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Swedish Foreign Minister Assassinated
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| Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh died after prolonged surgery Thursday after being stabbed by an unidentified man in a Stockholm department store Wednesday. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing sent condolences on Thursday. |
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Chinese Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
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| Today is Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival. Whether one likes them or not, the fact remains that moon cake is the main symbol of the Moon Festival. This year, to celebrate the first traditional Chinese festival since the SARS outbreak, people are busy purchasing these and many other delicacies. |
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China Strongly Opposes US Leaders' Meeting with Dalai
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| China strongly opposes the US side allowing the Dalai Lama to visit the United States and its leaders' meeting with him, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan in Beijing Wednesday. Kong said the Dalai Lama is not purely a religious figure, but a political figure in exile. |
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Shaanxi Flood Affects 510,000
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| Residents of flood-stricken areas in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, cannot get home as water levels will remain high until late this month. The water covers a large area in Weinan in eastern Shaanxi and some 510,000 people have to stay in their temporary homes.
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Goal Set for Compulsory Education
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| On the eve of China's 19th Teachers' Day, which falls on September 10, Premier Wen Jiabao said the State Council has made the decision to set a five-year goal of letting at least 85 percent of school-aged children in China's impoverished western region have access to nine-year compulsory education.
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World Bank Report Calls for Promoting Growth with Equity
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| China can achieve sustained and equitable growth if it takes further energetic actions on domestic market integration and flexibility and on improving conditions for growth in the less-developed regions, according to a new WB report released in Beijing Tuesday. |
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Old Beijing Landmark Demolished
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| The old office building of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, one of the landmarks of Beijing in the 1950s, was successfully demolished with dynamite at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday. The explosion lasted only less than 10 seconds. |
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Central Government Backs Stability and Prosperity of Hong Kong and Macao
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| Vice-Premier Wu Yi affirmed Sunday that the central government attaches great importance to the stability and development of Hong Kong and Macao and would create favorable conditions for the two regions to establish CEPA with the mainland on an equal footing. |
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Marchers Reject Separatist Move
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| Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Taipei Sunday to oppose moves toward independence in the island province. The demonstration was also in response to a protest held by pro-independence forces at the weekend.
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Quadrennial Chinese National Ethnic Games Opens
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| The Seventh National Games for Traditional Sports of Minority Ethnic Groups raised its curtain in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Saturday with an entry of over 3,700 ethnic athletes from 34 delegations. |
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