Chavez surgery in Cuba successful: Venezuelan VP
CARACAS, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The latest round of cancer survery of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Cuba has been a success, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro confirmed Tuesday. In an...
View ArticlePutin delivering state-of-the-nation address
MOSCOW, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is now delivering a state-of-the-nation address to the country's legislature. This is Putin's first address of its kind after he returned...
View ArticleChina to open first subway crossing Yangtze
WUHAN, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's first subway line to cross the Yangtze River, the country's longest waterway, is expected to start test run this month in the central city of Wuhan, local officials...
View ArticleNews Analysis: Chinese polysilicon manufacturers suspending production of...
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese polysilicon producers are increasingly suspending production of solar panels due to weak exports. "About 90 percent of the producers have suspended production....
View ArticleSnow to hit central, east China
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The central and eastern parts of China will see snow and rain over the next three days, although temperatures are likely to rise in parts of the affected areas, the...
View ArticleChinese military official meets Maldives defence minister
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of Communist Party of China (CPC), met with Mohamed Nazim, the Maldives' minister of defence and national...
View ArticleChina Exclusive: Doomsday rumors trigger panic buying, reflection
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Candles and matches have almost sold out in two southwest China counties following online rumors of a coming doomsday event that some believe will bring the end of the...
View ArticleChina to finance strengthened elderly care system
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China Development Bank (CDB), the country's largest policy bank, will provide loans of no less than 10 billion yuan (1.6 bln U.S. dollars) annually to help strengthen...
View ArticleCo-op best way to resolve differences in Sino-US trades
With the US wanting to put pressure on China at the upcoming annual meeting of the China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, Chinese experts said dialogue rather than complaints will help solve...
View ArticleStarbucks opens farmer support center in China
KUNMING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Starbucks opens its farmer support center Wednesday in Pu'er city in southwest China's Yunnan Province to ensure a long-term supply of high-quality coffee beans from the...
View ArticleHK injects 4.65 bln HKD to stabilize exchange rate
HONG KONG, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Monetary Authority on Wednesday injected 4.65 billion HK dollars into the market to prevent the value of the Hong Kong dollar from rising too much. The...
View ArticleCBA bans provocative acts
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) issued a new restriction Wednesday, banning impolite or provocative acts like waving finger in its professional matches. The new...
View ArticleEgypt opposition urges 'No' vote on constitution
Egypt's main opposition alliance called for a "No" vote in the referendum on a disputed constitution rather than a boycott, hours after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's government forged ahead by...
View Article"Zero Dark Thirty" on AFI's Best 2012 Films List
The American Film Institute (AFI) picked the Academy Awards forerunners including "Argo", "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Lincoln" as top choices for a list of 10 best films in 2012, the group announced in...
View ArticleNelson Mandela suffers lung infection: statement
JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Former South African president Nelson Mandela has suffered a recurrence of a previous lung infection and is receiving appropriate treatment, the Presidency said on...
View ArticleVice Premier pledges "ecological progress"
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vice Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Wednesday to build a "modernized China" featuring ecological progress by exploring new ways of development. "As the whole world pays...
View ArticleChina-India cooperation has sufficient space: FM spokesman
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Both Chinese and Indian leaders believe there is enough space in the world for the common development of China and India, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said...
View ArticleFurther Chinese investment in domestic PV projects
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's central government has allocated another 7 billion yuan (1.11 U.S. dollars) to subsidize domestic solar photovoltaic (PV) demonstration projects, according to an...
View ArticleDPRK confirms successful satellite launch
PYONGYANG, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday successfully launched a Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite, the official news agency KCNA reported. The second...
View ArticleU.S. workers protest against "right-to-work" legislation
CHICAGO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 12,000 workers from throughout Michigan and the U.S. Midwest either crowded into the state Capitol or marched outside on Tuesday as the Republican- majority...
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