日期：2009-07-02 Experts in the country suggested the Chinese government considers launching a second stimulus package focused on social welfare, including social security and education, in response to the global financial crisis, which was far from over. Policies i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 Huang Weigao, a 14-year-old boy from Xianning in Hubei province, asked his parents to stop paying for his leukemia treatment at Beijing Union Medical College Hospital as the family had spent its last penny on his hospital bill. Daddy, don't borrow m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 ZHENGZHOU: An official who became a celebrity online for asking a reporter Will you speak for the Party? Or will you speak for the people? has been suspended from his post. The particular phrasing of Lu Jun's question, suggesting the Party and 'the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 The government has raised consumption tax on cigarettes by between 6 and 11 percent to curb smoking and add revenue to State coffers. The tax hike took effect on May 1 but was made public over the weekend along with a levy of 5 percent imposed on ci... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 Just a day after the lifting of a nine-month suspension for initial public offerings (IPOs), China is making more effort to help boost investor' confidence. The Ministry of Finance, together with the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said that... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) qualified for its first World Cup finals since 1966 when it drew with Saudi Arabia 0-0 on Wednesday. The DPRK joined Australia, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) as Asia's automatic qualifiers. Sa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 The securities regulator appears to have lifted a nine-month ban on initial public offerings, or IPOs, by reportedly approving the listing of a medium-sized drug firm. The official China Securities Journal reported on its website late yesterday that... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 Allowing more foreign films to be shown in China would benefit the economy, an associate professor at the Beijing Film Academy said. It's the truth that most foreign films are not available in China's cinemas, said Du Qingchun. Compared to the numbe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 Brazilian scientists have identified a new strain of the H1N1 virus after examining samples from a patient in Sao Paulo, their institute said Tuesday. The variant has been called A/Sao Paulo/1454/H1N1 by the Adolfo Lutz Bacteriological Institute, wh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 Li Li, the wife of pop singer Man Wenjun, has been arrested for providing a place for others to take drugs during a birthday bash, the Chaoyang people's procuratorate said yesterday. The prosecution will begin court proceedings next month, the procu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 SHANGHAI: Supermarket employee Zhu Hong seemed to have it all going for him when he was promoted to head his accounting department earlier this year. But he threw it all away when he wagered his savings as well as his company's funds in a local lott... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 More than half of nearly 800 wealthy Chinese recently polled believe the widening gap between the rich and poor is also creating an emerging upper class in the country. The survey, carried out by lifestyle magazine Best Life, interviewed 792 rich Ch... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 A waitress who fatally stabbed an official and injured another choked back tears as she walked free from a Hubei court after a guilty verdict with diminished responsibility yesterday. Deng Yujiao, 21, whose plight caught the attention of millions ar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 Hong Kong's top government official, who earns almost $50,000 a month, will take a 5.4 percent pay cut, along with other senior government officials, to show support for the public during the recession. Chief Executive Donald Tsang said yesterday he... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 An ounce of prevention, as they say, could be worth a pound of cure for the growing problem of mental illness across a country that lacks national legislation to deal with it. A long-delayed draft law expected to be passed this year marks a signific... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 Wang Yiyang is an advocate of saving energy. But the deputy director of the Guangdong provincial government development and research center was unable to leave his car parked Tuesday during a day-long campaign to encourage government officials to tr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 In comparison with other economies, China is still poised to be among the first choices for global investors in the next five years, the Ministry of Commerce said. According to the figures released by the ministry Monday, in May, the FDI dropped 17.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 The trial for Deng Yujiao, a waitress who killed one man and injured another, while claiming self-defense from rape, will start early Tuesday, local authorities said Monday. The incident happened on May 10 in Hubei province. The hearing will be in t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 US telecom and network equipment maker Avaya expects its sales in China to grow at a rate that is several times its GDP growth this year, banking on the country's robust economy, especially its banking and insurance industries, a senior company offi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-02 When the going gets tough, the tough, sometimes, complain - it's about where the precious money goes, and who gets the few life-saving deals. And sometimes, their complaints are heard and acted upon. For the first time since the launch of the nation... 阅读全文>>