While shopping malls and supermarkets have sprung up around Qingdao, an international city in east China's Shandong Province, people are still fond of visiting traditional open air markets in the countryside during the New Year. The Licun village Fai...
Named one of the world's top ten parades, the Chinese Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco has been named the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. Karen Eng is the coordinator for the Chinese New Year parade. She says Chinese New Year i...
This lunar new year has come following a wide-range of achievements made here in China this past year, including advancements in space exploration and the commissioning of the country's first aircraft carrier. CRI's Qi Zhi has more. Shenzhou 9 has su...
The remains of a Mexican woman have now been buried in her home state of Sinaloa after 150 years at a research facility in Norway. She had been on display since Victorian-era Europe because of a rare genetic condition. The move puts an end to an era...
EU agriculture ministers are set to discuss the horsemeat scandal which has now affected up to 16 countries. EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg is hosting talks in Brussels. It follows the shock discovery last week of meat sold in Europe labelled as b...
Syrian minister of national reconciliation says he is willing to meet the Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib to begin peace talks. Ali Haidar however, says the dialogue shouldn't include any pre-existing conditions. There are no pre-conditions or...
The South Korean defence ministry says it has deployed cruise missiles to counter a possible attack by North Korea after Pyongyang carried out its third underground nuclear test on Tuesday. Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok made the revelations at a re...
In his fourth State of the Union address, President Barack Obama says his generation's task is to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth, a rising and thriving middle class. He urged Congress to tie the minimum wage to the cost of livi...
One of the best performing arts venues in the country, the National Centre for the Performing Arts, has been graced by some of the best artists in the world. But this year, ordinary people have the opportunity to bring their talents to this grand sta...
North Korea has confirmed the success of its third underground nuclear test in the country's northeast, which has caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9. The scientific field for national defense of DPRK succeeded in the third underground nucle...
For more on North Korea's latest nuclear test, I spoke earlier with Professor Ruan Zongze, deputy head of the China Institute of International Studies, a think tank of the Chinese Foreign Ministry....
A painting by Henri Matisse stolen more than a decade ago from a museum in Venezuela will soon be returned to the country. The painting, Odalisque in Red Pants, is to be returned from the United States within three to five weeks. Raul Grioni is presi...
Thousands of people took to the streets for carnival celebrations in Brazil and Colombia. In Rio de Janeiro, an estimated 80 thousand people gathered along an avenue near the iconic Ipanema Beach for a colorful street party and parade. Around 60 musi...
A new U.S. commander took charge of international forces in Afghanistan. Marine General Joseph Dunford replaces General John Allen, who had been in the role since July 2011, making him the longest-serving commander of the International Security Assis...
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is ready to have direct talks with the United States, but only based on justice and respect, not on pressure and imposition. He made the comments on Sunday while addressing a rally marking the anniversary...
