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30 Million Yuan Raised for Disaster Relief
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| The China Red Cross Society (CRCS) collected 18.31 million yuan (US$2 million) in cash, and 9.8 million yuan (US$1.15 million) of disaster-relief materials by Tuesday. After the figures were announced at a press conference Wednesday, the CRCS got additional donations worth over 4 million yuan (US$483,115) from several enterprises.
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Ties with European Parliament Stressed
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| China's top lawmaker Li Peng said in Beijing on Monday that China set great store on developing relations with the European Union (EU). It was keen to widen dialogue and cooperation with the EU in economic, educational and scientific fields plus discuss the issues of human rights and Tibet. |
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Easier Access to Pollution-free Food
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| If consumption of pollution-free food becomes a trend in China, and the government dramatically develops markets and supply channels for such food, chances are that production of such edibles will take root faster in the farms and fields throughout the country. |
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China Allows US to Search for Remains of Pilots
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| "The Chinese side has agreed that the US side may, in the near future, send personnel to China to inspect the area where US military personnel presumably went missing during the Cold War period," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao in Beijing Tuesday.
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Chinese Satellite TV Hijacked by Falun Gong Cult
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| Television signals illegally broadcast by the Falun Gong cult cut into transmissions using the Sino Satellite (SINOSAT) from June 23 to 30, blocking the World Cup finals for viewers in some rural and remote areas in China. The hijack severely interfered with the normal broadcast of China's TV programs and operations of China's satellite. |
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China Promotes Professionalism of Judges
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| China is to trim the scale of its judge contingent again over the next few years in a bid to raise the standard of professionalism among judges, said Xiao Yang, chief grand justice and president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC), in Beijing Sunday. |
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China to Unveil New Rules for Franchisers
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| China will unveil a new regulation on commercial franchises in the next five months to boost the development of the country's new business model, said Guo Geping, chairman of the China Chain Store and Franchise Association (CCFA). |
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Beijing Marks 65th Anniversary of
July 7th Incident
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| A collection of pictures of the July 7th Incident in 1937 was launched Saturday to mark the 65th anniversary of July 7th Incident at the Memorial Hall of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing. The pictures show the true sequence of events happened in Lugouqiao (Marco Polo Bridge) 65 years ago which signaled the start of the Chinese people's eight-year national anti-Japanese war. |
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More Chinese Qualify for Higher Education
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| At 9 a.m. on Sunday, 5.27 million students sat quietly in thousands upon thousands of classrooms across China, ready to begin college entrance examination which is probably the most important examination they will ever sit. Official statistics show that 52 percent of Chinese university candidates could get admitted this year, but in 1981 the figure was only 2.4 percent. |
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Signatures Collected to Protect Ancient Village
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| A signing ceremony proposed by over 100 elderly villagers to protect an ancient village of world cultural heritage was recently held at Xidi Village, located at the foot of Mount Huangshan. Over 1,000 local farmers signed on the spot. |
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5 Million Students to Sit on College Exam
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| After a decade of intensive study, more than 5 million Chinese students will sit on the national college entrance exam Sunday and Monday -- an exam viewed by many as a turning point in their lives. Altogether, 2.75 million out of the 5.27 million, or 52 percent of the people taking the examination, will gain entry to institutions of higher learning. |
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5 Killed As Typhoon Pounds Shanghai
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| Typhoon Rammasun has pummeled Shanghai with gale-force winds and heavy rain since Thursday night, killing at least five people and disrupting flight schedules. Water levels in Nanjing, in the lower reach of the flood-prone Yangtze River, reached a dangerous level Friday for the first time this year. |
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College Gates Open to Blind Students in Shanghai
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| Approaching the annual college entrance examination period which falls on July 7 and 8 this year, some blind students, for the first time, have their chance for higher education. Shanghai Teachers University is ready to accept its first batch of blind candidates from inland China, and the Shanghai Education and Examination Bureau has set special entrance examinations for them. |
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Clean Energy for East Coast
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| The Chinese government Thursday started the mammoth US$8.9 billion pipeline project to transport natural gas from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Shanghai on the east coast. The 4,000-km pipeline will run from the Tarim Basin, through eight provinces and regions and cross the country's two largest rivers - the Yellow and the Yangtze rivers - before reaching Shanghai. |
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