高科技扰乱了人民的睡眠（双语）

Thursday marks the World Sleep Day. A first ever report into Chinese peoples sleeping quality shows nearly 70 percent of people in China use cellphones and computers before they go to bed, with many staying up until midnight. Now experts say they are

China, US Stock Markets Drop for Second Day

China, US Stock Markets Drop for Second Day Stock market measures in the U.S. fell Tuesday after strong gains in the first hours of trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index closed Tuesday with a loss of more than one percent, after rising earl

全球股市下跌,中国经济担忧增加

AS IT IS 2015-08-25 Global Markets Fall as China Economic Fears Rise 全球股市下跌,中国经济担忧增加 Stock market shares in China fell sharply early Monday. The Shanghai Composite dropped 8.5 percent, marking the sharpest fall China has s

China Publish Iron Ore Index to Break Monopoly

An Iron ore index has now been launched here in China. As CRI's Wei Tong reports, it's designed to give Chinese companies a bigger say over the pricing of the key component in the production of steel in the international market. The index consists of

Asian Stock Roundup

Asian stocks continued a falling trend amid global bear market. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed at 2,433 points, down 0.4 percent. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 1.2 percent. Hong Kong stocks closed down 1.36 percent, at 17,669.

中国股市昨创8年来最大跌幅

The stock-market plunge on Monday ended a six-day rally that followed government efforts to arrest the freefall that wiped nearly a third off the value of the market since mid-June. Shares nosedived with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index plungin

道琼斯指数创新高

NEW YORK, April 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks bounced back on Tuesday from Monday's pullback, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and SP 500 closing at all-time highs, bolstered by strong gains in health insurance companies. The blue-chip Do

China Enterprises Index up 0.45%

The Hang Seng（香港恒生银行） China Enterprises Index on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose 52.69 points, or 0.45 percent, to close Monday's trading at 11,673.37. The H-shares index, initiated in August 1994 and readjusted（重新调整） on

道琼斯指数再创新高

NEW YORK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended narrowly mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average eclipsing previous day's closing record, as April's housing data came out well above market consensus. The Dow inched up 13.51 points, or

美国制造业二月回升

美国制造业二月回升 WASHINGTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector accelerated in February, reversing two months of slowing growth, an industry survey showed on Monday. The manufacturing index, also known a

救市不断 中国股市仍跳水

China's A-share market has seen another day of sell-offs, despite the government's attempt to shore up market confidence. The Shanghai Composite Index has closed the day down 3.5-percent. Nearly 15-hundred issues in Shanghai ended the day down the da

China's PMI rises to 50.5 pct in Jan

China's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a preliminary readout of the country's manufacturing activity, rose to 50.5 percent in January of 2012, the highest level since October, indicating that a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy may be

美国消费价格小幅上涨

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up modestly in April, led by rising energy and food costs, the Labor Department reported Thursday. As a main gauge of inflation, the CPI increased 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjuste

China stocks close up Friday

China stocks（股票） close up Friday BEIJING - Chinese shares higher Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index（财政综合指数） up 1.07 percent, or 30.09, to end at 2,841.04. The Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.87 percent, or

US New Home Sales Fell in March

Sales of new homes in the U.S. fell last month, but still are edging higher than in the last months of 2011. The government's Commerce Department said Tuesday that buyers in March bought new houses at an annual pace of 328,000, off more than 7 percen

Chinese manufacturing continues to expand in November

Chinese manufacturing continues to expand in November

3月份全国CPI同比上涨2.3%

China's consumer prices grew 2.3% in March from one year earlier, the same as in February, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics Monday. The consumer price index (CPI) shrank 0.4% in March from February. 国家统计局周一发

China Official May PMI Rises to 50.8%

China's Purchasing Managers' Index, or PMI, for the manufacturing sector rose to 50.8 percent in May from 50.6 percent in April. This is the eighth consecutive month for the PMI figure to stay above the 50-percent mark. The PMI is a key economic indi

Dow, S&P 500 jump to 5-year highs

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed on Tuesday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard Poor's 500-stock Index climbing to five-year highs amid mixed economic data. The Dow and SP 500 climbed steadily despite mixed economic

天气因素促使粮食价格上涨

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued the latest Food Price Index, saying rising food prices last month were spurred by weather-driven concerns about sugar and palm oil supplies, a UN spokesman told rep