2009 09-22
The Chinese Language and Culture Education Foundation of China (CLCEF) received Monday a 20 million yuan (2.9 million U.S. dollars) donation to encourage overseas Chinese youths to study the country's language and culture.
2009 09-22
Promoting Chinese literature to the rest of the world was a focus of the Beijing Book Fair that ended on Sunday. One particular bestseller in China, Jiang Rong's Wolf Totem (Lang Tuteng), offered insight into how a popular Chinese novel that didn't
2009 09-22
The preliminary selection for candidates of China's second-batch of astronauts has finished, with candidates including 30 men and 15 women who are all air force pilots, authorities said Thursday.
2009 09-22
Air hostess An Jing became the one millionth voluntary donor yesterday to China's bone marrow databank in Beijing.
2009 09-22
China Daily, the country's largest nationwide English language newspaper, will officially launch its Beijing slip-edition on Wednesday ahead of the National Day celebrations.
2009 09-22
The results of an international English test released Tuesday revealed that more than 80 percent of the city's graduating college students have effective command of the language.