Foreigner Ponders Questions on Chinese language testGaeriel Schaffner (right) from the United States ponders questions on the HSK test, a standardized test at the State level that measures proficiency in Chinese, Sunday in Beijing. More than 10,000 foreign students from 24 countries took the test at 22 examination centres in the country's 16 cities. Nearly 400,000 people from 120 countries have taken the test since 1990.  |  |
Chouioia Cunea Yang -- Natural Enemy of Fall WebwormChinese scientists have made a breakthrough in the biological control of fall webworm after four years of work. A group of experts headed by Professor Yang Zhongqi have developed a technique to mass produce the natural enemy of the fall webworm, a tiny type of alkali bee named Chouioia Cunea Yang. |  |
Longest Expressway Encircling City Operational in ChinaA 85-km expressway encircling Chengdu City, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, opened Sunday. The highway links Chengdu's 10 districts and counties and is joined by many local expressways and a highway leading to the Tibet Autonomous Region. |  |
Murder Case, Irrefutable Evidence of Falun Gong's Inhumanity On November 25, 2001, a Falun Gong practitioner ruthlessly killed his father and wife, and badly injured his mother at his parents' home in Xicheng District of Beijing. Fu Yibin, 46, the suspect, was captured on the spot, and the injured rushed to hospital. |  |
Murder Case, Irrefutable Evidence of Falun Gong's Inhumanity A murder uncovered recently by Beijing police has revealed more irrefutable evidence about the inhumanity of the notorious Falun Gong cult, headed by Li Hongzhi. |  |
EU Summit Paves Way for Political ReformsEuropean Union (EU) leaders ended their summit meeting on Saturday with the Laeken Declaration, paving the way for deeper political reforms in the future. |  |
President Jiang Back from Myanmar VisitChinese President Jiang Zemin returned Beijing Saturday after completing a state visit to the Unionof Myanmar. |  |
