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Come and ski in Bird's Nest!

2010-12-19 15:13

The Olympic Stadium is now annually turned into a winter playground in an effort to attract more tourists.

China, Pakistan cement cooperation

2010-12-19 08:37

After the two governments signed major cooperation documents on Friday, Chinese companies inked additional deals worth $10 billion with Pakistan on Saturday. China delivers flood aid to Pakistan

'Happy' pandas arrive in Macao for 10th anniversary

2010-12-18 22:34

Two giant pandas named Kai Kai and Xin Xin arrived in Macao Saturday to help the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) celebrate its 10th anniversary.

Chemical tank flames put out in E China

2010-12-18 17:50

Firefighters have put out the flames of a 10,000-cubic-meter propylene tank in East China's Zhejiang province. The tank caught fire early Saturday morning in Huachen Energy Depot in Quantang town in Pinghu city of Zhejiang. Investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.

WikiLeaks' Assange says fears US extradition

2010-12-18 11:58

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday that he was the target of an aggressive US probe and feared extradition to the United States was "increasingly likely".

DPRK warns against Seoul's shelling drill

2010-12-18 11:31

Pyongyang warned that if Seoul persisted in holding the shelling exercise, it would deliver a second and third "unpredicted self-defense counterattack" that would be bigger and more powerful than the last.