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Legislature convenes bimonthly session, deliberates draft laws

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 06:22 AM PDT

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), or China's legislature, began a four-day bimonthly session in Beijing on Tuesday, deliberating several draft laws.

Chinese VP pledges closer cooperation with France

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:12 AM PDT

Vice President Xi Jinpingon Tuesday pledged to boost cooperation with France.

Mainland to continue support for Taiwan businesses: official

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:07 AM PDT

The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief said on Tuesday that the mainland will continue to support Taiwanese businesses that invest on the mainland.

Chinese state councilor meets former U.S. officials

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:07 AM PDT

23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met with former White House Assistant for National Security Affairs Stephen Hadley, former Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and former Assistant Secretary of Defense Joseph Nye on Tuesday.??A press release from the Foreign Ministry said both sides exchanged views on Sino-U.S.

US urged to ease restrictions on Chinese investment

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 06:13 AM PDT

The U.S. has been urged to relax restrictions on high-tech product exports to China and eliminate unreasonable regulations for Chinese companies investing in its country.

Legislature convenes bimonthly session, deliberates draft laws

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:29 AM PDT

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), or China's legislature, began a four-day bimonthly session on Tuesday to deliberate several draft laws.

China to revise laws

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 04:02 AM PDT

China's top legislature on Tuesday discussed amendments to seven laws to fit within the amended Criminal Procedure Law.

Daughters show more filial respect than sons

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 04:33 AM PDT

Chinese daughters tend to show more filial piety to their parents than sons according to survey results revealed by the Beijing News on Tuesday.

China and France to protect freshwater lake

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:47 AM PDT

A scientific laboratory will be set up to protect the ecological environment of China's largest freshwater lake.

Hong Kong commemorates World War Two martyrs

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:35 AM PDT

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government held an annual official ceremony on Tuesday in commemoration of those who died in the defense of Hong Kong in World War Two between 1941 and 1945.

New Zealand-China cooperation slows methamphetamine supply

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:19 AM PDT

Joint efforts with China's customs authorities have helped stem the supply of methamphetamine precursor drugs into New Zealand, the New Zealand government said Tuesday.

Chinese daughters show more filial respect than sons

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:19 AM PDT

Chinese daughters tend to show more filial piety to their parents than sons according to survey results revealed by the Beijing News on Tuesday.

Most Taiwan hospital fire victims seriously ill patients

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:22 AM PDT

Most of the victims, including the 12 fatalities, of a big Taiwanese hospital fire that broke out early on Tuesday were patients of an independently operated medical care facility for serious illnesses or mental conditions, Xinhua has learned.

Tibetan children enjoy free education

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:22 AM PDT

A student plays on a swing during break time at a primary school in Lhan Township of Shigatse Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 11.[Photo/Xinhua] Students play on campus during break time at a primary school in Lhan Township of Shigatse Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 11.

China Voice: U.S. needs to rethink how to partner China

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:08 AM PDT

In the last of three rounds of U.S. presidential debate, both candidates framed China as a partner for the first time, offering a speck of belated comfort as the country had been portrayed as a monetary cheat and a job thief in their previous face-offs.

Obama flails Romney on foreign policy inconsistencies

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:16 AM PDT

With their fate hung in the air in a dead heat campaign, U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican foe Mitt Romney Monday night spared no effort to flail one another on foreign policy issues in their last and final debate before going over voters' scrutiny on Nov. 6.

Digital cash wedding gift

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:45 AM PDT

A new couple received their wedding cash gifts by using Alipay mobile money transfer service.

Hospital fire kills at least 12 in S Taiwan

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:00 AM PDT

A big fire broke out early Tuesday morning at a hospital in South Taiwan, killing at least 12 people and injuring 60 others, most of whom were patients,according to the local health department.

Digital cash wedding gift

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:00 AM PDT

A new couple received their wedding cash gifts by using Alipay mobile money transfer service.

30 hospitalized after Hubei ammonia gas leak

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:00 AM PDT

Thirty people remain hospitalized in central China's Hubei Province on Tuesday after an ammonia gas leak in an aquaculture company poisoned over 300 people late on Monday night, according to rescuers.

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