China put the 2,298-km Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway, the world's longest, into a test operation on Saturday. According to official announcement, the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway will open on Dec. 26 and is expected to cut the travel time to about 8 hours from the current 20-odd hours by traditional lines.
A high-ranking official of the largest gun-rights organization in the United States, the National Rifle Association, on Sunday refused to support new gun-control legislation, but insisted the group's push for putting armed guards in schools in response to the Dec.14 school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
Temperatures in the Chinese capital Beijing could plunge to the lowest in almost three decades over the weekend, weather forecasters said Saturday.
China will look to improve farmers' income growth and reduce obstacles in agricultural development next year, in a bid to boost vitality in rural areas, according to an annual conference.
Chinese state news agency Xinhua on Sunday published a profile of Li Keqiang, China's vice premier who was re-elected this November as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
China and the United States concluded their latest round of high-level trade talks in Washington on Wednesday.
Derek Scissors, a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center, says China and the United States deeply rely on each other for economic growth and trade. He says this interdependence has generated benefits for both.
Hong Kong acts both a close partner of Mainland in launching offshore renminbi products and a comprehensive platform for international partners to test-drive renminbi-denominated products, expand renminbi portfolio and settle trade accounts with the Mainland using renminbi.
Facebook announced Thursday it was testing a fee-based messaging service that guarantees messages from strangers will arrive in the inboxes of intended recipients.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday said central authorities will adhere to the "one country, two systems" principle and the two Basic Laws concerning Hong Kong and Macao.
The UN nuclear watch dog and Iran reached a preliminary agreement on structured approach at the meeting in Tehran last Thursday over Iran's disputed nuclear activities, diplomats said on Thursday.
Domestic cosmetics and personal care products that were popular in decades past have grown popular once again, with both young and old Chinese seeking a piece of nostalgia.
China's largest oil and gas producer announced Wednesday that its second west-to-east gas pipeline is ready to supply natural gas to Hong Kong.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he and the House Speaker John Boehner need to bridge a gap of "a few hundred billion dollars" on the "fiscal cliff" talks and expressed hope to strike a deal before Christmas.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced a gun control task force led by Vice President Joe Biden. The inter-agency task force is charged with guiding the administration's continuing response to calls of gun control after the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre.
A bird-flu outbreak has been confirmed in Dharke of Dhading district in central Nepal, officials said Friday as some 3,000 fowls have already died in the area and have been safely dumped into pits
The new constitution must pave the way for a much more inclusive, modern, non-bureaucratic, stable and prosperous nation, Fijian President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau said Friday.
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