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China makes four-point proposal to APEC summit 2007-08-28 23:00:06  China hopes to see progress on such topics as climate change and clean development, integration of regional economy, multilateral trade and APEC reform at the impending APEC summit, said a senior official with Chinese Foreign Ministry.    The proposal was raised by Chinese assistant foreign minister Cui Tiankai at a press conference here Tuesday afternoon.     From Sept. 3 to 9, Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to Australia and attend the summit meeting due to be held in Sydney on September 8-9.     ”China will make concerted efforts with concerned parties to achieve the objectives”, Cui said.     According to Cui, discussion on the climate change would top the summit agenda and the host will arrange a discussion on a possible Sydney Declaration on the climate change issue.     ”We support discussion and final adoption of such a declaration”, Cui said, stressing that the adoption of the declaration would demonstrate the de ...

Virtual Police to Patrol Beijing Web Portals 2007-08-28 22:59:24 Beijing’s police is scheduled to launch its first ever virtual police on leading web portals in the city starting from September 1st, Beijing News reports. With cartoonized virtual police figures in place on Beijing’s 13 major websites, including Sina.com and Sohu.com, netizens will feel free to report online or offline crimes by just clicking them whenever these “virtual police 110″ appear on webpages every half an hour. Such virtual police patrols are expected to cover all web portals registered with Beijing servers by the end of the year. According to Beijing’s Public Security Bureau, they have designed their two virtual figures as a cartoon policeman and a cartoon policewoman just to make their presence attractive and interesting. The two animated figures will keep patrolling the websites on their virtual police van, motorcycle or on foot. An information center at Beijing’s police headquarter will value the emergency level of crime reports and re ...

Total Lunar Eclipse Observed 2007-08-28 22:58:02   A total lunar eclipse was observed Tuesday throughout the Western Hemisphere and parts of Asia. This is the second total lunar eclipse of 2007. Pictures taken from Rizhao, east China’s Shandong Province on August 28, 2007 show the moon enters into the earth’s shadow in four pictures (L-R), from fully lit to a total lunar eclipse. Normally lit by reflected sunlight, the moon passed through the shadow of the rarth over a period of several hours. ...

Paris Hilton settles defamation lawsuit 2007-08-27 22:21:21 Hotel heiress Paris Hilton on Wednesday settled a 10 million U.S. dollars defamation lawsuit brought against her by diamond heiress Zeta Graff, media reported. Jury selection for a civil trial was due to get underway next Monday, but lawyers for the socialites settled the case during a court hearing in Santa Monica, California, although details of the settlement are unknown. “Both parties are glad that the matter could be resolved without the time and expense of a trial,” according to a statement released by Graff’s attorney, Bruce Broillet. In the suit, Graff claimed that Hilton spread “vicious lies” about her to the media in 2005. According to Graff, Hilton was the source for a story which appeared in the gossip pages of the New York Post claiming that she had attacked her in a London nightclub. The report said that Graff — who once dated Hilton’s then-fiance, Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis — went “berserk” at a nightclub ... Paris Hilton

Hollywood Lohan pleads guilty: “I broke the law” 2007-08-27 22:17:59 Lindsay Lohan arrives for the premiere of the film “Georgia Rule” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York in this May 8, 2007 file photo.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>     BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) – Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan on Thursday reached a plea deal on charges of possessing cocaine and drunken driving and was required to serve one day in jail, 10 days community service and three years of probation, media reports said Friday.   “It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs,” Lohan said in a statement released by publicist Leslie Sloane Zelnik.     She said she did things she was ashamed of. “I broke the law and today I took responsibility by pleading guilty to the charges in my case.”     The troubled actress, 21, was charged with seven counts of misdemeanor drug possession and drunken driving stemming from two separate arrests. Lohan wa ... Hollywood

China opposes to hacker activities 2007-08-26 22:19:08 China on Sunday said it has always opposed to and forbidden all sorts of criminal activities that could break down computer networks, including hacker activities. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu made the remarks when asked to comment on recent German media reports that held Chinese hacker accountable for attacking the computer networks of German governmental organs. Jiang noted Chinese laws and regulations have clear provisions on forbidding such computer-related criminal activities. Hacker attack is an international issue and China was also a victim, she said. China has established sound cooperation mechanism with many countries in the world to jointly combat crimes related to computer networks, Jiang said, adding that China hopes to strengthen such cooperation with Germany, too. ...

