by Xinhua writers Wang Pan, Li Jianmin When hundreds of people in a south China city took to the streets earlier this week to protest a planned garbage incinerator project, they highlighted a growing problem for China's booming cities. The

Officials from Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Ministry of Water Resources of the central government signed a formal agreement here on Thursday to financially support Datengxia Hydroelectric Project in China's southwest Guangxi Province, aiming to safeguard Macao's water supply

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pay an official visit to China from Dec. 2 to 6 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced on Thursday. Harper said in a press release

A 30-second commercial promoting Chinese-made products debuted on the Cable News Network (CNN) earlier this week, the media monitoring website www.media.com reported on Wednesday. &$&$ The report says the ad is Chinese government's first ever branding campaign. The ...

Shou Zhenwei, a 28-year-old state-owned company employee in Beijing, paid 1.4 million yuan (205,000 U.S. dollars) for a two-bedroom apartment this month, realizing a long-cherished dream. The price was 400,000 yuan higher than Shou's budget at the beginning of the

The State Council announced Thursday that China is going to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45 percent compared with the level of 2005. This is a voluntary action taken

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, next month, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. "The Chinese government has decided Premier Wen will attend the 15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework

Five high school students from the Chinese mainland will leave Beijing Friday to participate in the Children's Climate Forum in Copenhagen. Li Chuheng, Wang Yao, Wang Zinan, Chen Xizhao, and Liao Zhe from Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan and Guangdong were selected

Vehicles move in the fog in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Nov. 26, 2009. The city witnesses the dense fog in the past 3 days. (Xinhua/Wang Song)&$&$ A thick fog continued to shroud central and eastern parts of

The 3rd China-Latin America Business Summit was inaugurated Wednesday in Bogota, with over 700 entrepreneurs from China and Latin America participating in the two-day meeting. The meeting, which aims to promote and stimulate the development of exports of goods and

China and Brazil should and will strengthen parliamentary cooperation to further the development of bilateral ties, top Chinese political adviser Jia Qinglin said Wednesday at a meeting with the president of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, Michel Temer. Jia, chairman of

Myanmar will hold an international education fair in Lashio, Shan state of the country, this weekend, aimed at introducing international education to Myanmar students, education circle said on Thursday. Sponsored by the Crown Education and Paragon Center, the two-day education

China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) has published a revised regulation on handling criminal cases involving guns and explosives in order to better protect public security. The amended regulation, taking effect on Jan. 1, 2010, expands the scope of gun and

An allegedly insane man was shot dead by police after he chopped dead a pedestrian and injured 11 others in street Thursday morning in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, according to local police. At around 7:00 a.m. Thursday, local police received

Chinese search engine Baidu Inc. has launched two services for mobile users, in an effort to gain an edge and market share in the world's largest mobile market, China Daily reported Thursday. Baidu launched its client software that combines search

Teacher Chen is guiding 5-year-old Tashi to learn about stave, photo from chinatibetnews. Early childhood education for the kids around the ages of 3-6 years often focuses on children learning through play. With the improving living standard of Tibet's farmers

Xinhua Photo&$&$ &$ &$A little girl is feeding a relieved Tibetan antelope in Soinam Targyai Station of Ke Ke Xi Li Nature Reserve. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ No poaching has ever happened in Ke Ke Xi Li Nature Reserve since 2006 and

File photo shows rural workers reading job information at the 12th Human Resources Fair held in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ Tibet's capital of Lhasa sent 47,939 farmers and herders to work in other parts

Newly appointed European Union (EU) President Herman Van Rompuy said in Brussels Wednesday that he wants to continue maintaining friendly relations with Chinese leaders. Van Rompuy, who was Belgian prime minister before being appointed on Nov. 19 as the EU's