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Quake Kills Child, 30 People Hurt
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| One child has been confirmed dead while 30 other people were injured in an earthquake early Thursday in northwest China's Gansu Province. About 97 percent of houses were damaged and 20 percent collapsed in the worst hit villages in Minxian County. |
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Chinese, Indian Navies Take to the Water
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| China and India are expected to hold their first ever joint naval exercises in the East China Sea on Friday, marking an improvement in relations between the world's two most populous countries. |
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Health Warnings for Cigarette Packets
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| Chinese smokers may not have imagined the day: Health warnings -- words or pictures -- soon may cover at least 30 percent of the printed surface of cigarette packets in China. That's because the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, Wang Guangya, signed a bellwether agreement on Monday in New York at the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. |
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WTO Report on US Steel Safeguard Measures Welcomed
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| China welcomes a report of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body that ruled the US steel safeguard measures are inconsistent with WTO rules, a spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in Beijing Tuesday. |
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Joint Group to Probe Fire and Building Collapse
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| A joint group of government officials and experts is to look into the cause of the serious fire and collapse of a building, in which 20 firefighters died in Hengyang, the second largest city in central-south China's Hunan Province. |
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Clinton Backs HIV/AIDS Control
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| As former US President Bill Clinton shook hands with 21-year-old HIV carrier Song Pengfei at an HIV/AIDS summit Monday in Beijing, he said, "I want to thank you for standing up and announcing in front of all these people that you were infected." Clinton has used his influence to push for the global prevention and control of AIDS since he left the Oval Office. |
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Memorial Outpouring Honors Fire Martyrs
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| More than 20,000 people from all walks of life gathered Sunday morning in Hengyang in central China's Hunan Province to mourn the lives of 20 firefighters who died while battling a blaze last week. |
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Olympic Venues Get Owners
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| The main venues for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, including the National Stadium, found their non-governmental owners on Saturday. Around 17.4 billion yuan (US$2.1 billion) -- 85 percent of 20.5-billion-yuan total budget (US$2.47 billion) will be raised mainly by their owners through non-government financing. |
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Blasts Rock Saudi Capital
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| Three explosions rocked the Saudi capital Riyadh around midnight Saturday. CNN reported at least 20 to 30 people were killed in the bomb and dozens of people were wounded. Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist bombing and expressed sympathy and solicitude for the wounded people and families of the victims. |
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Four Goals for China's Moon Project
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| China's first moon probing is planned to be launched in three years. Four scientific goals have been set for the first stage of the program, Chang'e I moon orbiting project. |
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