2010-09-04 18:20:30
Death toll rises to 21 in SW China landslide

The death toll from mudslides that hit a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province Wednesday has climbed to 21, and 27 people are still missing, rescue officials said Saturday. The toll stood at 16 late Friday. Local health authorities have beefed up disinfection to prevent outbreaks of diseases, said Su Shaode, head of Longyang District Health Bureau in Baoshan City. The mudslides occurred at about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday in Hedong Village of Longyang District in Baoshan City. Of th ...

2010-09-04 18:19:31
DPRK issues new stamp marking pavilion day at Shanghai Expo

The State Stamp Bureau of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has issued a new postage stamp to mark the DPRK's National Pavilion Day at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, state media reported on Saturday. The stamp bears the emblem of the Expo and its theme "Better City, Better Life" written in Korean, Chinese and English, the Korean Central News Agency said. In the center of the stamps is the DPRK Pavilion's emblem with a picture of Chollima, a symbolic bronze statue of the DPRK. Th ...

2010-09-04 18:18:46
Senior Chinese legislator urges collective efforts to ensure food security

A senior Chinese legislator on Friday called for global collective efforts to address food security issues and said developing countries bear the brunt of food crises. Food security concerns not only individual economies and people's well-being, but also world peace and security, said Jiang Shusheng, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), in a speech at the ongoing G20 Speakers' Consultation in Ottawa. "Today, the global food security situation ...

2010-09-04 16:08:55
Tropical storm Lionrock abates, Malou approaches China's east coast

China's national weather forecaster warned Saturday that tropical storm Malou was on course to strike the country's east coast just as Lionrock was abating. The National Meteological Center (NMC) cancelled the typhoon warning for Lionrock, as it was downgraded to a tropical low pressure front in southern Guangdong Province Friday. It would continue to abate as it moves west at a speed of 10 kilometers an hour. However, heavy winds and torrential rains would continue along the southern coas ...

2010-09-04 16:08:23
Chinese nationals in Austria mark anniversary of V-day of anti-Japanese war

Chinese nationals in Austria and some local people got together Friday to mark the 65th anniversary of V-day of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45). At a forum in memory of the anti-Japanese war, the 30-strong Chinese nationals and local people recalled how China, with international help, defeated the Japanese invaders. Addressing the meeting, Shi Mingde, Chinese ambassador to Austria, said patriotism was the greatest intellectual treasure and tradition of China and ...

2010-09-04 13:33:28
China to sent 50,000 cotton tents to Yushu quake survivors ahead of winter

A total of 50,000 cotton-padded tents will be sent to homeless quake survivors in Yushu, northwestern Qinghai Province, by the end of this month, local authorities said Saturday. The first batch of 5,000 cotton tents are arriving for the homeless survivors in the hardest-hit Jiegu Township, said Ma Danzhu, head of the disaster relief department with the Qinghai provincial civil affairs bureau. The new homes can not be finished within the year due to the early coming of winter in the platea ...

2010-09-04 10:57:59
Death toll rises to 16 in SW China landslide

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&$ Rescuers transport disaster relief materials to Hedong Village of Baoshan City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept.3, 2010. As of Friday afternoon, the landslide that hit the village caused 16 people dead and 32 still missing. Rescue work was underway. (Xinhua/Chen Haining) The death toll from mudslides that hit a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province Wednesday c ...

2010-09-04 10:55:55
China marks 65th anniversary of victory against Japanese invasion

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&$ Top Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders Hu Jintao (C, front), Wu Bangguo (4th R, front), Wen Jiabao (4th L, front), Jia Qinglin (3rd R, front), Li Changchun (3rd L, front), Xi Jinping (2nd R, front), Li Keqiang (2nd L, front), He Guoqiang (1st R, front) and Zhou Yongkang (1st L, front) pay homage to the war martyrs who died fighting Japanese aggression during the S ...