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An expert on road transport management and construction was elected vice mayor of Beijing Friday at a municipal parliamentary session. Huang Wei, 47, is also the first academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering to take one of the top jobs in the capital. "I feel it's a great honor ... though quite stressful, too," he said at the seventh session of the 13th Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress that concluded Friday. "There's a lot more I should lear ... - [read more]
China approved Friday a deep water container terminal project at the port of Xiamen in southeast Fujian Province. It involves investment from CMA CGM, the world's third largest container shipping group which is based in France. The French company said the project had been approved by China's National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top economic planner, and Ministry of Commerce. CMA CGM, New World Services Holding Ltd., based in Hong Kong, and Xiamen Haicang Inv ... - [read more]
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said Friday it would conduct more checks of listed companies in a bid to avoid malpractice in stock trading. Majority shareholders of listed companies, relevant parties involved in mergers and acquisitions and securities brokers would all be subject to examinations, the CSRC said in a draft revision. In the past, local regulators would only examine listed companies when monitoring stock trading practices, according to regulation p ... - [read more]
At least 500 taxi drivers have been on a strike for two days in Shantou City, south China's Guangdong province, in protest against unlicensed taxies. From about 6 a.m. on Thursday, taxi drivers gathered on the square opposite to the city's government, and stopped their cabs before the television station and an exhibition center. On Thursday afternoon, most of them left. On Friday morning, few taxis could been seen on the downtown streets. "All taxi drivers won't work today," a dr ... - [read more]
Two people were killed and another person injured following an explosion at a firework plant in east China's Shandong Province on Friday, local police said. The explosion took place at around 4:30 p.m.. It was so strong it knocked down the four-room facility in Tancheng County. Police recovered the bodies of two female workers, aged 57 and59, on the scene. They were from different villages in the county. Another villager working in nearby cornfield was injured. The person ... - [read more]
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush met in Lima Friday to discuss bilateral relations and major international issues of common concern. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the 16th Economic Leaders' Informal Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) slated for Saturday and Sunday. &$&$Source:Xinhua&$&$ ... - [read more]
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday gave a brief outline of the country's future development to the business community of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Addressing the APEC Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Summit, Hu said China will continue to follow the Scientific Outlook on Development by putting people first and making development comprehensive, balanced and sustainable. "We will unswervingly pursue reform, improve the socialist market economy and build systems ... - [read more]
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday urged the business community of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to play an important role in tackling the ongoing global financial crisis. Addressing the APEC Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Summit, Hu said the business community is a major player in promoting world economic development and sound and stable international economic and trade relations. "It has an important role to play in tackling the global financial crisis and kee ... - [read more]
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday called on all countries to enhance confidence, strengthen coordination and take effective measures to tackle the ongoing global financial crisis. Addressing the APEC Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Summit, President Hu said the ongoing financial crisis has caused shockwaves in the international financial markets and seriously affected the economic development and people's livelihood of all countries. An effective response to the financial cris ... - [read more]
The United States, Peru and Australia have decided to join the talks on the Trans-Pacific Strategic and Economic Partnership, known as the TransPac, previously signed by Chile, Brunei, New Zealand and Singapore, Peruvian media reported Friday. The seven nations will kick off the negotiations in March next year in an effort to further promote trade liberalization and curb any upturn of protectionism amid the ongoing financial crisis, Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley was quoted as ... - [read more]
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday called on members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to work together to ensure the sustained economic development of the Asia-Pacific region. Addressing the APEC Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Summit, Hu said the rich diversity, great interdependence and complementarity among the APEC members have enabled them to deepen regional cooperation and jointly respond to challenges. &$&$ GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS &$&$ Th ... - [read more]
Leading Peruvian newspapers on Friday hailed the trade and economic relations between China and Peru and the conclusion of talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries on Wednesday. National daily La Republica said in a report that the FTA will promote Peru's exports and further strengthen economic growth of the Latin American country. A sound economic relation with China will benefit the Peruvian people for generations, said the report. The El Peruano ... - [read more]