Gray: a dominating color in Beijing 2007-08-26 22:11:57 Every city has its main color. In Paris, for example, the main color is grayish white and in London, yellowish gray becomes the dominating color of buildings in the city. What is the major color in Beijing, then? Not long ago, an authority in Beijing said that gray is the main color in the capital. Why did he say so? Because during its 800 years of history as the national capital, gray had always appeared as the most suitable color for Beijing. It conforms to the city’s local culture and its climate features. When one strolls about the city, one can see that most of the buildings in the city are painted in gray. The quadrangles are made with gray bricks and the city wall, the walls surrounding the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace are all painted in gray color. Such gray is not the common “mud gray” color as we often think. It is a color mixed with a bit of blue, making it seem very clean and with an air of solemnity. In movies, a typical scen ...

Chinese share prices advance for fifth straight day 2007-08-25 23:11:50 Chinese share prices closed slightly higher on the last trading day of this week with major index kept above the 5,000-point mark.    The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index went up 1.49 percent or 75.18 points to close at 5,107.67 points on a transaction volume of 167.55 billion yuan (22.05 billion U.S. dollars).     The Shenzhen Component Index on the smaller Shenzhen stock market rose 1.28 percent or 225.46 points to close at 17,864.68 points on a business turnover of 88.40 billion yuan (11.63 billion U.S. dollars).     The combined turnover of the two bourses expanded to around 255.95 billion yuan ( 33.68 billion U.S. dollars) from 244.8 billion yuan on Thursday. The major index moved between 5,125.36 points and 5,052.24 points.     The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Bank of China opened higher on satisfactory first half net profits and then dropped to 6.99 yuan and 6.16 yuan respectively at closing. The Industrial Bank Co. Ltd. rose to the daily upside ...

More than 60% of Taiwan entrepreneurs to expand investment in Chinese mainland 2007-08-25 23:09:42 More than 63 percent of Taiwan entrepreneurs want to scale up their investment in the Chinese mainland, a recent survey of the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (TEEMA) showed.    Having inquired its member companies, the Taiwan’s largest industry association found that the number of Taiwan business people who hope to return to Taiwan for business has been decreasing in recent years.     The proportion reduced to 1.83 percent this year from 1.97 percent in 2006 and 2.7 percent in 2005, showed the 2007 survey on environment and risk of investing in the Chinese mainland.     About 34 percent of the respondents said they would continue to invest in Taiwan, the survey said.     Also according to the survey, Suzhou in east China’s Jiangsu Province was among the most recommended cities in terms of hi-tech,service and traditional industries. Shanghai, Beijing, Kunshan and Chengdu were also on the list.     The association, with i ...

China sends 5th batch of humanitarian aid materials to Sudan’s Darfur 2007-08-25 23:08:48 The fifth batch of materials for humanitarian aid provided by the Chinese government for Sudan was shipped on Friday at north China’s port of Tianjin.    The 40 million yuan (5.2 million U.S. dollars) worth materials include cross-country vehicles, ambulances, medical instruments, and mobile houses. A container is loaded to a ship at the Tianjin Port in Tianjin Municipality, north China, Aug. 24, 2007. The fifth batch of aid materials worth 40 million RMB yuan (5.2 million US dollars) provided by the Chinese government for Sudan’s Darfur region were shipped to Sudan from Tianjin Port on Aug. 24. The humanitarian aid included SUVs, ambulances, sphygmomanometers and temporary houses. (Xinhua/Zhang Zewei) Photo Gallery>>>     China had sent four batches of materials to help residents in the Darfur region improve their living conditions.     In 2004 the Chinese government pledged five batches of humanitarian aid to Darfur to ease the humanitarian problems ...

