The Beijing municipal government will work to contain housing price hikes and provide low-rent housing for poor residents, Vice and Acting Mayor Guo Jinlong said yesterday.He said the government would...
BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's Ping An Insurance Group plans to issue new shares and bonds worth billions of yuan to reinforce its capital base and finance acquisitions, company sources said Sun...
BEIJING -- Just 200 days away, the Beijing Olympics is poised to be the most memorable Games in history.China has waited almost 100 years for the Olympic Games and sees the August 8-24 sports spectacl...
Charitable donations represent an invaluable addition to government-run relief work in a society like ours.It is true that the constant increase in tax revenues of the last few years has given the gov...
Performers take part in “Correfoc“ (Run with fire) party in Palma de Mallorca in the Spanish island of Mallorca January 20, 2008. [Agencies]...
Roosters are displayed at a wholesale market in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, January 17, 2008. Bird flu spread to two new districts in an eastern Indian state, officials confirmed on Saturday, ...
Energy production should be boosted and oil and gas exploration should be increased to guarantee adequate supplies and national energy security, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said Sunday.He made the remark...
The South Korean Unification Ministry said Monday that a working-level meeting between Seoul and Pyongyang scheduled for this week has been postponed indefinitely.The two sides were scheduled to hold ...
DAYTON, Ohio - A slain Marine's image as a woman who struggled with the truth made her vulnerable and may have triggered events that led to her violent death, her mother says.In this undated photo rel...
China's National Stadium, also known as the “Bird's Nest“ because of its design, leads the ranking of Beijing's new landmarks. The stadium, which will be the main venue for the 2008 Olympic Games,...