President Xi Jinping is expected on Monday to galvanize global actions in reaching a historic, balanced and fair agreement on managing global carbon emissions after 2020 in Paris. 周一，习近平主席将为治理全球二氧化碳排放问题签署...
This past summer, Kobe Bryant reached out to the player to whom he has long been compared: Michael Jordan. 在刚刚过去的这个夏天，科比布莱恩特拜访了自己长期被公众所比较的对象：迈克尔乔丹。 Bryant, the Los Angele...
HARARE, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 18th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) opened Sunday in the Zimbabwean capital where countries took stock of the achievements and challenges they have encountered in response to HIV and AIDS o...
At the UN climate summit which starts Monday in Paris, governments are expected to adopt a landmark deal to fight climate change and help vulnerable countries deal with rising sea levels, extreme weather events and other effects of global warming. UN...
TAIPEI, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Mainland tourists in Taiwan will soon be able to buy from thousands of vendors using a mobile app from Alipay, the mainland's leading electronic payment platform. Although currently only a few chain stores in Taiwan offer...
Vice Commerce Minister Qian Keming says future cooperation will focus more on strengthening infrastructure construction in Africa and helping the continent to realize industrialization and agricultural modernization. Speaking at a press conference on...
Northeast Arctic cod, usually found in the Barents Seas, have been traveling up to the archipelago of Svalbard for the past three years. Off the coast of Longyearbyen, a Norwegian city located just 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole, scientists are...
Peral Zhu is one of those enjoying Black Friday in China. Zhu says she used to live in the US and she misses Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year in that country. I love buying shoes and I used to stock up on them on Black Friday. But a...
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Saturday for economic sanctions against Turkey, four days after its air force shot down a Russian fighter jet near the Turkey-Syria border. Putin signed a decree Saturday ordering the sanctions, which restrict...
With the success of online bookstores, many traditional bookstore chains have, in recent years, either declared bankruptcy or cut back their business activities. This has made many people wonder whether physical 'bricks and mortar' bookstores will so...
One of the world's most volatile regions was roiled further Tuesday when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey said it hit the plane after it repeatedly violated Turkey's airspace and ignored 10 warnings. 世界上最...
The domestic Chinese market has been in meltdown over the last few weeks. First, the government moved to curb volatility by clamping down on short selling. 中国大陆市场在过去的几个星期正在逐渐萎靡。首先，政府开始抑制卖空...
China is seeking to make its own secure smartphones, in an attempt to insulate its handsets from US surveillance. 中国正寻求自主研制安全智能手机，以防中国手机被美国监控。 The effort involves both State-owned companies and...
Feng Xiaogang, a renowned director from the Chinese mainland, won the best leading actor award at the Golden Horse Awards for his performance in the film Mr. Six. The award ceremony was held late Saturday night in Taipei. 中国大陆的知名导演冯...
TAIPEI, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan recorded 466 new dengue fever cases on Tuesday, its highest number since May, said the island's disease control agency on Wednesday. The figure was 150 more than that of Monday, the agency...