The 16th Economic Leaders' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) kicks off Saturday in the Peruvian capital of Lima under the theme of "A new commitment to Asia-Pacific Development." The following are some key facts about this year's APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting: -- Who: Attending are leaders from 21 APEC member economies: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, China's Hong Kong SAR, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New ... - [read more]
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang on Friday rejected a U.S. Congressional panel report on China as "unworthy of rebuttal." The annual report on China by the U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission to the Congress has been intended to mislead the public and impede bilateral cooperation, Qin said. The report published Thursday in Washington accuses China of cyber espionage and plays up the "China threat" by preaching the so-called military purpose of China's s ... - [read more]
Following his trip to Washington for the Group of 20 summit, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Costa Rica, Cuba and Peru in the past week to promote ties with Latin America. As the international situation undergoes profound changes, President Hu's trip was aimed at injecting new vitality into China-Latin America relations, which have been moving forward on a sound development track since early this year. During this period, the respective presidents of Chile, Mexico and Venezue ... - [read more]
China's recent measures to stimulate its economy has not only facilitated the restoration of the Chinese people's confidence but also helped the world to regain confidence, Peruvian President Alan Garcia said in Lima Friday. Garcia made the remarks in his opening speech at the 2008 CEO Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC), held at the Convention Center of the Peruvian Defense Ministry. He called for the resumption of confidence, noting such confidence comes fr ... - [read more]
A Chinese parliamentary delegation led by Ismail Tiliwaldi, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, wrapped up a three-day goodwill visit to Egypt on Friday. During the visit, Ismail Tiliwaldi held talks with the Egyptian People's Assembly (lower house of the parliament) Speaker Ahmed Fathi Sorour and Shura Council (upper house) Speaker Safwat el-Sherif, who is also Secretary General of the ruling National Democratic Party ... - [read more]
Singapore and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on aviation security cooperation in Singapore on Friday. The MoU on Aviation Security Cooperation was signed by Choi Shing Kwok, Permanent Secretary for Singapore's Transport Ministry, and Yang Guoqing, Deputy Administrator of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Under the MoU, both sides agree to enhance bilateral cooperation in these areas such as aviation security policy, procedures, technology, opera ... - [read more]
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Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian was interrogated by prosecutors on Friday, a day after being sent back to the Taipei detention center after a hospital stay. It was the first time he was questioned since being detained last Wednesday. Chen is accused of money laundering and misusing a special fund during his eight years in office. His term ended in May. Prosecutors did not brief the media about the interrogation. Chen was in a good condition health-wise, said his defen ... - [read more]
China is launching a national campaign to crack down on books, videos and websites publicizing sex and violence after teachers and parents voice concerns for children, said China's press watchdog. After a discussion meeting on Thursday, the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and the National Office of Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications agreed to step up supervision over book sellers near schools and on websites. Previously, the groups only patrolle ... - [read more]
The contrast is stark when Gou Xiuqiong, an earthquake survivor who makes a living as a hotel cleaner, talks about her difficult present and her hopes for the future. One day recently, Gou sat on a long bench on the hotel lawn. About 100 m away stood a row of deserted restaurants that were shattered by the May 12 quake, some with roofs collapsing. Earning just 800 yuan (114 U.S. dollars) a month and facing the cost of rebuilding her life, she still returned 30,000 yuan to a guest ... - [read more]
Construction on a new nuclear power plant started Friday in southeast China's Fujian Province, the first nuclear power plant to get into the saddle after the government announced its huge stimulus package to boost domestic demand. Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended the inauguration ceremony for the construction of the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant Friday. The project would require an investment of an estimated 100 billion yuan (14.6 billion U.S. dollars) for six sets of million kilowa ... - [read more]
Small and medium Chinese enterprises (SMEs) should improve their management of intellectual capital during the financial crisis, a Chinese official said on Friday. "The majority of Chinese entrepreneurs don't realize the true lucrative potential in intellectual capital such as intellectual property, brainpower and corporate culture," Wang Liwen, secretary general of the China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Forum. Wang made the remarks while briefing journali ... - [read more]
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Friday said the 22nd batch of book-entry treasury bonds for this year would be issued next week, with a total value of 22.5 billion yuan (3.29 billion U.S. dollars). The ministry said in a statement the issue period would last from Nov. 24 to 26. The seven-year bonds have a fixed annual yield of 2.71 percent. Interest will be calculated from Nov. 24 and paid annually. The principal will be paid at maturity. The issue will bring China's bo ... - [read more]
