BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Responding to growing public criticism of soaring medical fees, lack of access to medical services, poor doctor-patient relations, Chinese government will launch a pilot program to reform its public hospitals. "As China aims to provide universal medical s

by Xinhua correspondent Xiong Zhengyan BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- China is urging the United States to take actions to repair military ties seriously damaged by a U.S. arms sale to Taiwan. ...

BEIJING, Jan. 9 -- A new international force to battle pirates off the Somali coast is being formed under American command in a bid to focus more military resources to protect one of the world's key shipping lanes, the U.S. Navy said Thursday. But the new mission, expected to begi

Special report: Palestine-Israel Conflicts UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, ...