The National Bureau of Statistics is reporting housing prices in major Chinese Cities for January increased 2.2 percent month on month. New house prices gained an average 0.8 percent over the same period than a year earlier. CRI's Shen Ting takes a c...
China's State Council recently encouraged local governments to experiment with giving primary and high school students a spring and autumn break. Students in China currently have only two breaks - usually two months in summer and one month in winter...
China's Ministry of Health is promoting a new medical payment system which will allow patients to pay after they receive medical treatment. More than 20 provincial regions are carrying out the payment program in local hospitals on a trial basis. But...
Ohio's Jackson City school district is fighting a lawsuit demanding the removal of a portrait of Jesus that has hung in a middle school hallway for 66 years. The American Civil Liberties Union and its partners contend the portrait is government endor...
An investigation has revealed six garment manufacturers in Shanghai have made school uniforms using toxic dye. The city's quality watchdog says it found aromatic amine dye in uniforms sold to 21 primary and middle schools across the city. China's nat...
China's first transnational natural gas pipeline, which runs from Central Asia into China, is reported to have benefited nearly 500-million Chinese people. The pipeline, which is constructed by China National Petroleum Corporation, has so far transmi...
In Guangzhou city, the capital of Guangdong Province, the tradition of local enterprises is to hold a banquet to celebrate the beginning of the New Year. But this year, many companies have cancelled their banquet. One staff member at a local Guangzho...
Ballots are being distributed to the polling stations nationwide as Italy prepares for its general elections this weekend. Opinion polls show that Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the Democratic Party with almost zero name recognition outside Italy, is...
In an interview with the Washington Post ahead his US visit, Abe says China has a deeply ingrained need to spar with Japan and other Asian neighbors over territorial issues. The Japanese prime minister says the ruling Communist Party of China uses th...
The State Intellectual Property Office is reporting patent applications by new energy vehicle manufacturers here in China have surpassed 2 thousand. This is the 3rd highest in the world only behind Japan and the US. Gan Shaoning is the Deputy Directo...
It is being reported China is going to further tighten the curbing policies for second-time homebuyers. Down payment ratio is likely to be raised to 70 percent and lending rate could also be set at 1.3 times the benchmark rate - currently that rate s...
Merger and acquisition activity has been brisk in many parts of the world at the beginning of this year. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Brazil's 3G Capital Partners have revealed they are to buy ketchup-maker H.J. Heinz for 23-billion dollar...
The United Nations has officially launched 2013 as the International Year of Quinoa and congratulated Bolivian President Evo Morales for his work in promoting the ancient grain in international markets. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered a co...
Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans is set to offer water management experience to the Indonesian government during his visit there. He is scheduled for talks with his counterpart Marty Natalegawa and says flooding issues are something both count...
China's top legislator Wu Bangguo says the Central government fully recognizes the achievements of the Macao Special Administrative Region government. Speaking at the conference marking 20 years since Macao's Basic Law was declared, he said everythin...