The Communist Party of China's (CPC) top anti-corruption official on Friday urged tighter supervision and inspection to ensure the implementation of the central government's economic policies. He Guoqiang, secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), made these comments at a conference held before inspection groups headed for local governments. The central government has announced steps to spur domestic demand and boost economic development in the fac ... - [read more]
China is paying more attention to the psychological health of officials in the earthquake-hit Sichuan Province after two people committed suicide. "We have imposed compulsory measures for grass-roots officials to show we care about them. We told them they must take breaks during their relief work," Wei Hong, executive vice provincial governor, said at a press conference in Beijing on Friday. He did not provide details about those measures, however, media reports have said officia ... - [read more]
A dispute between two vendors resulted in food poisoning that sickened 70 people in China's eastern Zhejiang province, local police said on Friday. A man, surnamed Wang, was arrested on Wednesday. Police in Jiaxing City said he confessed to putting clenbuterol hydrochloride into meat from a competitor's fridge. Police said Wang and a vendor from another stall in the Xiujia market had been having a dispute, although they did not tell Xinhua what it was about or for how long it las ... - [read more]
Nine buses in a parking lot caught fire early Friday morning in the northeastern Heilongjiang province. No one was injured. According to firefighters, worker Wang Siansheng was trying to start a bus when its gas tank exploded at 5:04 a.m. in the Xiangfang district of Harbin, Heilongjiang's capital. Fire then spread, consuming nine buses and one truck. Foul play is not suspected, however, police have not yet decided whether Wang will be punished for the incident. S ... - [read more]
Many migrant workers in south China's Guangdong Province returned to their home provinces in the wake of the global financial crisis. But it is not the only reason, officials of the local labor and railway authorities said. China's latest decision to expand transfers of land-use rights held by farmers also attracted some migrant workers to rush home. Liu Hong, a farmer of Sichuan, was waiting for a home-bound train with his wife at Guangzhou Railway Station this week. "We ... - [read more]
An unemployed man from northwest China was given a death penalty with a reprieve of two years in Beijing on Thursday after being found guilty of crimes including several rapes. The ruling was handed down on Tuo Jianguo, 32 and a native of Shaanxi Province, by the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court in a first-instant trial held on Thursday. The court was told that starting in August 2003, Tuo committed 11 rapes and four attempted rapes, in addition to three robberies and sev ... - [read more]
Interest in establishing operations in London to secure a foothold in Europe and Africa is higher than ever before as an increasing number of Chinese companies look to Britain's capital as their operation hub, a senior London inward investment executive said on Friday. "Chinese companies' interest in setting up operations in London to establish a presence in Europe and Africa has far exceeded our expectations," said Michael Charlton, chief executive officer of Think London, in an intervi ... - [read more]
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met in Beijing Friday with visiting speaker of the Slovak National Council Pavol Paska, vowing to upgrade bilateral ties. Xi said China and Slovakia had enjoyed a traditional friendship, and political trust strengthened cooperation on trade, education, science and culture. The two countries also maintained close coordination between international organizations. China would use the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties with Slovakia in 2009 to upgra ... - [read more]
The International Award Committee of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation of Thailand announced Friday three professors from China, Brazil and Japan, respectively, have won its 17th Prince Mahidol Award for 2008. The Prince Mahidol Award 2008 in the field of medicine is conferred on Professor Sergio Henrique Ferreira from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the Prince Mahidol Award 2008 award in the field of public health is jointly awarded to Professor Michiaki Takahashi from Osaka Univ ... - [read more]
Macao's inflation rate, as measured by the Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI), eased to 8.82 percent in October from 9.07 percent of the previous month this year, according to the figures released on Friday by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Macao's inflation rate for October 2007 was 6.18 percent. The DSEC figures showed that the Composite CPI for October 2008 stood at 126.76, of which the price indices of food and non-alcoholic beverages; health; clothing and ... - [read more]
At a press conference of the State Council Information Office on Nov. 10, Zhu Weiqun, executive vice director of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, UFWD Vice Director Sita and Executive Vice Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region Government Pelma Trilek briefed media on their talks with private representatives of the Dalai Lama from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5. Zhu said the Dalai Lama''s private representatives presented the central go ... - [read more]
Xinhua News Agency on Friday released a signed article by Yiduo on the "Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People" of the Dalai Lama and his followers. The "Memorandum" was presented to the central government by the private envoys of the Dalai Lama during their talks with the central government in Beijing weeks ago. The article says the "Memorandum", described by the Dalai Lama side as "in accordance with China's Constitution and laws", was full of contradictions with ... - [read more]
After efforts by geological exploration teams for over a year, an ultra large coal field with a forecasted 23 billion tons of total reserve was found in the famous Turfan Basin in China. Reporters learnt from the Department of Land and Resources of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that, the newly-discovered coal field is located in the Sha'er Lake in Piqan County of Turfan Region in Xinjiang. The coal mine occupies an area of over 300 square kilometers with a gross minable thickn ... - [read more]
