BluenesslanWen tries to defuse tension

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Sunday stressed the importance of avoiding a confrontation over the sinking of a South Korean warship as the two Koreas continued to trade thre  . . . Read More

LawlessOfficial Website of Tourism Ireland for visitors to Ireland. Information on accommodation in Ireland, maps of Ireland, Irish culture & activities  . . . Read More

justlanNASA\'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California unveiled its mystery to the public, but only for two days beginning

Saturday as an Open House to show JPL\'s past, present and future.  . . . Read More

justlanAs International Museum Day celebrations take place across the world today, China is enjoying a surge of new museum openings,

winning widespread applause for boosting people\'s cultural life, but al  . . . Read More

justlanSix months after the outbreak of a severe economic crisis in Greece that sent shockwave across the world, with the helping hand of

the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF),  . . . Read More

justlanThe Internet, an important channel for ordinary Chinese to vent their dissatisfaction and expose injustices, has also become a

source of defamation and libel. Regulators are pondering adopting a re  . . . Read More

justlanEvery year, hundreds of thousands of petitioners make their way to Beijing and elsewhere to appeal to the higher authorities.

Their goals are numerous, from redress for local government abuses to the  . . . Read More

justlanI was shopping at my local grocery store the other day, looking for fruit juice. This was at one of the major local chain stores,

with literally hundreds of locations.

I went to the drink section a  . . . Read More

justlanZhao Zuohai, a 57-year-old farmer from Henan Province, was released on May 9 after being wrongly jailed for 11 years for a murder that didn\'t even happen. Two police officers who tortured a confessio  . . . Read More

justlanA recent survey showed that children from 7 to 14 read no more than three books outside the school each semester on average. Few books interest them. Either there is too much homework or books are too  . . . Read More