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Chinese Church to Offer Foreign Language Services
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| In preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games, Chinese clergy, nuns and seminary students are learning English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian so as to provide foreign officials, coaches, athletes and audience with religious services in different languages then. |
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North China Affected by Drought and High Temperature
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| large areas in northern China have been hit by prolonged drought and high temperatures, with 7.9 million rural people and 6.3 million livestock facing a severe shortage of drinking water, according to official sources. |
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Forest Fires Spreading in Inner Mongolia
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| Fires are still spreading with a number of fiery sparks scattered in the northern area of the vast forests in the Greater Hinggan Mountains in northeast China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at press time. |
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Beijingers to Get Desalinated Sea Water
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| Beijingers will be able to drink pure water processed from seawater next year. The Tianjin Haide Runzi Corp will produce the water at one yuan (US$0.12) per 550ml bottle. This will be the first time in China that desalinated seawater will be marketed as drinking water on a large scale. |
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China's Second Largest Freshwater Lake Expands
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| The vast Dongting Lake in central China has expanded by nearly 20 percent over the past five years thanks to grain-for-water projects. Since 1998, approximately 300,000 people formerly living around the lake have returned their reclaimed farmland to the lake and moved out to build new residential homes. |
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Choosing Independence Means Choosing War, Chinese Army Warns
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| The chances of Beijing using military force to settle the Taiwan question may be heightened if Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian moves on to his call for a referendum on Taiwan's future, a senior military source warned on August 6. But the source also emphasized Chinese mainland’s commitment to a peaceful solution. |
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Renovated Qinghai Lamasery Reopens to Public
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| The main hall of the Gumbum Lamasery, a reputed ancient temple in west China's Qinghai Province, reopened to the public on August 6 after a major renovation which, lasting several months, consumed 36 million yuan (US$4.5 million) and 160 kg of gold. |
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Fires Raging in China's Largest Forest Area
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| Prolonged high temperatures have undermined fire control efforts although more than 2,000 people are fighting fires caused by lightning strikes in the country's biggest forest, the Greater Xing'an Mountains in northeast China. |
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Lawyer Liability System Adopted to Sharpen Edge
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| Lawyers in some major Chinese cities are introducing a professional liability system into the field in an effort to strengthen competitiveness. |
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Typhoon Hits Guangdong
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| Typhoon Kammuri slammed into south China's Guangdong Province early yesterday morning, causing heavy property damage in eastern parts of the province. |
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License Plate Numbers up for Grabs
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| A pilot project to allow automobile owners to decide their own license plate numbers will be launched in Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou and Shenzhen as of August 12, said Meng Hongwei, assistant minister of public security (MPS). |
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Taklimakan Desert Formed 4.5 Million Years ago
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| The Taklimakan Desert located in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the second largest desert on the globe, could have come into being some 4.5 million years ago, according to recent research.
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Referendum of Taiwan Independence Criticized
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| China criticized the demand of referendum made on August 3 by Chen Shui-bian, leader of the Taiwan authority, as a serious incident to split China, said a spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. |
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World's Only Golden Camellia Gene Bank Set up in Guangxi
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| Chinese botanists have set up the world's only golden camellia gene bank in the Golden Camellia Nature Reserve in Fangchenggang City, Guangxi, Xinhua News Agency has reported recently. This marks the culmination of nearly four-year’s work of selective propagation and seed harvesting. |
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WTO Chief: China a Responsible Member
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| The Chinese government is doing well in fulfilling its WTO commitments after the country's accession to the body, said WTO Director-General Mike Moore last Friday. |
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Taiwan Leader's 'Independence' Remarks Rebuked in HK, Macao
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| Press reports in Hong Kong and Macao have strongly rebuked Chen Shui-bian's remarks on "independence," saying Chen is gambling with all Taiwanese's welfare and has put the island in a dangerous situation. |
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China Firmly Opposes Taiwan Content in US Act
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| China urges the US government to take effective measures to eliminate the negative impact of an act the US Congress adopted recently on Sino-US relations as some provisions of it seriously violated the principles of the three Sino-US communiqués, Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said Saturday. |
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Leaders Discuss Regional Peace and Stability
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| China hopes that Pakistan and India will settle their dispute peacefully through dialogue, Chinese President Jiang Zemin told his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf Friday in Beijing. |
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'Hero' Takes Aim at World Box Office
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| 'Hero', a martial arts movie about a man protecting his emperor from killers more than 2,000 years ago, follows the lead of Academy Award-winning "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in seeking an international audience well beyond China. |
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Three Gorges Migration Not the Largest in Chinese History
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| There is a popular saying in China recently that migration in Three Gorges area is the largest of its kind in Chinese history. Some even call it the largest-scale migration in the world. This is totally inconsistent with historical facts. Ge Jianxiong, professor of Historical and Geographical Research Center with Fudan University, explains why. |
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