Construction of the Xiamen-Zhangzhou Cross-sea Bridge has officially begun. The project adopts a standard two-way expressway design with six lanes and a designated speed of 100 km/h. An estimated total of 4.986 billion yuan will be invested into the project. After the bridge is put into operation, it will take only 20 minutes by car from Xiamen to the China Merchants Zhangzhou Development Zone. It will shave 35 kilometers off the traveling distance from Xiamen to Guangzhou. The Xiamen-Zh ... - [read more]
Chinese automakers are forced to withdraw from the Russian market and China's dreams of assembling vehicles in Russia have also come to a complete end, according to reports from 163.com. China's Great Wall Motor Company has recently dissolved a joint venture it registered in the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation, according to the news from 163.com. The relevant dissolution procedures are underway. Chinese carmaker teamed up with the Republic of Tatarstan's Land and Pr ... - [read more]
Chinese shares dropped by 0.72 percent to close at 1,969 points on Friday amid rebounds on other Asian equities markets. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, fell 0.72 percent to 1,969 points. The Shenzhen Component Index gained 0.22 percent to 6,711 points. The slight drop indicated that investor sentiment was boosted by rises in the regional market and expectation of a further interest rate cut over the weekend, said analysts. &$&$Sou ... - [read more]
Two people were killed, and three others injured after a gas pipeline blast in Shanghai early on Friday, local police said. The blast occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on a road in the city's Jing'an District when five men were doing maintenance work on the gas pipeline, and police said they received an emergency call about the accident 15 minutes later. One person died on the spot, and the 33-year-old man was from central Henan Province, police said. Another man died of pulmon ... - [read more]
Rescuers found one more body early on Friday near the place where the remains of the ninth worker killed in the subway tunnel collapse was found, bringing the death toll in the accident to 10. But at the moment, the rescuers have difficulty removing the remains from the sludge as the body is firmly buried by a steel tube, said a spokesman for the Fourth Bureau of the China Civil Engineering Group Co. Ltd. (CCEG), the project builder. The latest body was found shortly after rescue ... - [read more]
Han Qide, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, met in Beijing Friday with a delegation of the Slovakian National Council. The delegation is led by Speaker Pavol Paska. &$&$Source: Xinhua&$&$ ... - [read more]
Japan will host a trilateral summit with China and South Korea in Dazaifu Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 13 to discuss issues including the ongoing global financial crisis, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura told a press conference Friday. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak will meet at the Kyushu National Museum and are expected to deepen cooperation on a range of subjects, the Secretary said. The three ... - [read more]
An officer from the US Embassy in Beijing said on November 20 that the student and exchange visitor visas issued to Chinese nationals in the 2008 fiscal year increased by about 40% year-on-year with the US Administration welcoming more Chinese students to study in the US. The visa officer said that the US has no limit on the number of foreign students entering the country for study purposes, and it warmly welcomes all Chinese students who meet the relevant requirements to study in the US. ... - [read more]
The Three Gorges Project has turned over a total 20.277 billion yuan in national taxes since its first generating unit began operation on July 10, 2003, according to the State Administration of Taxation of the Three Gorges dam zone in Yichang, Hubei province. Since the first turbine generator was put in use, there are now 26 turbine generators in operation as of October 30 this year. By adding 100 megawatts of electricity from the electrical power supply plant, the project's installed cap ... - [read more]
Beijing municipality decided to add 6 billion yuan in government investment in the fourth quarter of this year to the original amount allocated. Wang Haiping, deputy director general of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, revealed on Nov. 19. The fund will be used for rail transit construction, improvement of unsafe buildings, electric heating of urban single-story houses, promotion of agricultural development and rural construction, as well as the enlargement of the s ... - [read more]
Individual investors were allowed to buy and sell Au99.95-category gold as of Friday at the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE), the Shanghai Securities News reported. In a notice issued on Thursday, the SGE said from Friday it would allow individual traders to buy and sell Au99.95, the type of gold used in the manufacturing of ornamental items. It also said Chinese commercial banks were free to decide the date to start individual gold investment services. The minimum trading lot size w ... - [read more]
China Telecom and Microsoft recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement. They announced that they will jointly develop in China a co-branded Messenger, instant communication software, based on the new generation Windows Live service platform released by Microsoft. The person-in-charge of China Telecom said that this cooperation will further support China Telecom's strategy to make itself a world's leading provider of comprehensive information. According to the terms of the agreemen ... - [read more]
As winter approaches, post-disaster reconstruction in the earthquake-stricken areas of Sichuan Province is underway in an intensive and orderly manner. Thousand volunteers from the "Special Task of Earthquake Relief by Volunteers from the College Graduates Serving the West Program" have joined the effort. After the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake, the Central Committee of Communist Youth League of China, the PRC Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Human Resources and So ... - [read more]
