Shortage of organs for transplants
2010-11-15 16:43:42
According to the Ministry of Health of People’s Republic of China, every year 1.5 million patients are in need of organ transplants, but only about 10,000 of them get the surgery, due to a lack of organ sources, CCTV reported.
Experts protest tobacco money for charity
2010-11-15 11:26:22
An online survey conducted by the Beijing Times at news portal Sina.com.cn on Friday shows about 80 percent of respondents saying a donation worth 10 million yuan (US$1.51 million) from State Tobacco Monopoly Administration for two aid-for-women projects as acceptable.
Inflation is becoming a menace
2010-11-15 07:53:03
Not long ago, Hong Kong residents used to go shopping in neighboring cities on the Chinese mainland. But today, Shenzhen residents are flocking to Hong Kong to buy necessities, including food, because of high inflation.
Reduce import tax on iPads
2010-11-15 07:53:03
The imposition of a 1,000-yuan ($150) import tax on Apple iPads has triggered a heated debate among the public.
An exclusive interview with IOC's Rogge
2010-11-14 12:38:48
Belgian Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, took an exclusive interview with China Daily in Guangzhou while attending the ongoing General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on the sidelines of the 16th Asian Games.
US plays cards poorly with China: Nobel laureate
2010-11-14 07:41:19
"The United States did not play its cards very well with China," American economist and Nobel Prize laureate Edmund Phelps said on Saturday in New York, during a live video conference with participants of the 2010 MEDays in Morocco's northern coastal city of Tangier.
Taiwan New Party leader visits Sun Yat-sen tomb
2010-11-12 19:53:17
Taiwan's New Party Chairman Yok Mu-ming visited the tomb of Dr Sun Yat-sen at Sun's mausoleum in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province on Friday, the 144th anniversary of the revolutionary leader's birth and the first day the tomb has been open to visitors for free.