool off the economy will naturally lead to less public spending on construction projects next year.This means that as the
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here Thursday the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should declare all of its atomic programs when the disabling of the DPRK's nuclear faciliti
The Czech Republic officially lifted its border checks at midnight Thursday, becoming a new member of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone.As frontier checks have formally ended, Czech citizens can tr
Jean-Bernard Levy, Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of Vivendi, speaks during a news conference to present the company's 2006 full year results in Paris Mar. 7, 2007.(Xinhu
China's first home-grown regional jet, the ARJ21-700, rolls off the production line at the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory in east China's Shanghai on Dec. 21, 2007. The jet's name, “Xiang F
China will raise the one-year deposit interest rate by 27 basis points to 4.14 percent and the lending rate by 18 basis points to 7.47 percent as of December 21, the central bank said Thursday.This is
“Alone in a foreign land as a foreign guest, I miss my family all the more on every festive day.“ This line of prose was composed by a Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet, and today, it strikes a chord wi
BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Ltd. announced it will raise up 22 billion RMB yuan (2.87 billion U.S. dollars) under the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QD
BEIJING, Dec. 21 -- Half of Chinese residents say consumer prices are “too high and unacceptable,“ according to a new survey from the People's Bank of China. It's the first time in three years tha
Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protest outside the M&M World Store in New York's Time's Square December 20, 2007. PETA is calling for a boycott of M&Ms, Twix candy bars