Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei says all parties concerned should not make any moves to further escalate the situation. The Chinese side believes that despite changes in the situation, we have to stick to resolving the Korean Peninsula...
A number of leading Chinese observers are issuing words of caution, suggesting the Chinese government doesn't have the ability to stop a war from happening on the Korean peninsula. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng has more. Some observers in the international...
The first person to recover from the new strain of Bird Flu here in China has been discharged from hospital. The 4-year old boy is well enough to leave hospital in Shanghai. With two new infections being reported today, the number of people who have...
The death toll from Tuesday's earthquake in southern Iran has risen to 37. At least 850-others have been injured in the earthquake. The magnitude-6.3 quake has been followed by over a dozen strong aftershocks. Most of those killed are in the city of...
Officials from China and the US are calling for greater trust between the two countries in cyber security. The call has come as part of a US-China Internet Industry Forum underway here in Beijing. Qian Xiaoqian is the deputy head of China's State Int...
The Chinese government is issuing a new call for calm and restraint on the Korean peninsula. It comes as South Korea's foreign ministry characterizes the prospect of a North Korean missile launch right now as high. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokespers...
Chinese scientists have stepped up monitoring of bird migration paths to prevent the deadly H7N9 bird flu strain from spreading. The move comes as birds in the south have already started to fly north. According to the China Wildlife Conservation Asso...
Beijing plans to excavate waste buried in landfills, and to sort and incinerate it starting in 2015. The move is aimed at improving the sustainability of landfills. Relative officials on Monday revealed this at a conference held by the Beijing Commis...
Chinese veterinary experts say the outbreak of the H7N9 bird flu virus has not triggered an epidemic among poultry. The virus has been detected in chickens, pigeons and environmental samples in poultry markets in Shanghai. Researchers have yet to mak...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is calling for unity in supporting his government's peace process with the country's FARC rebels to assure its success in the next several months. In a televised address on the eve of an organized march against...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is putting out a new call for stronger energy cooperation and defense ties with China. Among her proposals are potential three-way military exercises among China, Australia and the United States. We share inter...
The Chinese government is calling on North Korea to ensure the safety of Chinese diplomats in Pyongyang. The comments come after the North Korean government announced plans to suspend all operations at its Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Kor...
US President Barack Obama is to fly the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting to join the gun control lobby in Washington. The president made a speech at the University of Hartford, and put out a fresh appeal for the public to intensify...
Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization have been trying to address growing concerns about the H7N9 strain of the bird flu virus. A 64-year-old man died from the flu in Shanghai on Monday, becoming the 7th casualty, with the total numbe...
Hong Kong had been a British colony since the middle of the 19th century. Negotiations between the British government and the Chinese government began in the early 1980s. Thatcher visited China four times, the first in 1977 as leader of the oppositio...
