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People from Kfra Nubul gather around a car carrying UN monitors as they visit the town on Tuesday. UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan has urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to act now to end 15 months of bloodshed, warning the country has reached a "tipping point" as Western nations ordered out its top diplomats. Photo: AFP   Amid escalating tension on the Syrian crisis ignited by the carnage over the weekend that claimed the lives of more than 100 civilians, China reiterated its opposition to military intervention in the country and regime change by force. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Liu Weimin said at yesterday's press briefing that all relevant parties should fully implement the UN Security Council's resolutions and support UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan's mediation efforts. "The Syria issue should be solved through political dialogue," Liu said. Annan yesterday called for unified international efforts to find way...

"China's first female astronauts have, trained hard and conscientiously, and are now ready to take part in the Shenzhou manned spaceflights. For all astronauts the implementation of a manned spaceflight is our primary duty. They are both now ready to accept selection, by the motherland, and the Chinese people, at any moment." This was according to Major General Fei Junlong, commander of the twenty-one person Chinese astronaut team, speaking in January. However, the decision to include a woman in next month's Shenzhou 9 crew has surprised and intrigued Western observers. China's manned space programme is progressing at a modest pace and the imminent Shenzhou 9 mission will be only the fourth manned flight in nearly nine years. If the launch goes well Shenzhou 9 will dock with the orbiting Tiangong 1 module, and the three person crew will go inside for a ten day stay. It is an ambitious and complex mission, which will need a well prepared, well trained and c...

Zhang Ziyi attends an awards ceremony in Haikou on Wednesday. (Photo/CFP) Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi flew to Hong Kong before making a public appearance in Haikou in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan on Wednesday in what is being seen as a high-profile move to dismiss reports that she has been forbidden to leave the country amid claims of intimate relations with disgraced politician Bo Xilai, reports our Chinese-language sister newspaper Want Daily. The 33-year-old actress, smiling as she wore a golden dress, attended the 12th Chinese Film Media Awards and received a prize from the organizer attributing for her contribution to improving the profile of Chinese movies around the world. Hong Kong-based newspaper Apple Daily the previous day had cited a report by the US-based citizen journalism website Boxun News, which alleged that Zhang slept with Bo Xilai, the dismissed party chief of Chongqing, more than 10 times in return for money between 2007 and 2011 and also o...

A government website in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, which had been empty for two years was filled with information within couple of hours after the situation was exposed by media on May 30, the People's Daily reported. The website was found "completely blank".  The website of the Baixia district housing and construction bureau, was found "completely blank" by local Internet users, giving only the names of two bureau chiefs. The page of "inquiry and complaint" couldn't even be opened, according to the report. A bureau official, who only gave his name as Li, said they "had nothing to release". However, by 6:40 pm on May 30 the website had been filled with some brief information and the bureau released an apology letter on it, claiming that they did not realized the importance of communicating with residents through the network platform. Pan Jiandong, deputy Party head of the bureau, said the we...

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30 May 2012 Last updated at 20:55 ET Even diamonds lose their sparkle in a falling market Graff Diamonds has delayed its $ 1bn (£646m) share sale in Hong Kong citing adverse market conditions. The firm was in the process of meeting investors and was expected to end its share offer later this week. It was set to be biggest in Asia this year. However, Hong Kong's main stock index, the Hang Seng, has been under pressure and is down 11% over the past month. Investors have become increasingly cautious amid continuing concerns about the state of the global economy. Graff is the third company in the past week to pull its listing from the Hong Kong stock exchange. China Nonferrous Mining, a copper producer, also delayed its planned $ 313m listing on Wednesday. China Yongda Automobiles Services pulled its $ 434m sale on Monday. Read More @ Source

A cafe opened by college students has been in the soft opening on Monday in Jilin province, northeast of China. All the servant girls in the cafe are dressed like the cartoon characters, and they served you in Japanese language, which made a fresh to the guests. However, this kind of cafes is very common in Japan. In addition, the servant girls will play cards and games with guests. Photo/CFP You might also like： Japan-style Maid Cafes Opened in Jiangsu Crafty girls, beautiful handwork Japan, China to begin direct currency trading on June 1 ...