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High Cover for Fine Art
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| One hundred and forty-two pieces of European art that arrived in Shanghai under tight security are on display from November 18 to January 5. It is reported that the total insurance premium for these treasures is around 125 million yuan (US$15 million). |
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China Wins 7-0, But Still Out
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| With one less goal than Kuwait overall, China has been eliminated from the 2006 World Cup despite defeating Chinese Hong Kong 7-0 in the qualifying game Wednesday night in Guangzhou. |
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Agreements Signed in Argentina
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| Chinese and Argentine ministers signed Tuesday a range of cooperation documents on trade, space, education, tourism and railways after visiting President Hu Jintao held talks with President Nestor Kirchner in Buenos Aires. |
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Powell's Work Appreciated
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| Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said Tuesday that China had valued resigning US Secretary of State Colin Powell's positive efforts to boost Sino-US ties. He made positive efforts to improve and develop relations "of which we express our appreciation," she said. |
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Mining Tasks Mapped Out
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| An international symposium on the mining industry was held in Beijing Tuesday. Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan identified four key tasks for the years to come and stressed the importance of a healthy industry to a sustainable economy. Funds are also being raised to treat the thousands of miners with black lung disease. |
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Yellow River: Shrinking, Violent
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| Warm and dry weather in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in recent years, thought to be caused by global warming, has reduced inflow to the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Meanwhile, severe silting threatens people's safety along its lower reaches with increased risk of flooding. |
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Chen Urged to Remember '1992 Consensus'
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| The Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, set up in 1991 to negotiate with Taiwanese authorities, said Sunday that adherence to a "one-China" principle should be a precondition of future cross-Straits talks, as it was in those that led to the 1992 Consensus. |
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US Rejects Call for WTO Complaint over RMB
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| US President George W. Bush's administration rejected a call by US lawmakers to take China to the World Trade Organization for "currency manipulation." The US Trade Representative's office said such measures would not help, and might hinder, Chinese progress towards letting the yuan free from a fixed peg with the dollar. |
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Mine Blast Kills 33 in Henan
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| Thirty-three people were confirmed dead in a gas explosion, which also injured six, at a coal mine in central China's Henan Province Friday. In the first nine months of this year, the nation witnessed 386 coal mine gas explosions, claiming 1,150 lives, according to the State Administration of Work Safety. |
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Hu Meets Brazilian President
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| Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Brazilian counterpart Friday pledged to make concerted efforts to push bilateral relations towards long-term, steady and continuous development. The two countries inked a range of accords, in which Brazil recognized China's status as a market economy and both sides vowed to beef up cooperation in their fight against organized crimes. |
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