China pockets Swaythling Cup, losing Corbillon at Moscow worlds

 China's men's table tennis team memebers hold the trophy during the awarding ceremony at the 50th World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, capital of Russia, on May 30, 2010. China defeated Germany 3-1 in the men's final match. [Xinhua/Tao Xiyi]

For the first time in nearly two decades, the Corbillon Cup was not claimed by China, as the Chinese women paddlers lost the final to Singapore 3-1 at the 50th table tennis worlds on Sunday.

The Chinese trio of Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen and Guo Yan, the same outfit in the semifinal, encountered a real challenge in the gruelling

China launches northwest Pacific Ocean current, weather research project

More than 40 scientists began an international research project on the northwest Pacific Ocean and its climate in the eastern China coastal city of Qingdao Sunday.

The Northwest Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate Experiment (NPOCE) will observe, simulate and understand the structure, variability and dynamics of the ocean and its role in modulating climate systems, said Hu Dunxin from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Initiated by Chinese scientists, experts from 19 institutes in eight countries, including the United States, Japan and Australia, are participating in the project.

The research will play an important role in understanding global climate change and

Saving treasure

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Favorable policies crucial to tourism industry

China will continue to boost the development of the tourism industry as a pillar of the national economy, Shao Qiwei, head of the China National Tourism Administration, told the 10th World Tourism and Travel Summit in Beijing on May 26.

By the early 1990s, tourism already accounted for more than 10 percent of global world GDP and last year China's state council identified tourism as a strategic sector of the national economy.

"The largest industry in the modern world is not cars, nor petroleum, but tourism," Ding Xiangyang, vice mayor of Beijing, told the conference.

"Obviously travel and tourism are

Oil-tainted bird gets shower

Bird rescue experts clean a nearly three-year-old brown pelican in the Mexico Gulf wildlife rehabilitation center at Fort Jackson, south Louisiana, the United States, May 25, 2010. [Xinhua]

Bird rescue experts cleaned a nearly three-year-old brown pelican in the Mexico Gulf wildlife rehabilitation center at Fort Jackson, south Louisiana, the United States, May 25, 2010.

 

BP started a so-called "top kill" operation Wednesday afternoon in an attempt to plug a undersea gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

Bird rescue experts are trying their best to save those oil-tainted creatures.

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1,791 wells dug in Yunnan to ease drought

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A child waits for water in a small village named Xiaoyangchang in southwest China's Yunnan province on March 12, 2010. Yunnan is one of the five regions worst hit by drought in China. [Photo: cnsphoto] 

In drought-plagued Yunnan Province, 1,791 wells had been successfully dug and hit water as of May 24, supplying more than 2 million people in the southwestern Chinese province,

Ships collision results in oil spill in Singapore Strait

A Malaysian-registered tanker and a St Vincents and The Grenadines-registered bulk carrier collided on Monday morning, resulting in an oil spill, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said in a statement.

The statement said that it received a report at about 6:10 a.m. local time on Monday that that a Malaysian-registered tanker, MT Bunga Kelana 3 and a St Vincents and The Grenadines-registered bulk carrier, MV Waily had collided in the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) of the Singapore Strait. The incident location is about 13 km southeast of Changi East.

There was no report of injury to crew

Going high on green economy

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Local police crack down on illegal fishing activities in E China

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The police inspect a fishing vessel during a patrolling activity in Weihai, east China's Shandong Province, May 20, 2010. The local frontier defense forces and fishing administrative authorities organized six ships to patrol in the sea area along 3,000 kilometers of shoreline in Shandong Province to crack

Rain closes schools for 65,000 children in C China

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China to reduce emissions,save coal by closing old power stations

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Scientists win review of controversial dam plan

Some of China's leading scientists have won their case for a review of a controversial dam proposed for the country's largest freshwater lake.

Officials of the Jiangxi provincial government have conceded that the planned dam and hydropower project might harm the wildlife and environment of Poyang Lake.

They have dropped the hydrostation in favor of a simple sluice gate, which, they say, would prevent water from the diminishing lake flowing into the Yangtze River.

However, opponents fear even this plan could seriously damage the lake's fragile ecosystem.

The provincial government had proposed the dam as part of its State Council-sanctioned Poyang Lake eco-economic zone and wants to start construction this year.

But 15 academicians and experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences asked the State Council to suspend the project pending a more detailed environmental impact assessment.

In response to the concerns, the provincial government invited environmental experts, including objectors, to study the impact of the dam on the environment.

The objections focus on three main concerns:

-- that the dam would cause water shortages in cities on

Polluting firms pose big threat to wetlands

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South China prepares for flash floods

More rain is expected to pound South China this week and create hazardous conditions for residents in several provinces, according to the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), which issued a flash flood watch for this afternoon.

The CMA issued the blue-level warning Monday morning saying tremendous rain is expected in at least 10 provinces including Hunan, Anhui, Hubei, Shandong and Zhejiang. The warning means at least 50 millimeters of rain is expected within 12 hours.

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HK Int'l Airport honored world's best in its category

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has been named the world's best airport among facilities serving 40 million-plus passengers in 2009, the fourth consecutive year for the honor, the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) said on Friday.

HKIA also took the third place in both regional and overall categories in the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey conducted by the Airports Council International.

In the 2009 ASQ survey, HKIA achieved a record high of 4.76 points out of 5 points, which means that more than 98 percent of respondents rated it as "excellent" or "very good".

Key areas that were particularly commended

South China to see more rains

Most parts of southern China will see more wet weather with heavy rainfall or strong storms in the next three days, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) forecast Sunday.

Hubei, Guizhou provinces and Chongqing Municipality would expect heavy rain or rain storms during the period, while torrential rains would pelt some southern areas, the CMA said.

