The US Government is testing an early warning system for earthquakes, which could buy vital seconds of time in advance of a major incident. For years the US has lagged behind Japan in quake detection technology and it is hoped that this latest system...
China's first female astronauts could be sent into space on Shenzhou 10, which is scheduled to be launched in the coming two years. CRI's Shuangfeng files this report from Jiuquan. It has been 48 years since the first female astronaut in the world, V...
Bruce Lee once compared studying martial arts to studying oneself. It's with that same philosophy that a group of community leaders in the US city of Philadelphia are introducing kung fu to youngsters in a bid to tackle gang crime. CRI's Dominic Swir...
The Railways Ministry's new regulation for train ticket refunds went into effect yesterday. Passengers now only have to pay 5 percent of the cost of their tickets as the refund fee compared to 20 percent of the ticket price that they had to pay for a...
Economists from the International Monetary Fund say the current financial turmoil in advanced economies should prompt China to rebalance its economy to secure sustainable growth. IMF economists made the remarks at a seminar in Beijing, explaining the...
Starting in 2006, BMW China has run its Destination X-Tour for five consecutive years. The tour is a long distance driving combining challenging experience with charity work. The selection of this year's X Tour members stated last weekend. In contras...
China is poised to launch the prototype of its first space lab Tiangong-1 by the end of this month. A senior official at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province has revealed that the space module will be launched either...
China has emerged as one of the most important jewelry sales markets in the world for both domestic and international jewelers. At the just concluded Hong Kong Jewelry and Gem Fair, China's consumer demand for jewelry impressed many sellers from arou...
The first Beijing Design Week has now opened, with dozens of domestic and overseas institutions, galleries, brands, artists, and schools taking part of the weeklong event. 130 different activities will be held in about 100 design landmarks in Beijing...
Every year 9 million people under 60 die from diseases that don't spread, such as cancer, diabetes and strokes. The UN and China recently called for a greater effort to reduce these figures. One tactic is to encourage healthy eating. But as Dominic S...
Delicate things are not necessarily useful, although it takes a lot of time and money to make them. A perfect example is mooncake packaging. Apart from a small number of boxes that are saved by people who collect such things, most of the packages are...
The United Nations World Tourism Organization has released a report indicating the healthy growth of international tourism in the first half of 2011. But with the current euro zone crisis threatening to have an impact on major world economies and sen...
Palestinians in the West Bank were getting together on the street for the whole Friday afternoon to hear Abbas's speech. Our correspondent Xiaoyu witnessed local reactions in the West Bank city of Ramallah and filed this report. In Ramallah, people f...
Asian stocks continued a falling trend amid global bear market. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed at 2,433 points, down 0.4 percent. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 1.2 percent. Hong Kong stocks closed down 1.36 percent, at 17,669....
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to Yemen from Saudi Arabia after recieving medial treatment from injuries sustained an assassination attempt bomb attack back in June. Saleh's supporters have held various celebrations around the count...
