More than 10 injured in SW China bus fire

2014-11-21 22:23:26

More than ten people were injured in a bus fire on Friday in Liuzhou city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, local authorities said.

China sees Fiji as friend, partner in Pacific island region: Xi

2014-11-21 21:31:47

China regards Fiji as a sincere friend and important partner in the Pacific island region, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Fijian counterpart, Epeli Nailatikau, here Friday.

Xi visits Fiji for closer ties with Pacific island countries

2014-11-21 19:51:52

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Friday for a state visit to Fiji, the last leg of his ongoing three-nation South Pacific tour.

China's central bank cuts interest rates

2014-11-21 19:38:40

China's central bank announced on Friday that it will lower the benchmark interest rate for one-year deposits by 25 basis points and slash the one-year lending rate by 40 basis points starting Saturday.

Rogues to riches

2014-11-21 16:29:50

As banking regulators wage an ongoing battle to control trading misconduct, industry intellects and university researchers are also seeking answers to the problem. Luo Weiteng reports.

Shanghai youth's sex education insufficient

2014-11-21 15:23:29

The study was conducted by experts at public health schools of the city's universities, with the goal of determining young people's knowledge of reproductive health.

Chinese supercomputer still top-ranked

2014-11-21 15:23:29

Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, was named the world's top supercomputer for the fourth consecutive time by the TOP500 organization.

No rush for 10-year US visas

2014-11-21 14:55:49

About 1,000 citizens had received 10-year visas from the US Consulate General in Chengdu by Tuesday, after the United States and China extended the validity of visas to each other's country a week earlier.

Four regions to scrap urban-rural 'hukou' distinction

2014-11-21 14:19:58

Four Chinese provincial regions have removed the rural/urban distinction in the household registration system, making things fairer for residents.

6,118 Chinese websites under thumb of US: official

2014-11-21 14:06:43

Among the hacked websites in the first half of this year in China, 48.8 percent were under the thumb of overseas IP addresses, an official said.

Fewer Chinese take US grad-school test at home

2014-11-21 07:37:17

The number of students who took the US Graduate Record Examination in China in the 2013-14 academic year was 7 percent less than it was in the previous year, a new report has revealed.

Authorities clean up terrorism info online

2014-11-21 07:37:17

Online information related to terrorism has dropped sharply since the nation's crackdown began early this year, a senior public security official said at the World Internet Conference on Thursday.