A cold front moving eastward is set to bring temperature falls and strong winds in northwest China during the coming three days. Temperature in Gansu Province and Inner Mongolia would fall by four to eight degrees Celsius while Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia would be affected

US environmental agency issues rule to regulate greenhouse gas

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday issued a final rule to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the largest stationary sources, while shielding millions of small sources of GHGs from Clean Air Act permitting requirements.

The phased-in, common-sense approach will address facilities like power plants and oil refineries that are responsible for 70 percent of the greenhouse gases from stationary sources that threaten Americans' health and welfare.

"After extensive study, debate and hundreds of thousands of public comments, EPA has set common-sense thresholds for greenhouse gases that will spark clean technology innovation and protect small businesses and farms,"

Premier calls for more cooperation in energy, climate

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Thursday called for greater cooperation in safeguarding energy security and tackling climate change at the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum.

Addressing the two-day forum in the northern port city of Tianjin, Wen said energy exporters and importers should step up dialogue and contacts and carry out cooperation in energy development.

Investment in the energy sector should be encouraged to maintain a basic balance in energy supply and demand and reasonable global energy prices, he said.

The international community should work to maintain stability in energy producing countries and curb excessive speculation to maintain

UN chief urges climate change on G8, G20 agenda

The United Nations Secretary-General pressed here Wednesday for putting climate change on the agenda of the G8 and G20 summits which Canada hosts in Toronto in June.

Ban Ki-moon, who arrived here for a one-day working visit, also pressed Ottawa to live up to the greenhouse-gas reduction targets it negotiated under the Kyoto Protocol.

"Canada has a special role and special responsibility to play," Ban told an audience of hundreds of academics, diplomats and civil society groups organized by the United Nations Association in Canada.

"I urge Canada to comply fully with the targets set out by the Kyoto Protocol,"

In harmony with trees

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Zhejiang Xitang releases Tourism Brand Experience Index

The ancient town of Xitang in Zhejiang province has released the Xitang Tourism Brand Experience Index to implement a quantitative assessment of the trademarks of stores in the Xitang scenic area.

Xitang is a typical Chinese water town to the south of the Yangtze River and is located at the junction of the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the metropolis of Shanghai. It is the largest and most complete ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River.

The compilers of the Xitang Tourism Brand Experience Index have assessed 27 indexes in six areas covering the radiation width of

TV drama Cell Phone to air on May 10

Still of TV drama "Cell Phone" [qq.com] 

A TV version of Feng Xiaogang's 2003 film "Cell Phone" will hit China's small screens tonight (May 10), Beijing News reports.

The drama can be seen on Beijing Satellite Channel, Dragon TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV and Shenzhen Satellite TV.

The biggest attraction is to see Chen Daoming, one of the best actors in China, and Wang Zhiwen, another acting veteran, perform in the same drama.

According to Beijing News, Chen admitted to taking a voluntary pay cut for this role. He said the producers told him that they wanted to invite some

World Bank to help Shandong develop ecological afforestation

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Power points to boost green buses and cars

Charging stations for electric vehicles are to be placed throughout Shanghai to make it easier to run more green buses on its streets.

The city will have 400 more roadside charging points and seven to 10 large stations by the end of this year, said Zhou Minhao, deputy director of its economics and information committee, on Friday.

The stations will be essential to meet the needs of the "dozens" of electric buses that will be running on a daily basis, he said.

The move will follow the construction of China's first electric vehicle charging station last October in Xuhui district

Energy-efficient vehicle plan to be out before June

The long-awaited stimulus plan for new energy vehicles is slated to come out by the end of May, which will boost domestic production of energy-efficient vehicles, said analysts.

On Wednesday, the State Council, China's cabinet, urged relevant departments to launch implementation details of the incentive plan for new energy vehicles by the end of May.

Miao Wei, vice-minister of the industry and information technology had earlier noted the plan would be launched in March.

Details of the final plan are still under study at the Ministry of Finance, said Zhen Zijian, deputy director of 863 Project for energy-saving and new

China's quake zone kicks off flood control reconstruction

China's quake-devastated Gyegu Township of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture began the reconstruction Wednesday of its flood control projects to prepare for the upcoming flood season, said local authorities.

The action came after part of the 12-km embankments in Gyegu was damaged by the 7.1-magnitude earthquake on April 14, according to a spokesman with the Water Resources Department of Qinghai Province.

With a total investment of about 42.5 million yuan (6.15 million U.S.dollars), the reconstruction would take six months, said the spokesman.

The government would also build 5,486 meters of new embankments, said the spokesman.

It would also dredge the Batang

Preview the Future through an Innovation Tour

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 The robot is a football ace. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

If you want to find out what your life will be like in the future, come and visit the Youth Innovation Exhibition at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.

Built on the theme of "enjoying future life", the interactive exhibition focuses on transport, mobile communication, energy sources, environment, health, construction and education.

Visitors can get a preview of their future homes, as well as potential scientific developments, while touring seven rooms filled with curiosities.

Curious visitors stopped and crowded around a cup-shaped

US gulf oil spill brings severe pollution of ecosystem

A dead sea turtle lies on the beach in Pass Christian, Mississippi, U.S., May 2, 2010. President Barack Obama said on May 2 that the United States is dealing with a "massive" and "potentially unprecedented" environmental disaster as a result of the expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by a sunken oil rig. British Petroleum (BP) announced on May 3 that it will pay "all necessary and appropriate clean-up costs" resulting from the blown-out oil well that has caused a massive slick that continues to swell in the Gulf of Mexico. [Fotomore.cn] 

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Melting snow brings floods to Xinjiang, homes destroyed

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Two 'treasures' to tempt Expo visitors

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