The National Bureau of Statistics says the full-year consumer price index for China has come in at 2.6-percent. At the same time, the NBS is reporting December's inflation has increased 2.5-percent. That's up from the 2-percent level seen in February...
China's customs authorities are reporting a 6.2 percent rise of the country's foreign trade volume this past year. And as CRI's Shen Chengcheng reports, officials remain optimistic about China's foreign trade this year, despite world economic uncerta...
Four separate explosions have left over 100 people dead in Pakistan. Three of the blasts were centered in the city of Quetta. I heard the sound of a big explosion behind me, fell off my motorcycle and got an injury to my leg. When I stood up I saw sm...
At some job fairs in recent years, it has been very common to see hundreds of postgraduate students competing for one position. Many complain that it's very difficult to get employed nowadays. This year I felt it has been extremely hard to find a job...
This year, TV makers are doing their best to give huge-screen fanatics more breathing room. New ultrahigh-definition sets were shown off Monday by LG Electronics, Sharp, Sony and Samsung Electronics at the international CES gadget show in Las Vegas....
More than 600 police and customs officers from Shenzhen and Hong Kong participated in the operation on January 5th. Fu Zhihua, is the commanding officer of one of the teams of Shenzhen customs officers. In our search of suspect Yang Junhao's storage...
The fair has attracted about 1,900 exhibitors from 41 countries and regions, and this year includes first-time participants from Iran. Although the fair is still dominated by the traditional toys such as dolls, model cars and plastic toys, smartphone...
Africa, which has long been mired in poverty and hunger, is now beginning to deal with more problems connected to terrorism. As such, today's key words are Counterterrorism in Africa. CRI's Zhou Jingnan has more. This is the building of the Catholic...
Health official says the flu season that started in China's northern provinces in December is expected to peak with infections in the next few weeks. However, Ministry of Health spokesman Deng Haihua said the expected peak infection levels will not r...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met with US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Pentagon. Before the meeting, both men sounded an optimistic note about the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops by 2014, and its impact on Afghan security. US Defense Secre...
Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt have returned from their visit to North Korea without securing the release of an American national held in the country. Richardson told a media briefing at Beijing'...
The armies of India and Pakistan have again exchanged fire on the line-of-control in the Kashmir region. The ceasefire violation took place Thursday evening around 180 kilometers southwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian- controlled Ka...
China is calling for the reinforcement of cooperation among five BRICS countries at the third meeting of senior representatives of national security affairs held in the Indian capital. During the meeting, Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo said the...
China's foreign trade growth slowed to 6.2 percent in 2012, which missed the government's 10-percent annual target. It was also a sharp decrease from the 22.5-percent rise registered in 2011. In the meantime, exports rose 7.9 percent in 2012 from the...
China Mobile says that Apple's CEO Tim Cook has met with China Mobile's Chairman Xi Guohua to discuss matters of cooperation. China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, uses a different 3G network from the rest of the world. Som...
