日期：2009-06-20 Stock markets on the Chinese mainland yesterday joined the free fall worldwide by hitting a new low in 25 months as fears of a global economic recession continued to spook investors. Sell-offs were the order of the day, with Hong Kong shares recordi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Yang Xiaxi seldom paid attention to the happenings in the US because he thought they had nothing to do with him. But now he realizes he was wrong because in a globalized world, a financial crisis on the other side of the globe can cost a person his... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Premier Wen Jiabao left Beijing for Moscow yesterday afternoon to begin a three-day visit aimed at seeking further cooperation with Russia on oil and gas projects. Wen will attend the 13th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian prime ministers,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 The discovery of excessive levels of melamine in eggs supplied by mainland companies has prompted Hong Kong authorities to expand health tests to meat products, a senior official said yesterday. Hong Kong health officials had announced on Saturday t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 The fundamentals of the Chinese economy remain sound and the country can cope with the challenges posed by the worsening global financial crisis, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan told legislators yesterday. But we must not underestimate the impa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Premier Wen Jiabao has called for new rules to guide the international financial system following Asian and European leaders' call for the International Monetary Fund to step in and play a critical role in dealing with the global financial crisis. T... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 After 10 years of painstaking study and restoration that tested both cutting edge technology and human patience, one of the greatest masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance is returning to the public. Raphael's Madonna of the Goldfinch is a survivor... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Asian stocks dropped to a four-year low and the European market fell for the third day yesterday as the financial crisis continued to take its toll across the globe. Stocks fell in Asia because of growing concerns that the weakness of emerging marke... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 The latest draft on the food safety law has set stricter food quality standards and given greater responsibility to the government following the baby milk food scandal. The draft requires all health departments to impose safety standards on the use... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 China and Denmark discussed cooperation on climate change issues during a meeting in Beijing yesterday. Addressing the meeting, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the current global economic crisis should not be a cause for delaying ac... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 The former vice-mayor of Suzhou has been sentenced to death for accepting more than 100 million yuan ($14.7 million) in bribes between 2001 and 2004, the prosecutors in Nanjing said on Wednesday. Jiang Renjie, a Hubei province native and former head... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 The central government yesterday stepped in to bolster the sagging real estate market by lowering transaction taxes, reducing down payments and lowering mortgage rates. But analysts said the measures may not hold back price corrections because the c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has praised China for its constructive role in dealing with the global financial crisis and said Beijing will continue to be an important engine for the world economy. The next US president should recognize China'... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 China needs better food safety laws, the United Nations said in a report released yesterday. It said there is a need for education and training of stakeholders, the food industry and enforcement agencies, to bring the country in line with internatio... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Rich countries are partly responsible for pollution from poor ones, including poisonous mining discharge, because they buy many of the raw materials and goods that produce the waste, environmental groups said. In our part of the world, these problem... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 US Democrat Barack Obama will leave the presidential campaign trail to visit his ailing 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, whose health has deteriorated in recent weeks, an aide said on Monday. With two weeks left in an intense battle for the White... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Software giant Microsoft has sparked a major controversy among millions of Chinese computer users with the nationwide launch yesterday of its Screen Blackout anti-piracy program. Dong Zhengwei, 35, a Beijing lawyer, described Microsoft as the bigges... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Lawmakers and officials moved forward forging a second fiscal stimulus bill after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke endorsed the idea and the Bush administration dropped its opposition. Bernanke warned legislators on Monday the credit crunch is... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Doctors are warning of new health risks to the rural population as their living conditions improve. An increasing number of people have diabetes or are at risk to the disease in the rural areas, and at a younger age, Ning Guang, professor of endocri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 As many as half of all toy manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta could go out of business within the next two years, an industry expert said yesterday, following the closure of the Smart Union toy factory in Dongguan last week. Speaking in an inter... 阅读全文>>