China's top legislature passed a law to promote circular economy on Friday at the closing of the fourth session of the 11th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC). President Hu Stresses Sustainable Development
John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday.
The U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide charges.
Eight pandas flown to Beijing in May to add cheer to the Olympics are doing well and will probably stay in the capital until the end of the year.
Olympic fever may have subsided with the end of summer, but for Paralympians, the Games are just warming up.
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica (R) poses for photos with Huang Siyu, 13, (C) a survivor of the Sichuan earthquake (C) and Miss World, Zhang Zilin, (L) during a photocall at the Westin hotel in Beijing.
A year after helping to build the Bird's Nest, Tibetan migrant steelworker Leng Bao, returned to the stadium on Friday as a spectator.
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The Chinese are great people hard working, never idle, I went to Changsha where everyone I met were so humble toward me.
As I watched in fascination the Chinese follow the Olympic Games with unbridled pride and sense of accomplishment these past weeks, I realized I may have witnessed something way more important than a sporting gala here.
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Olympic spirit shines in Beijing
From one athlete hoping for victory to another who's got no less than eight under his belt!
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China's Zhang Wenxiu won her country a bronze medal with 74.32 meters in the women's hammer throw at the Beijing Olympic Games.
The smiling faces and encouraging high-fives were immediately replaced by misty eyes and tight hugs after 1.96m middle blocker Zhao Ruirui scored the decisive point to clinch the women's volleyball bronze medal for China.
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Hangzhou launched a project to add a protective web across each of its sewer manholes to help prevent citizens from falling in.
The Chinese government has started to draw up a 12-year plan on education reform and development, stressing its role in promoting economic development and technology innovation.
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Hangzhou launched a project to add a protective web across each of its sewer manholes to help prevent citizens from falling in.
For more than three decades, Kang Zhixiang has worried over caring for his disabled son. Although he is now 36, Kang Zheng is an epileptic who requires constant care from his parents.
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Hangzhou launched a project to add a protective web across each of its sewer manholes to help prevent citizens from falling in.
It's not everyday that an immigrant family makes it big even in the "land of plenty". But the Chao family has made it.
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Hangzhou launched a project to add a protective web across each of its sewer manholes to help prevent citizens from falling in.
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Hangzhou launched a project to add a protective web across each of its sewer manholes to help prevent citizens from falling in.
Wu Xin, 30, divorced his wife on Aug 4 in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, because he believed her incapable of bearing a child. But he remarried her the same day after he learned it was he, not she, who was infertile.
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Hangzhou launched a project to add a protective web across each of its sewer manholes to help prevent citizens from falling in.
Rapidly growing fiscal revenue helped the country reduce its central fiscal deficit last year, despite heavy investment in rural and western regions, Finance Minister Xie Xuren Wednesday.
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Measured advertising expenditure by the top Olympics sponsors has jumped by 49 percent in the second quarter, said an Olympic research report.
Sales of commercial housing totaled 277.43 million square meters nationwide in the first seven months of this year, down 10.8 percent on last year.
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Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel) posted a net profit of 9.65 billion yuan for the first half to June, up 18.2 percent from a year earlier.
Domestic stock markets wound up August's trading by bouncing more than two percent, but investors remained cautious awaiting substantial market-stabilizing policies from the financial authority.
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Caterpillar Inc said it will establish an R&D center in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, with the first phase set for completion at the end of 2009.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) is buying 100 percent of Russian bank Rosevrobank for between $800 million and $850 million.
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Tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Paralympics and associated sports events are selling well, a senior official from the Games' organizing committee said.
The impact of China's economic reforms in the last three decades has been as awe-inspiring, if not more, than the country's growth rate during the period, according to a leading international economist.
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The government is working on a plan to boost the country's annual grain output by 10 percent by 2020.
The per capita income of people in China's rural areas rose 10.3 percent in the first half of this year, the greatest increase for the six-month period for four years, Agriculture Minister Sun Zhengcai said yesterday.
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German anatomist Gunther von Hagens poses next to a preserved human body during Koerperwelten (body world) exhibition in Brussels August 29, 2008.
Thai riot police scuffled with demonstrators barricaded inside the prime minister's compound on Friday as they delivered an eviction order against the group seeking to oust the government.
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German anatomist Gunther von Hagens poses next to a preserved human body during Koerperwelten (body world) exhibition in Brussels August 29, 2008.
It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain." But it worked, attracting a brave soul who's never been a nanny before.
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German anatomist Gunther von Hagens poses next to a preserved human body during Koerperwelten (body world) exhibition in Brussels August 29, 2008.
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German anatomist Gunther von Hagens poses next to a preserved human body during Koerperwelten (body world) exhibition in Brussels August 29, 2008.
David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction.
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German anatomist Gunther von Hagens poses next to a preserved human body during Koerperwelten (body world) exhibition in Brussels August 29, 2008.
Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim rejoined parliament yesterday after a 10-year absence and immediately clashed with the government he aims to oust, leading an opposition walkout.
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British actress Liz Hurley poses on the red carpet for the premiere of the movie "Valentino: The Last Emperor" directed by Matt Tyrnauer of the U.S at La Fenice Theatre in Venice August 28, 2008.
Lindsay Lohan branded her father Michael a "public embarrassment and a bully".
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Lindsay Lohan branded her father Michael a "public embarrassment and a bully".
Hong Kong pop diva Joey Yung shoots a series of pictures for her newly released music album "In Motion".
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Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron arrives for a party in honour of Italian designer Valentino in Venice August 28, 2008.
"X-Files" star David Duchovny, who currently plays a womanizing writer on the cable television series "Californication," said on Thursday he has entered a facility for treatment of sex addiction.
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Madonna is furious that her explicit love letters may be made public.
Singer Aaron Kwok celebrates his new world record for performing on the largest indoor revolving stage at a press conference in Hong Kong on August 27, 2008.
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He does comedy, writes books, mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming?
Canadian broadcaster CanWest Mediaworks will rebrand its domestic cable channel Lonestar, which centers on American Westerns.
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The mummy has come to China. Or rather, the third installment in the popular film franchise, The Mummy, is set in China.
George Benson and Al Jarreau, two of the greatest names in world jazz, are heading east for an Asia tour including two gigs in China, which promise to be a memorable experience.
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Taiwan pop trio S.H.E plans to launch their own online radio station by the end of September.
One of Hong Kong's leading entertainment couples, actors Tony Leung and Carina Lau, were married in Bhutan in a Buddhist-inspired ceremony.
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Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron arrives for a party in honour of Italian designer Valentino in Venice August 28, 2008.
Los Angeles prosecutors have dropped 30 of 59 sexual abuse charges against Indian-born celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander.
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Julia Roberts has returned to work with Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani to raise money for the fight against AIDS.
Los Angeles prosecutors have dropped 30 of 59 sexual abuse charges against Indian-born celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander.
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While the Olympic Games were on, entertainment stars played second fiddle, dutifully sitting in the backseat trying not to upstage the athletes.
Although he picked up the first prize at an Olympic-themed stamp exhibition in Sydney in 2004, collector Li Jingbo, from Changzhou of Jiangsu province, remained unsatisfied with his collection Cycling as a Sport.
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My friend Bridget and I were tired, hot and hungry after a long, but happy day on the Olympic Green.
Have you ever wondered how Chinese emperors dined in this ancient capital city? There's an easy - if slightly expensive - way to find out.
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Lesbian activist Del Martin died on Wednesday, just two months after marrying her partner of 55 years.
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