The year 2012 is widely regarded as marking the beginning of an era in the history of Chinese aircraft carriers. China's first aircraft carrier Liaoning was commissioned into the Chinese navy last September and officially anchored in a military port...
Additional relief supplies are being sent in to areas hit by Saturday's earthquake in Sichuan. Authorities in Shanghai have been sending in raincoats, flashlights and batteries. Other relief supplies from other parts of China are also finding their w...
For the latest on what's happening on the ground, Paul James earlier spoke with Wu Lei, who is a CCTV news reporter....
Now for more on rescue efforts in the quake-hit areas in Sichuan, we are joined live on the line by Chen Hong, Deputy Director of the Department of Earthquake Disaster Emergency Management of China Earthquake Administration. 1 What's the main focus o...
The nationwide death toll now stands at 21. The country's health authorities say 70 patients are still hospitalized, 13 have been discharged. As CRI's Su Yi reports, the World Health Organization says it is impressed with China's response to the H7N9...
Thirteen kilometer southwest of the epicenter Lushan County, villagers in Tianquan County, are calling for urgent need of tents, food and drinking water. Chen Junjie is a reporter with Shanghai-based Dragon TV. I'm now at Xinhua village of Tianquan C...
The Chinese government is protesting a trip made by a group of Japanese activists to the Diaoyu islands. Su Yi has more. China's foreign ministry is calling the trip by the Japanese activists illegal and troublemaking. Foreign ministry spokesperson H...
With box office revenues rising 30 percent last year to 2.7 billion U.S. dollars, China has now edged out Japan to become the second-largest film market in the world following the United States. Film industry insiders believe new movie screens, which...
France is investigating a car bomb that took place outside the French embassy in the Libya capital Tripoli. Two French guards and several residents have been injured in Tuesday's attack. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has flown out to Tripoli...
France is investigating a car bomb that took place outside the French embassy in the Libya capital Tripoli. Two French guards and several residents have been injured in Tuesday's attack. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has flown out to Tripoli...
French lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage despite protests from conservative opponents. The nation's lower house approved a marriage bill, which will also give same-sex couples the right to adopt. However, opponents, including the UMP...
Besides rescue workers, the mobile network emergency unit is working day and night, making their own contribution to the emergency rescue work in the quake hit area of Lushan. For more, here's Wang Wei reporting from the quake zone. In the early hour...
The shift is on in Sichuan from rescue to recovery, now that the critical 72-hour window has closed following Saturday's earthquake. CRI's Li Jing has more. Authorities say they managed to rescue around 150 people through the critical 72-hour window...
A 15-year-old girl in Shanghai is striving for equal education opportunities in China's major cities after being denied access to high school because she didn't have the right residence permit. According to local policy Zhan Haite's hukou is register...
A professor of public health with Peking University is holding his ground on downplaying the dangers of plasticizers and melamine at a liquor brand conference, but wants to apologize for making the comments. Professor Li Keji, sparked public anger af...
