Chinese culture is being promoted for another year in the Canadian city of Toronto. And this year, the five mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are in the line up all in the name of Dragon Day. Ancient Chinese Opera, Dragon and Lion dance, and...
China has launched its first ever Public Transport Week. The campaign is aimed at easing traffic and improving air quality. It includes a car-free day encouraging people to leave their private cars at home and use public transport. The campaign has...
China's top economic planner is telling local departments to keep prices stable for the upcoming Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays. The National Development and Reform Commission forbids manipulating market prices. The NDRC wants local pricing au...
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will pick a new party president on September 23rd to succeed Shinzo Abe. LDP Secretary-General Taro Aso, a former foreign minister under Abe, is widely seen as a front-runner. Abe's resignation left the troub...
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries,or OPEC, weighed a push by some members Monday to modestly boost its production quota, in the face of stubbornly high oil prices. On the eve of Tuesday's OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, half a dozen...
The health of emergency crews is in the spotlight during this anniversary of 9/11. As Zeng Siwei tells us, many are claiming the New York city has failed to help them with severe medical problems. Former police officer Richard Volpe visited Ground Z...
Thousands turned out in Taipei to send off Yao Ming as the NBA star wrapped up his weekend visit there. On Sunday, the Houston Rockets player coached a team of TV stars in a game against local basketball league players. The Houston Rockets star was...
An Islamic website says it will issue a new video message from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden , marking the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The web site posted an image of bin Laden on a banner, saying the new video is reminiscent of...
The next story is bit sentimental. China's star basketball player Yi Jianlian is kissing his home team goodbye as he heads for the NBA. He played for Guangdong HongYuan for five CBA seasons. The Milwaukee Bucks draft recently bid farewell to his fan...
One of the great voices of the age has fallen silent. Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti is dead. Hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, Pavarotti died in the early hours of Thursday in his hometown of Modena. Word comes from his...
