Teachers in poor rural regions under-subsidized: ministry

Teachers in China's impoverished rural regions are under-subsidized, the country's education authority said on Friday after evaluating an incentive program designed to retain teachers in backward regi  Read more »

CCTV America launched in Washington DC

CCTV News has launched a new initiative. It’s called CCTV America. Every day at 9 am Beijing time a new production center in Washington DC will broadcast for an hour. A state of the art studio, an in  Read more »

Shanghai International Orchid Show opens

The city's second International Orchid Show opens to the public on Saturday at the Chenshan Botanical Garden in Songjiang District. The show includes more than 1,000 orchid species, including some rar  Read more »

China’s Love of Pig Trotters May be Saving the UK’s Pork Industry

According to figures released by the British Food and Drink Federation (FDF), the UK’s worldwide exports of pork rose by a dramatic 92 percent. The source of this massive increase? China’s love of e  Read more »

Universal Studios to build theme park in Beijing

Universal Studios, a well-established U.S. motion picture studio, is planning to build a Hollywood movie theme park in Beijing's Tongzhou District, according to media reports. The park, the third of   Read more »

Landmark policies for Palace Museum

New ticket prices and options, a reduction in food stalls, and a crackdown on ticket scalpers – these are among the new policies set to be introduced by Beijing's world famous Palace Museum, known to   Read more »

MH370 search highlights intl security co-op: DM

The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has showcased the need to strengthen international cooperation in non-traditional security areas, said a spokesman for China's Defense Ministry o  Read more »

Planes race to fresh MH370 search zone after 'credible new lead'

A multinational fleet of planes and ships raced Friday to a fresh search zone after a "credible new lead" that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was flying faster than first thought before it plunged int  Read more »

China demands more information from Malaysia

China’s foreign ministry urged Malaysia to provide all available information and evidence on how it reached the conclusion that the plane crashed. "We know about the announcement made by the Malaysi  Read more »

China sending special envoy to Malaysia over MH370

Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered on Monday to send a special envoy to Kuala Lumpur to deal with the matter of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.Xi, who was in The Hague for the third Nuclear   Read more »

MH370 ends in southern Indian Ocean: Malaysian PM

New analysis of satellite data suggested that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday.Najib released the sa  Read more »

Chinese aircraft spots suspicious objects in MH370 search area

The crew aboard a Chinese IL-76 plane spotted some suspicious objects in the southern Indian Ocean on Monday in search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 off Australia.The crew has reported th  Read more »

Satellite images may help solve mystery of missing flight

France provided satellite images to Malaysia on Sunday of objects that could be from a passenger jet that has been missing for more than two weeks, and officials are hoping they will help solve the my  Read more »

Beijing may raise bus and metro fares this year

A Beijing official indicated on Thursday that the city may raise bus and metro fares in the second half of this year. However, Zhao Lei, the vice director of the Beijing Development and Reform Commis  Read more »

Hebei to ease pressure on Beijing population

North China's Hebei province plans to build 90,000 low-rent apartments for people who work in Beijing in an effort to ease the population pressure in the capital and boost the local economy. "The pro  Read more »

Chinese internet giants move into the U.S.

As China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba prepares for an IPO in the U.S, other Chinese internet heavyweights are also considering IPO destinations, with America remaining a hot spot. The titans of the wo  Read more »

Australian authorities locate possible debris of missing MH370, dispatch aircraft

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Thursday that objects possibly related to the search for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 had been found in the southern Indian Ocean. Addressing P  Read more »

Chinese navy shifts MH370 search focus: spokesman

The Chinese navy has shifted the focus of the search for flight MH370 westward and increased area under scrutiny six fold, an official said Tuesday.Naval vessels on standby in the Gulf of Thailand hea  Read more »

Thai radar may have detected missing Malaysian jet

A Thai air force radar station has detected the signal of an unidentified aircraft that departed from Malaysia and flew northward but later diverted possibly to the Strait of Malacca, air force chief   Read more »

Shanghai's maths success attracts interest abroad

The UK's Department for Education has announced that 60 maths teachers from Shanghai will be sent to Britain to help improve students' maths levels. This comes as an effort to replicate the incredible  Read more »