Foreigners experiencing traditional Chinese festival cutlure 2007-08-24 21:32:55 After taking on an imperial robe and sitting on an imperial chair, Basil Bernstein asked his Chinese friend to take a picture of him at a temple fair.    ”My wife said I am very handsome when wearing the imperial robe,” said Bernstein, a free-lance American photographer, at a Spring Festival temple fair in southwest China’s Chongqing.     The temple fairs, or “Miaohui” in Chinese, are usually held during China’s Spring Festival holidays to celebrate the arrival of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which fell on Feb. 18 this year.     Held at ancient temples, these colorfully decorated fairs usually feature folk arts performances, including stilt-walking and dragon and lion dances, and sale of snacks.     Two years ago, Bernstein attended a temple fair in Beijing and has since been deeply attracted by this centuries-old event.     ”To me, everything at temple fairs is wonderful,” said Bernstein, who had visited three temple f ...

China selects 10 best well-wishing text messages for Spring Festival 2007-08-24 21:30:54 A list of 10 well-wishing text messages have been selected as the best of all for the forth coming Spring Festival, and the top runner is an item featuring pig, and five-member mascots of the Beijing Olympic Games.    The 10-day selection campaign, launched and organized by a host of mass media organizations based in Beijing, is the first of the kind. It drew participation of 680,000 people from provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the Chinese mainland.     The top ten best text messages were chosen by a specially appointed 20-member panel from about 100,000 items of text messages and the result was announced on Thursday night.     Top of the 10 best well-wishing text message list, which is said to be sent by 25-year-old Kang Kai, a salesman, blends good wishes of good luck, longevity, bumper harvest, more friends, fulfillment of dreams, good health in the year of pig with five Fuwas, the mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.     In accordance wi ...

Olympic Mooncake Show Up 2007-08-24 08:40:07 A worker shows the flower-shaped gold and jade, gold and silver commemorative medal in Beijing Aug. 21, 2007. The flower-shaped gold and jade, gold and silver commemorative medals, also known as “Olympic Moon Cakes”, under the authorization of the Organizing Committee of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, have been issued. The issuance of the gold and jade medals was limited to 3,400 pieces, gold and silver medals at 16,680 pieces. ...

China sets up consular protection center to better protect nationals abroad 2007-08-24 08:38:42 Chinese Foreign Ministry inaugurated a consular protection center on Thursday to better protect the interests and legitimate rights of Chinese nationals living or traveling abroad.    The center, upgraded from a consular protection division under the ministry’s consular department, is aimed at strengthening its coordinative abilities on the precaution and operation of consular cases.     It will also promote the legislation on consular protection, so to provide better consular services to overseas Chinese, according to Foreign Ministry.     ”The consular protection service, which fully embodies the notion of ‘putting people first’, is closely related with the state image and governance capability,” Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi addressed the inauguration ceremony.     He called on all the diplomats at Chinese embassies and consulates overseas to attach great importance to consular services, establishing and improving a consular protection sy ...

Visitors to Mogao Grottoes Face Limits 2007-08-22 21:16:11 The daily number of tourists permitted to visit the Mogao Grottoes will be limited next year in a bid to better protect the frescoes inside, according to the Dunhuang Academy. Statistics provided by the academy show that 3,000 to 5,000 tourists visit the ancient relics every day during the annual May-October tourist season, surpassing the Mogao Grottoes’ estimated daily capacity of 2,900 people. “The proper daily capacity was determined scientifically, and we plan to progressively limit the daily number of tourists into the caves,” Fan Jinshi, head of the academy, was quoted as saying by Gansu Daily. The director said that though the Mogao Grottoes are spread over a large area and have many caves, each of the caves is actually quite small. Eighty-five percent are smaller than 25 sq m. Both the caves and the frescoes inside would be better served by having fewer people passing through. The constant temperature inside the cave and dry weather outside have helped preserv ...