由李少红执导的电影《生死劫》日前获得了纽约翠贝卡电影节最佳故事片奖，该片男主角吴军透露当时由于过度入戏，一度认为自己是个魔鬼。不过海外媒体热衷报道的该片“在中国遭禁”则是误传。

A woman student, to be graduated in the summer, elbows her way among the crowds of job seekers in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province May 29, 2005. The job fair was organized exclusively for university students graduating in the summ

The World Bank has given A or A plus grades to the overall investment climate in many of China's major cities.
Hangzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen were rated with an "A plus;" Chongqing, Jiangmen, Changchun and Wenzhou, were given an "A;" and Tianjin, Dalian, Beijing and Zhengzhou a perfectly respectable "A minus."
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　　The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private arm of the World Bank Group, will buy a 10 per cent stake in Changyu Group Co Ltd, a leading wine producer, if permission is granted.
　　The share transfer agreement between IFC and Changyu's shareholder Yantai Bureau of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission

　　The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's (ICBC) e-banking business received a shot in the arm yesterday with the signing of strategic agreements with 12 new partners.
　　The partnerships with leading Chinese e-commerce companies including Sohu.com, cover areas like online payment and client sharing resources. Connecting the firms t

　　More tourists are shunning crowded tourist spots during the National Day holidays and seeking a different sort of holiday experience-- tranquility and freedom-- by organizing their own trips.
　　A survey by the Guangzhou Tourism Administration's holiday office found that 3.67 million residents planned to travel during the week-long holi

　　In India, power is politics. Electrical power, that is. The potency of the issue was proved once again last month, when the government of Maharashtra, India's most industrialized state, announced it was facing a severe power shortage and imposed blackouts of up to three hours a day on urban areas, including some districts near megacity Bombay.

　　Chinese go chess players shook their Japanese and South Korean counterparts at the pre-quarterfinals of 10th LG Cup in Seoul yesterday, booking six seats in the last eight.
　　Teenager Chen Yaoye upset world No. 1 Lee Chang-ho of South Korea, highlighting the reserve strength of China and sparking hopes of regain its dominance of the sp

　　Prices paid by US consumers rose 0.5 percent in April, led by the biggest increase in energy costs in more than two years, and unexpectedly held steady when food and energy are excluded, a government report showed.
　　Last month's rise in the consumer price index followed a gain of 0.6 percent in March, the Labor Department said yesterd

In the view of many, the major American contribution to dining out is the fast food restaurant. Those familiar outlets dispensing over-the-counter or drive-by fare—such as hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza—are a fixture not only on the U.S. landscape but also all over the globe.
Yet a more elegant American tradition
established years ag

Once isolated from the outside world by mountains, Sichuan (四川) is now one of China’s wealthiest provinces. It is also the country’s most heavily populated, with some 110 million people. At the center is Sichuan’s capital city, Chengdu (成都). About 9 million people live in its metropolitan area.
The city bustles with activity. Soaring sk