国内英语新闻:Cold front to sweep north China

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authority said Saturday that a cold snap would sweep north China over the next few days, bringing down temperatures and carrying gusty winds.Tempera

国内英语新闻:China did not manipulate currency in 2010: U.S. report

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Major trading partners of the United States, including China, did not manipulate their currencies to gain an unfair advantage in international trade in 2010, according t

国内英语新闻:Chinese government steps up assistance to drought-stricken areas

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government Friday initiated a relief and assistance program for eight drought-ravaged provinces, said a statement on the website of Ministry of Agriculture.The

国内英语新闻:Chinese President stresses promotion of welfare for senior citizens

BAODING, Hebei, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday called for efforts to promote welfare for senior citizens and vowed to improve the country's health care system to make medical

国内英语新闻:Malaysian PM sends New Year message to Chinese around world

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak wishes all Chinese in the world a happy Chinese New Year on Thursday in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency at his offi

国内英语新闻:New Sino-Russian pipeline delivers 1.3 mln tonnes of crude oil in 1st month

MOHE, Heilongjiang, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Some 1.318 million tonnes of crude oil had flowed through an oil pipeline from Russia's far-east to China by Jan. 31, a month after the pipeline began operating

国内英语新闻:Premier Wen urges anti-drought efforts during Spring Festival village visits

JINAN, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday and Thursday visited drought-hit villages and ordered all-out efforts to combat the dry spell while celebrating the Chinese New Year w

国内英语新闻:Chinese New Year celebrated all over the world

BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Thursday marked the welcoming of the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival. Celebrations for the Year 2011, also Year of the Rabbit, have been held all over the world,

国内英语新闻:Almost all stranded Chinese tourists brought home from Egypt: FM

BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry said here Thursday that almost all Chinese travellers stranded in Egypt had returned home by planes sent by the government.A total of 1,848 Chinese

国内英语新闻:Chinese President calls for all-out efforts to combat drought

BAODING, Feb. 2, (Xinhua) -- All-out efforts should be made to combat drought for a summer grain harvest, said Chinese President Hu Jintao Wednesday in an inspection tour to north China's Hebei Provi

国内英语新闻:Chinese Premier visits farmers, workers to extend Spring Festival greetings

HEFEI, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited farmers and workers in Dabieshan Mountain area, an old revolutionary base in east China's Anhui Province, to extend new year greetings

国内英语新闻:More stranded Chinese back home from Egypt

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two more planes flew 435 more Chinese back home from Egypt Wednesday afternoon.An airliner with 213 Chinese from Cairo landed at the Beijing Capital International Airport a

国内英语新闻:Chinese people toast for a better Year of the Rabbit

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- From dumplings in the north and rice cakes in the south, people across China Wednesday overloaded their tables with holiday foods, cheering for the Spring Festival family r

国内英语新闻:All Chinese tourists stranded in Egypt to be brought home by Spring Festival: tourism authori

BEIJING, Feb. 2, (Xinhua) -- All Chinese travelers stranded in Egypt are expected to have been returned to China by Thursday, the start of the Spring Festival, said China's national tourism authoriti

国内英语新闻:Five-star hotel on fire in northeast China city

SHENYANG, Feb.3, (Xinhua) -- Fire gutted Thursday a five-star hotel in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, and no casualties had been found, local officials said.The fire broke

国内英语新闻:Spring Festival everywhere

国内英语新闻:Senior Chinese leader urges efforts to ensure safe festival

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese official Zhou Yongkang Tuesday called on law enforcement personnel to take more preventive measures against crime and accidents during the Lunar New Year hol

国内英语新闻:Plane carrying Chinese nationals returns to Beijing from Cairo

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- A plane carrying Chinese nationals who were stranded in Egypt arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport Tuesday afternoon.The plane, operated by the Air China Intern

国内英语新闻:Planes carrying Chinese citizens from Egypt to arrive in Beijing

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Two Air China passenger planes carrying 457 Chinese citizens stranded in Egypt are due to arrive in Beijing early morning on Wednesday.The planes took off from the Cairo In

国内英语新闻:Top Chinese legislator congratulates newly-elected Myanmar leaders

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, on Monday sent congratulatory messages to Myanmar's newly-elected upper house s

国内英语新闻:Quake survivors prepare to celebrate first Spring Festival in new homes

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- A ceremony with a bonfire and firecrackers was held Tuesday night in the new seat of a quake-leveled county in southwest China's Sichuan Province, prior to the Chinese Lun

国内英语新闻:Senior leader visits festival gala performers

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Li Changchun Monday visited performers and producers of China Central Television's Spring Festival gala during their rehearsal.Li, a member of the S

国内英语新闻:Several new regulations to take effect in China

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A governmental decree which prohibits landlords from dividing apartment rooms into smaller booths for rent will take effect Tuesday.The decree, entitled the Regulations on

国内英语新闻:Chinese leaders visit retired officials before Chinese New Year

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and other Party and state leaders have sent greetings to dozens of retired officials ahead of the Spring Festival, according to the General Off

国内英语新闻:Chinese Vice Premier meets Geneva Association delegation

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan met in Beijing Monday with a delegation from the Geneva Association (GA), an insurance economics group, headed by chairman Nikolaus Von Bo