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Rates cut again to spur growth
2023-12-06The central bank has cut interest rates for a second time in less than three weeks to bolster economic growth in the face of a worsening global financ...
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Nation issues post-Kyoto plans
2023-12-06The clean development mechanism (CDM) should continue to be implemented even after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol expires, says a white paper on China&...
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Quake kills at least 175 in Pakistan
2023-12-06Pakistani rescuers pulled 175 bodies from the rubble of hundreds of mud-walled homes flattened by a powerful earthquake in the southwestern province o...
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Beijingers' manners 'getting better'
2023-12-06The Olympics has sharply improved the manners of Beijingers, a survey of more than 13,200 people has revealed.The survey found that a politeness index...
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HIV/AIDS prejudice still rife, study says
2023-12-06A survey taken in six major cities in China shows that most adults discriminate against HIV/AIDS sufferers.The survey, from February to March, was con...
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Obama floods airwaves with TV appeal
2023-12-06Democrat Barack Obama took to the airwaves with a half-hour paid television appeal in an effort to lock in his lead in the polls just six days before ...
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Chinese planes bound for US
2023-12-06China will sell 25 jets to a US company in a "breakthrough" deal that marks the country's entry into the big-plane market dominated by E...
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Obama suffers 'illegal' aunt blow
2023-12-06Barack Obama's bid to become the first black American president could have taken a blow with the revelation that his aunt was an illegal immigrant...
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Coal efficiency set to get boost
2023-12-06The authorities aim to boost the efficient use of coal supplies by raising the average recovery rate of the resource in the country from about 30 perc...
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3 hospitals rapped for transplants
2023-12-06Three hospitals have been punished this year for carrying out illegal organ transplants for foreigners, said Vice-Minister of Health Huang Jiefu.The h...