日期：2009-06-24 China yesterday announced the appointment of the first ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), signaling the growing importance it attaches to the region. The ambassador, Xue Hanqin, is a senior diplomat and expert on inter... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian was sent back to jail yesterday because of the severity of the graft charges against him, a court spokesman said. Chen became the first former leader of the island to be indicted after prosecutors charged him and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 A slew of subsidies have been introduced to promote the use of low-emission vehicles in Beijing and phase out heavy polluting ones, a senior municipal official said yesterday. Speaking at a press conference, Du Shaozhong, deputy director of the envi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 Wen Wu, a government employee of Loudi in Central China's Hunan province, has lost nearly all of his 240,000 yuan savings in the stock market. He now has just 7,000 yuan left in his account. A recent survey by the official Shanghai Securities News a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 Wen Wu, a government employee of Loudi in Central China's Hunan province, has lost nearly all of his 240,000 yuan savings in the stock market. He now has just 7,000 yuan left in his account. A recent survey by the official Shanghai Securities News a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 A man who believed his wife was having an affair cut off her ears and severed her Achilles tendon in a revenge attack on Saturday, Beijing News reported yesterday. The husband, surnamed Yang, and his wife Kan are migrant workers from Sichuan provinc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 A 16-year-old girl from Sichuan who went out of her way to raise money for victims of the May 12 earthquake in the province has been invited to the White House. She will attend the swearing-in of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United Stat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 President Hu Jintao wrapped up an airtight two-day inspection tour of quake-ravaged Sichuan province yesterday, showing concern for the survivors and surveying the reconstruction work as winter sets in. It is the second time Hu visited Sichuan since... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 Divorce lawyers and financial advisers have reported a sharp increase in the number of inquiries, as more unhappy couples have been seeking advice amid fears of a prolonged recession. While facing tough financial times is not usually the main reason... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 China yesterday joined the international community in calling for peace in Gaza. Vice-Premier Li Keqiang called for military operations in Gaza Strip to cease immediately and effective measures to be taken to ease the tension. Li, who is paying a fo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 Families of tainted milk-powder victims could receive up to 200,000 yuan ($29,000) compensation from major dairy companies in the coming weeks, media reports said. The China Dairy Industry Association, a coalition of about 600 dairy manufacturers na... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 It has been a year of unprecedented activity for Chinese diplomacy with the successful Olympics and a series of unexpected crises, China's foreign minister said yesterday. The year 2008 is a special year for China, Minister Yang Jiechi said in a spe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 The navy today embarks on its first overseas military mission since 1949 with the vow to protect Chinese and foreign ships from pirates off Somalia's coast. Rear Admiral Du Jingchen, chief commander of the mission, said two destroyers, a large suppl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 The freezing northern city of Harbin is building what organizers say is the world's largest Santa Claus ice sculpture. The giant Father Christmas, 160 m long and 24 m high, centers on an enormous face of Father Christmas, complete with flowing beard... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 The high school teacher who fled a classroom in Sichuan province leaving his students in danger when the May 12 earthquake struck has found a new job in Beijing. Fan Meizhong has signed a two-year contract with Keyfind Education School in Haidian di... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 Christmas is big business in China - even during the global economic slowdown. What was once simply a foreign affair has not just grown in popularity, but morphed into a festival with Chinese characteristics. Many worshippers and visitors crowded th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 The yuan will be used in transactions with neighboring trade partners as part of a pilot project - in what could be the first step on the road to making it an international currency. The yuan will be allowed to be used for settlement between the Pea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 Troubled dairy producer Sanlu Group, at the center of a melamine scandal which sickened nearly 300,000 children in China, is likely to declare bankruptcy soon. A Xinhua News Agency report last evening said Sanlu had filed for bankruptcy and the Inte... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 GUANGZHOU: Construction of a cross-sea bridge - the world's second longest - linking the island of Hainan with the mainland is likely to begin in 2012, local media said yesterday. The 30-km cross-sea expressway, the longest in the world after China'... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-24 Finding a parking space around the bustling wholesale market of Aubervilliers in northern Paris used to be a harrowing experience. During the peak season, bulk buyers from across Europe often had to wait in queues before getting a parking space. Aft... 阅读全文>>