日期：2009-06-20 The US may be on its way to becoming a nation of savers, whether Americans like it or not. With home and stock prices declining and credit hard to come by, consumers who have fallen out of the savings habit are being forced to curb borrowing and rei... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 China's marine surveillance (CMS) force will be strengthened to guard and manage 3 million sq km of ocean and 18,000 km of coastline under the country's jurisdiction. Sun Shuxian, CMS's deputy director, said: The force will be upgraded to a reserve... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Two US fighter planes were scrambled and ordered to shoot down an unidentified flying object (UFO) over the English countryside during the Cold War, according to secret files made public yesterday. One pilot said he was seconds away from firing 24 r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Former Beijing vice-mayor Liu Zhihua has been sentenced to death, suspended for two years, for corruption, local media reported yesterday, citing a Saturday court ruling. Liu, 59, was charged with taking bribes of about 6.97 million yuan ($1 million... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 The World Trade Organization (WTO) will coordinate with member economies to avoid protectionism and help the global economy tide over the fast-expanding financial crisis, the global trade body's chief said yesterday. The primary role of the WTO at t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 China's new rules on foreign media will make reporting from the country more convenient, Wang Chen, minister of the State Council Information Office, has said. The new rules, which replace the temporary ones for more than 30,000 foreign journalists... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Farmers can transfer their land-use rights under a new policy to boost agricultural production and rural incomes, in a new landmark policy. The Communist Party of China (CPC) yesterday unveiled its broad policy document - approved by a plenary sessi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Yesterday was the first anniversary of the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index hitting a historic high of 6,124 - but there was nothing to celebrate. During the past year, the index has fallen nearly 70 percent, losing market value of 20 trillion yua... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Workers at a toy factory in Guangdong have become the latest victims of the worldwide financial tsunami. More than 6,000 employees lost their jobs when Smart Union, a major toy manufacturer in Dongguan, closed earlier this week. The main reason for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Tests conducted on samples of frozen green beans exported to Japan showed no evidence of pesticide residue, Chinese authorities said here yesterday. Japanese media had earlier reported that a woman fell ill after eating the beans. The tests were car... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 The wellspring of economic and social development lies in science and technology and that is why they should be better integrated, Premier Wen Jiabao has told a leading US science magazine. He also said he would like to see increased spending on bas... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 One million babies were born in Guangdong in the first nine months of the year, and the total is set to exceed 1.2 million by the end of December, the provincial population and family planning committee said yesterday. With more than 100 million res... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Positive market sentiment following bold government moves to stem the financial sector meltdown evaporated yesterday and recession fears rose to the fore, sending shares slipping around the world after a two-day rally. In Asia, the Chinese mainland'... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 When it comes to being in vogue in Britain, barter is, as they say, the new black. Rising inflation, a credit squeeze, crumbling stock markets and a slowing economy with job losses have prompted an explosion of cyber markets where consumers can get... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 China is likely to face inadequate food supply by 2030 if the current climate change trend continues, warns a new Greenpeace report released yesterday. If the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) continues to be high, the impact of climate change - in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Authorities in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, yesterday confirmed fish sold at a local wet market were contaminated with a high level of formaldehyde. Some vendors and dealers had illegally used formaldehyde to preserve whitebait, the Wuxi agriculture and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 The United States is following Europes lead as President George W. Bush yesterday announced a $250 billion plan by the US government to directly buy shares in the nation's leading banks, saying the drastic steps were not intended to take over the fr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 A decades-long dispute between China and Russia is finally ended as the two countries yesterday unveiled boundary markers for the eastern section of their border at a ceremony held on Heixiazi Island. After the ceremony, Chinese soldiers started pat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 All dairy products made before September 14 must be pulled off the shelves to be tested for melamine, a chemical blamed for killing four babies and sickening more than 54,000, according to a government notice made public yesterday. Regardless of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-20 Fengshui, the traditional Chinese study of geomantic omens for buildings or cemeteries, is proving extremely popular as a new university course in Central China despite the endless conjecture over its status as a science or superstition. On Saturday... 阅读全文>>