YANGON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Three China Central Television ( CCTV) channels -- CCTV-4 (Chinese), CCTV-News (English) and CCTV-9 (Documentary) started launching in Myanmar Thursday in cooperation with Myanmar's semi-government MRTV-4 and Sky Net.MRTV-4 is o …

BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares climbed on Thursday, clawing back Wednesday's losses, led by strong performances of coal producers and metal shares.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.23 percent , or 33.59 points, to close at 2 ,762.0 …

by Zheng Jiawen and Lai ZhenBEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Sha Jianwei, a long-haired 21-year-old migrant cook from southwestern China's Yunnan Province who works in a restaurant in suburban Beijing, never expected to make it big, especially for his music.B …

MOSCOW , May 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian government did not expect any massive capital flight from the country this year despite mounting capital outflow in the first quarter , a high-ranking Kremlin official said Tuesday."We believe that in the second half …

ANKARA , July 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's anti-drug police seized a large amount of drugs in two operations in Turkey on Friday , the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.In a joint operation of narcotic teams from eastern province of Van and southern p …

Special Report: Zhou Xiaochuan: Reform the International Monetary System (Full Text) BEIJING, March 26 -- The following is an article written by Zhou Xiaochuan , governor of China's central bank, on international monetary system. Full storyEconomists c …

Backgrounder: Chronology of major earthquakes since 2008 Death toll from quake in central Italy rises to 287, with 29,000 others homeless ROME, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Italy will present 38 monuments damaged by the April 6 earthquake in L'Aquila and surr …

ISTANBUL, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The latest Turkish public opinion poll shows a high level of support for the Kurdish initiative by the government to end the year-long conflict on both the Kurdish and Turkish sides, local Daily News reported on Saturday. …

Spokesman: More press conferences to be held on sidelines of parliament sessionLi Zhaoxing, spokesman for the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), answers questions from journalists during the news conference on the Second Session o …

TEHRAN ugg uk, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voiced hope on Sunday that upcoming talks between Iranian officials and representatives of the U.S., Russia and France would be held in a constructive …