日期：2009-06-12 The Olympic Games could be worth as much as $400 million in tourism revenue to Beijing, a city official said yesterday. We expect to receive about 400,000-450,000 overseas tourists during the Olympics. Based on last year's figures, each is expected... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-12 Zhang Ziyi is without a doubt one of the hottest leading ladies in Asia. Sorry guys, she's about to be taken. The international acclaimed star is making headlines again - this time the reason isn't a new film, but the fact that the 29-year-old actre... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-12 Forty-year-old migrant worker Li Hai thought his chance to get-rich-quick arrived when he saw a tabloid advertisement: Rich woman willing to pay 3 million yuan for sperm donor. Li instantly contacted the dating agency mentioned in the ad - a move th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-12 Seven people were killed and eight seriously injured in a three-bus collision in Gaoyou, in Jiangsu province, on Sunday. A packed coach and two funeral buses collided on the highway connecting Huai'an and Jiangdu. The coach hit the second funeral bu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-12 The central government is using a public poll for the first time to help assess the performance of officials and give people a greater say in deciding their promotions. The National Bureau of Statistics, authorized by the Organization Department of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 South Korea yesterday said it would recall its ambassador to Japan in protest against Tokyo's rekindled claims to disputed islets between the two countries. The move comes after Japan announced yesterday that a government teaching manual would recom... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 Healthcare providers at the grassroots should play a bigger role in preventing and controlling diabetes, which currently afflicts more than 40 million Chinese, health officials and experts have said. Going to doctors in large hospitals for treatment... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 The person in charge of the Olympic Opening Ceremony must be true to himself. This piece of advice, or caution (depending on which way one looks at it) comes from Ric Birch, the man who directed the opening ceremonies in Los Angeles (1984), Barcelon... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 Doctors at Beijing's largest children's hospital studied medicine, the nurses attended college and then there is Li Zhongbao. He graduated from clown school. Stomping around in big shoes, wearing colorful clothes and led by his funny red nose, Li is... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 Russia and China on Saturday defended their decision to veto proposed UN sanctions against Zimbabwe. The Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement said it was impermissible that the US and UK's criticism called into doubt Russia's worthiness as a Grou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 A plan aimed at cultivating high-yield and pest-resistant genetically modified, or GM, crops for the country to achieve agricultural sustainability has been approved, said authorities. The State Council announced on its Web site on Wednesday the app... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 Yang Xiancai, former executive director of the Guangdong High People's Court, has been under the investigation of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the country's top graft buster, a local newspaper reported. I haven't seen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 Sales of residential houses in the southern city of Shenzhen are forecast to plunge this year to the level 10 years ago as homebuyers and investors continue to adopt a wait-and-see attitude as prices nosedive. Prices are expected to drop another 10... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 At least 5.59 million students will graduate from colleges this year, 13 percent more than last year, the Ministry of Education has said. They face unprecedented pressure in the job market as about 700,000 graduates, who could not find work last yea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 A gang of cross-province baby traffickers have appeared in a Nanjing court and are expected to be sentenced next week. The Shanghai Railway Transportation Intermediate Court held the hearing on Tuesday in which 23 suspects are implicated. They are c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 Shanghai police have detained a major highway and property development tycoon on suspicion of bank loan fraud involving 4.6 billion yuan ($671 million), the Oriental Morning Post reported yesterday. Liu Genshan, also known as Shanghai's King of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 Thirty-four new bus routes will open in Beijing this month to improve public transport to and from Olympic venues, a transport official said yesterday. Wang Xinsheng, deputy general manager of the Beijing Public Transport Group, said at a news brief... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 Too many fatty foods are dangerous not only to men's waistlines, but also to their sperm production. In research presented at a meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, scientists found that obese men have more bad-quali... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 The world's top economic powers yesterday agreed to halve their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In a nod to the US and others, however, the Group of Eight (G8) insisted the whole world must reduce emissions - rebuffing developing nations and envir... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-11 China's top judicial official demanded that prosecutorial departments should strengthen legal supervision of crimes closely related to people's livelihoods, such as those occurring in the midst of disaster rescue and relief and relating to college e... 阅读全文>>