News Digest: CSA denies age limit violation of star skaters

BEIJING, Feb. 15 –The Chinese Skating Association (CSA) on Tuesday denied reports on the age limit violation of star skaters Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao, who won pairs skating silver medal at the Turin Winter Olympic

News Digest: “What Women Want” remake premieres in HK

BEIJING, Feb. 16 — Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau is celebrating Valentines Day with the launch of his new romantic comedy – a Chinese remake of “What Women Want.”The original 2000 version starred Mel Gibson and Helen

News Digest: Chinese police tighten security to ensure safe Lantern Festival

BEIJING, Feb. 16 — Chinese police across the country have beefed up security checks to ensure a safe Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 17 this year, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Ministry

News Digest: Chinese board games become popular

BEIJING, Feb. 16 — Recent years have seen the growing popularity of Chinese board games. Among the most popular is the Killers of Three Kingdoms, which has a market share of more than 80 percent. However,

News Digest: U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR-CELEBRATION

(110216) — SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 2011 — Edwin Lee (R, front), the interim mayor of San Francisco, displays a rabbit doll, a gife from Gao Zhansheng (L, front), Chinese Consul General in San Francisco, during

News Digest: INDONESIA-CHINESE-NEW YEAR

(110214) — JAKARTA, Feb. 14, 2011 — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono speaks during a New Year celebration to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year held by Indonesian Confuciusists in Jakarta, Feb. 14, 2011. (Xinhua/Jiang

News Digest: BEA 2010 net soars 62% to HK$4.2b

Company reports record earnings as income rises and bad loans decrease Bank of East Asia Ltd (BEA) said Tuesday that its net profit for 2010 surged 62 percent to a record HK$4.22 billion, thanks to an

News Digest: Egypt’s military rulers hope swift transition will restore stability

CAIRO – Egypt’s military rulers are expected on Tuesday to step up efforts to restore stability, hoping a promise of a swift transition to democracy will prevent a new flare-up in

News Digest: Coloring the darkness

A teacher helps students with visual disabilities create stunning artworks. Zhang Zixuan reports. Zeng Bailiang asks his students to paint by smell. For yellow, he tells them to use the lemon-scented paint, for green, the one

News Digest: De’ang people embrace new life

De’ang people embrace new life

The people of De’ang have moved into a new stage, well-stocked with all kinds of electrical appliances, livestock and corn. San Taishan Town, located in Dehong prefecture, is the perfect town to