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(Xinhua Photo)BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 425.04 billion yuan (56.7 billion U.S. dollars) was raised on China's equity markets through initial and secondary public offerings in the first ni...
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HANOI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Power Grid plans to begin work on the Nam Tha 1 hydroelectric project in Laos' northern Bokeo province early next year, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported ...
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NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street retreated Wednesday as investors awaited September employment report that could signal the direction of U.S. interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average f...
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JERUSALEM, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday asked the negotiating teams from both sides to begin drafting...
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush vetoed on Wednesday a bipartisan bill to dramatically expand children's healthcare program, igniting the fuse of a new round of battles wit...
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BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japanese electronics group Sony and Germany's Bertelsmann on Wednesday again won the approval of the European Commission for their joint venture that has created the secon...
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BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission handed down Wednesday fines totaling over 183 million euros on four companies for running an illegal cartel for bitumen in Spain. According to the ...
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Holidaymakers go under knife
2019-04-08Thailand. Bali. Operating room?Whereas Southeast Asian destinations are growing in popularity for holidaymaking Chinese, others see the weeklong National Day vacation as a perfect window to squeeze in...
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Crowds fill Tiananmen on National Day
2019-04-08A rain-swept national flag raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square drew over 100,000 spectators as dawn broke Monday on the 58th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.Chinesepeople watch...
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Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Il (R) and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun pose after they exchanged the document in Pyongyang, capital of ...