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As CES, the biggest electronics trade show in the America kicks off this week in Las Vegas, US TV makers will be doing their best to convince consumers to press pause on HD television, and make room in their place for Ultra HD television.2
Do you remember going to the doctor's as a young child and feeling a bit nervous and anxious?3
China's real estate market in major cities is warming up, with home prices rising, and more people buying new apartments. However, this is not the case across the country. In smaller cities, real estate agents are finding it increasingly difficult to survive. For more details, here is our reporter Laiming.4
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to make Southeast Asia his first overseas destination.5
Japan's new foreign minister, Fumio Kishida is on his visit for three Southeast Asian countries - the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, and Australia as his first overseas tour.6
Airbus China says that European aircraft manufacturer Airbus delivered 125 new aircraft to Chinese operators in 2012.7
Algeria says that a total of 37 foreigners and an Algerian died at a desert gas plant and five people are still missing after the four-day hostage-taking siege.8
Beijing's municipal authorities will issue new regulations to improve air quality by the end of this year.9
Smog levels in Beijing have hit the 'Hazardous' mark again just 2 weeks after recording one of the worst cases of air pollution.10
Japan's central bank is pledging more aggressive action to boost the economy, including a 2 percent inflation target and easing monetary conditions.11
Bolivian President Evo Morales says that his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez is undergoing physiotherapy treatment to return to his country from Cuba.12
The National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner has decided to lower bank card charges for businesses nationwide.13
The first high-end server independently developed by a Chinese company has made its debut in Beijing.14
China is seeking deeper trade and investment cooperation with Latin America amid the global economic slowdown and sluggish international demand.15
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has met with South Korean special envoy Kim Moo-sung.16
Experts in China are calling for more regulations to control food wastage.17
The Chinese government has taken issue with Myanmar after a bomb landed in China during armed clashes in Myanmar earlier this week.18
China says it opposes any infringement on its sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands committed by Japanese aircraft or vessels and remains vigilant against attempts to commit such acts.19
The Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, falls on Feb. 10th this year.20
The Chinese government says they've maintained normal communication with Japan, despite a bitter territorial dispute in the East China Sea.21
A deep-water oil drilling platform the "Island Innovator" is seen at a port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang province on September 26, 2012.22
The Chinese government has voiced concern over Japan's latest plans to increase military personnel.23
Military experts in China are warning against Japan's latest drill apparently aimed at "recapturing lost islands".24
Groups representing both Chinese and Japanese interests have been meeting in more frequency over the past few weeks in an attempt to try to ease tensions between the two countries.25
When Mao Shuting became pregnant in May, her family was overjoyed - the baby will be born in the year of snake. Like most Chinese, they believe that this is auspicious.26
Chrysler Group has agreed to make Jeeps in China with partner Guangzhou Automobile, a key step toward its goal of building Jeep into a global brand.27
China Investment Corp, the nation's sovereign wealth fund, is to balance out its portfolio this year.28
An eight-day island-circling group tour in Taiwan is one of the most popular trips among mainland travelers. It covers a total distance of 1,600 kilometers and includes must-see sights, such as the Taipei Palace Museum, Ali Mountain and Sun Moon Lake.29
This year, TV makers are doing their best to give huge-screen fanatics more breathing room. New "ultrahigh-definition" sets were shown off Monday by LG Electronics, Sharp, Sony and Samsung Electronics at the international CES gadget show in Las Vegas.30
More than 600 police and customs officers from Shenzhen and Hong Kong participated in the operation on January 5th.31
In its newly-released Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank acknowledged that the world economy remains fragile four years after the onset of the global financial crisis.32
Collecting garbage or helping those less fortunate than yourself; social work like this is now a popular choice for young city dwellers to spend their leisure time.33
Dunhuang in northwestern China's Gansu Province is known for its UNESCO World Heritage site, the Mogao Grottoes, or the Thousand Buddha Caves.34
A report from the Asian Development Bank this week is showing economic losses from air pollution in China accounts for 1.2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product.35
Photos shot in Hong Kong this week show more than 18-thousand shark fins drying on the roofs of industrial buildings.36
Exit polls show that the right- wing union led by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gained a narrow lead in the country's early parliamentary elections.37
As Barack Obama was sworn in for a second term as the US president, China-US relations have been at the top of the agenda at a forum in Beijing.38
Orphanage Blaze Raises Questions39
Social networking company Facebook has unveiled a new feature to help search information shared among hundreds of millions of its users.40
Thanks to the development trend over the past years, fantasy literature is now accessible to not only adult readers but also children.41
Among the matches in progress. It is Roger Federer trying to advance as he faces Nikolay Davydenko. The score there was 6-3/6-4/6-4.42
Fighting raged in one Mali town on Thursday, air strikes hit another and army troops raced to protect a third, on the seventh day of the French-led military intervention to wrest back Mali's north from al Qaida-linked groups.43
