Backgrounder: Milestones in cross-Straits relations over 30 years PRAGUE, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Overseas Chinese societies in the Czech Republic on Friday voiced full support for Chinese President ******tao's six proposals to promote peaceful development of the cross-Straits rela

Special report: Palestine-Israel Conflicts BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's special envoy on the Middle East issue Sun Bigan is to visit Egypt, Palestine and Israel recently to promote t...

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki exchanged views over the phone Friday on promoting further development of bilateral relations in 2009 and international and regional issues of common concern. On the situa

Backgrounder: Russia's gas pipelines to Europe MOSCOW, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Russia hopes that an agreement on the deployment of European Union (EU) monitors in Ukraine will soon be signed ...