Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on Wednesday, the latest aftershock from the deadly May 12 earthquake that left more than 80,000 people dead or mi

Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Qingchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province at...

BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or the Cabinet, appointed nine senior officials on Wednesday. Zhong Shan, former vice-governor of eastern Zhejiang Province, was appointed Vice-Minister of Commerce, replacing Yu Guangzhou. Ding Zhongchi was appointed chairman

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's first moon probe, Chang'e-1,has successfully lowered its orbit from 200 kilometers away from the moon's surface to 100-kilometers. Scientists did this to condu...