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has expressed his personal apologies for Japan's wartime crimes during a trip to China.44
French President Francois Hollande says it is up to African forces to restore Mali's territorial integrity once towns are retaken from Islamist extremists.45
Garage Cafe looks like an ordinary coffee house but functions as an incubator for fledgling companies in Beijing's Zhongguancun. Entrepreneurs here build businesses with laptops at dining tables rather than with desktops in cubicles.46
China has been ranked as the third most innovative country according to General Electric's latest report of "Global Innovation Barometer".47
The People's Bank of China, China's central bank says China will vigorously promote the opening-up of its financial market this year to attract wider use of the yuan globally.48
Yuan Feng is one of the founders of the carpooling website. He says many of his schoolmates fail to get a train ticket during the Spring Festival travel season so he set up the website with 11 schoolmates. By spending 50,000 yuan setting up the website, Yuan says they hope to provide his peers with a platform to look for possible carpooling opportunities.49
According to the guidelines which call for local governments to make policies to facilitate mergers and restructuring, the concentration ratio is required to reach 90 percent by 2015 in the top ten auto enterprises and 60 percent in the top ten steel companies.50
As Chinese New Year approaches, train ticket prices are coming under the spotlight again as people start buying tickets home for the Spring Festival Holiday.51
A faster way of travel but with higher cost, high-speed rail in China continues to undergoing doublt.52
In some top level hospitals in Beijing, many patients complain it's hard to get a chance to see senior doctors.53
Harbin, located in northeast China, is the capital city of Hei Longjiang Province. With an average temperature of minus 25 Centigrade or minus 13 Fahrenheit in winter, it is known as the Ice City.54
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization says that Iran has made progress in nuclear technology.55
Israelis are preparing to vote in a general election on Tuesday.56
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has paid a visit to the Nanjing Massacre Museum during a trip to Nanjing, Jiangsu province.57
"I'd love it if you call me an artist, but I am not quite there yet. But that's what I want to do."58
"Little Giants" companies are leading technology-based SMEs with annual production value over 1 hundred million.59
An Egyptian national dialogue between President Mohamed Morsi and leaders of political factions has got underway.60
Kweichow Moutai has announced on its official website that the company's new policies will soon be published under the guidance of China National Development and Reform Commission and the local bureau of commodity prices in Guizhou Province.61
Many who watched "A Bite of China" say the documentary is more than just a food show.62
The Chinese Year of the Snake is fast approaching. Because it is believed that babies born during this year are wise, talented, and attractive, the government expects a surge in the number of births in the country.63
The mother of a young rape victim in central China's Hunan Province has filed a petition over her detainment in a labor camp.64
Authorities in Beijing have now dropped the yellow alert for smog.65
At some job fairs in recent years, it has been very common to see hundreds of postgraduate students competing for one position. Many complain that it's very difficult to get employed nowadays.66
Currently, many group buying websites are promoting their New Year specials. No matter if you want dates, nuts or chocolate you'll easily find a discounted package through the group buying websites.67
It first showed up in October 2011 on Kickstarter, the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Then Romo quickly won people's hearts around the world.68
Four people have been detained in Brazil in connection with the devastating nightclub fire that left more than 230 dead and over 110 injured.69
The Chinese capital continued to suffer from a dense fog this Monday after the city saw probably the "worst on record" air quality over the weekend.70
The coastal city of Weihai in East China's Shandong Province has started building a nuclear plant to address a shortage of power in the region.71
At a recent forum on Sino-US relations held in Beijing, American studies expert Tao Wenzhao from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says he believes the ties between China and the US will be positive during Obama's second term.72
The fair has attracted about 1,900 exhibitors from 41 countries and regions, and this year includes first-time participants from Iran.73
This is the Buenos Aires Marching Band.74
The Beijing Waterworks Group, the company responsible for tap water supply in the capital, says starting from next week, the data on tap water quality will be available on the company's website.75
For millions of devout Hindus, it is time yet again to soak in the spiritual energy of what is perhaps the world's largest religious gathering - the Maha Kumbh mela or Grand Pitcher Festival.76
The deployment of Patriot missile systems in Turkey has started to flesh out.77
A senior Chinese diplomat says that the latest UN resolution on North Korea is "generally balanced."78
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that it's still a long way from "getting the Syrians together" for a political solution to the crisis in the country.79
"As I make it clear in Australia, we will be strengthening our presence in the Asia Pacific, and budget reductions will not come at the expense of that critical region. We are going to continue investing in our critical partnerships and alliances."80
U.S. envoy Glyn Davies is calling on North Korea not to carry out a nuclear test.81
The World Bank has released its new baseline forecast for this year, saying it expects global economy to grow by 2.4-percent this year.82
A new Chinese report on migration now shows that one-third of rich Chinese people, with a net worth of more than 16-million-U.S-dollars, has emigrated overseas.83
Analysts say the visit of Japanese envoy Natsuo Yamaguchi will help to ease the tensions between China and Japan.