BEIJING: Premier Wen Jiabao rejected any comparison Monday between China and the unrest-hit Middle East, but admitted his government faced potent risks from inflation and other hot-button issues.
"We face extremely daunting tasks and complex (...)
BEIJING: Rescuers dug with their bare hands through the rubble of a devastating quake which hit a remote area of China Wednesday, killing 400 people and injuring thousands as it toppled mud-and-wood houses and school buildings.
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Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed Chinese director behind Hero and the Olympics opening ceremony, was once an edgy filmmaker whose work was frowned upon - and sometimes banned - by authorities.
But now, as he helps to orchestrate the lavish festivities (...)
Ji Rou sat nervously as a helper applied make-up to her face just hours before she took the stage for a performance of Peking opera, an arcane Chinese art form the government wants to revive.
As the assistant applied red to her lips and bright (...)