It is estimated that by the end of this year, the number of sewage treatment plants in operation in Shanghai will reach 50, and the designed treatment capacity will climb to 6.73 million cubic meters, enable Shanghai to rank No. 1 among all cities in China, according to information released on November 19 by Shanghai Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (SEPB). Starting next year, Shanghai will carry out a new round of the Three-Year Environmental Protection Action Plan, with a total inv ... - [read more]
Chinese shares ended the morning trade 4.3 percent lower on Friday, as investor sentiment got hard hit by massive sell-off on Wall Street overnight sparked by fears of a deep and prolonged recession. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, slid 84.95 points, or 4.28 percent, to 1,898.81. It opened 2.65 percent lower at 1,932.60. Buying interest was becoming weaker after earlier broad market rally and continued declines on regional markets, Everbr ... - [read more]
A Chinese official warned Friday freezing weather would hit parts of quake-stricken areas in southwestern Sichuan Province this winter, expecting more donations of quilts to residents there. The province has seen more rainy and cold days this winter than past years and the temperature was 0.5 to 1 degrees Celsius lower than usual, executive vice provincial governor Wei Hong told a press conference in Beijing. Residents living in quake-affected and remote mountainous areas need 3. ... - [read more]
China has published a list containing identities and other basic information of 19,065 people killed during the May earthquake in southwestern Sichuan Province, a local official said Friday. The list includes the name, birth place, where he or she was killed and other personal information of the dead, Wei Hong, executive vice provincial governor of Sichuan told a press conference. It is the first time for the government to announced such detailed information about the dead and mo ... - [read more]
On November 19, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially opened its China office in Beijing, the first for the FDA outside the US. Shao Mingli, head of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), Mike Leavitt, secretary of Health and Human Services, FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach and the US Ambassador to China, Clark T. Randt, jointly attended the opening ceremony and cut the ribbon. According to a message from the Ministry of Health, China is also planning to set up co ... - [read more]
Medical experts on Thursday urged the public to pay more attention to the prevention of recurrent stroke on China's second "Stroke Education Day." "There is an extremely high risk of recurrence for stroke sufferers," said Dong Qiang, an expert from the neurology branch of the Chinese Medical Association (CMA), "and the recurrent stroke causes higher death and disability rates." The recurrence rate for stroke sufferers is about 10 percent within one week and 20 percent within thre ... - [read more]
The Ministry of Health said on Thursday that 1,041 infants around China were still receiving hospital treatment for kidney damage caused by tainted powdered milk. One was in serious condition, the ministry said. The number of hospitalized infants dropped by more than half from three weeks ago, when the figure stood at 2,300. Another 50,741 infants have recovered and been discharged since mid-September, when a scandal erupted over milk containing a chemical, melamine. ... - [read more]
China has earmarked another 1 billion yuan (147 million U.S. dollars) to be spent in the fourth quarter, which ends in about six weeks, to improve rural reproductive health care programs. The money represents previously planned spending that is being brought forward to the fourth quarter, as part of government efforts to boost the economy amid global economic and financial turmoil. The funds will be used to upgrade medical equipment in reproductive health care centers and improve ... - [read more]
About 100,000 migratory birds that are wintering at China's second-largest freshwater lake, Dongting, face famine as the water keeps rising instead of dropping as it usually does during the winter. The water level was about 28 meters on Thursday, up 6 meters so far this month, and many wetlands that provide food for birds have been flooded, said Gao Dali, an official of the Eastern Dongting Lake Nature Reserve Administration. A worker at the Chenglingji hydrological station at th ... - [read more]
The Confucius Aristocratic Family Genealogy will be printed at the end of this year after ten years of revision. The total number of descendants in this updated edition exceeds two million, not only dissolving the crisis of the family's discontinuity, but also providing precious historical material for researchers. With a history of over 2,500 years, the Confucius Aristocratic Family Genealogy is recognized as the world's longest family tree by Guinness World Records. To date, the Confuciu ... - [read more]
A prominent Chinese medical expert voiced his support on Tuesday for a controversial government campaign to get kids running over the winter. Zhong Nanshan, the leading doctor in treating the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002, said he was in favor of the Ministry of Education's recent health campaign. It requires schools to organize daily runs for students from Oct. 26 until the end of next April. Primary schoolchildren must run 1 km per day, junior high school stu ... - [read more]
Public misconceptions surrounding AIDS in China still cause discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS, a United Nations official said on Tuesday. This situation means that many people are unwilling to live in the same household, have meals or work with an HIV-positive person, which should be a cause of concern, said Bernhard Schwartlander, UNAIDS China Country Coordinator. He was commenting on the results of a survey of AIDS-related knowledge and behavior among the Chine ... - [read more]
