Beijing likely to report record lottery jackpot 2012-06-13 14:00:53
Beijing announced Tuesday night that one store in the city had sold 110 top prizes of "Dual-Colored Ball," signaling the country's biggest-ever individual lottery jackpot winner.
Hostage-taker shot dead by Beijing police 2012-06-13 15:32:57
Beijing police shot and killed a man who took a woman and child hostage in the city's Chaoyang district Tuesday afternoon.
Video: PM: Lithuania to boost ties with China 2012-06-13 15:52:43
"On our side, there is really a lot of interest to look for possibilities to develop economic relations, cultural relations with China," Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said in an interview with China Daily in Vilnius.
Buzzword: Bicycle kick 2012-06-13 15:49:16
Bicycle kick (also known as overhead kick) describes a situation when a player kicks the ball in mid-air backwards and over his own head.
Oral English: 10 ways to express "I'm excited" 2012-06-13 15:49:16
Expressions such as key up, pump up, thrilled and a shot in the arm can be used to express one's excitedness.
Video: Hello World: Ep.2 Teachers' story 2012-06-13 15:37:09
Twelve senior officials from around China have temporarily left their posts to undertake 15 weeks of the Intensive English Training Program. This video is about how the teachers feel about the program and the students.
Culture: 4th National Ethnic Minorities Art Festival opens in Beijing 2012-06-13 14:56:13
Fourty-one plays and operas would be showed from June 12 to July 6.
The gaokao equation: study, silence, success 2012-06-13 14:56:13
When it is gaokao time of year, parents and students alike, tend to freak out. Why?
Photos: Black and white: forever classic 2012-06-13 13:16:43
Black and white is never out of date.
World War II comparisons between history and today 2012-06-12 08:58:04
Let's appreciate our history in a new way.
