2016年CRI Trump using Taiwan as bargaining tool: expert

James Peck, Professor of History at New York University, says Donald Trump's unexpected victory in the presidential election last month has brought a major change to the American political landscape. He is not really either a classic dove or a classi

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--How America Got Its Name, Part 2

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- how a piece of land between Europe and Asia got the name America. RS: The name honors the Italian-born explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci. America first appeared on a world

英语博客：A Starbucks Revolution.

Hello, we have a special triple grande caramel mocha with whipped cream for only three ninety-nine. Can I take your order? That's the kind of information-loaded question that you get asked when you pull up to a Starbucks drive-thru. Just as you are a

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Chinese in U.S. Divided by Taiwan

And now a story from Los Angeles, where a radio station is putting itself in the middle of the debate over China and Taiwan. Reporter Rob Schmitz of member station KPCC sent this report. Kay Chao says Taiwanese and Chinese Americans in Los Angeles wo

Abridged Taiwan epic to hit mainland cinemas

BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Taiwanese director Wei Te-sheng's wartime blockbuster Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, originally a two-part series lasting four-and-a-half hours, will begin screening in the mainland in May in a condensed, 150-minu

Taiwan appeals for foreign help

Taiwan has appealed for international technical assistance to help rescue more than 2,000 people stranded after Typhoon Morakot caused major mudslides. The Taiwanese authorities say they need giant cargo aircraft able to drop large earth diggers and

英语单词大师：Got Its Name2

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- how a piece of land between Europe and Asia got the name America.RS: The name honors the Italian-born explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci. America first appeared on a world m

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—乔治亚公司出口筷子到中国

In the United States, many products - such as cameras, computers and mobile phones - carry the label Made in China. 美国许多产品像相机、电脑、手机，都贴有中国制造的标签。 But the reverse is happening in the southeastern sta

China Protests Against US Arms Sale to Taiwan

China has protested against the latest US arms sale to Taiwan, saying the US action has created severe obstacles for the two countries' normal military-to-military exchanges. Military experts are warning the deal would deteriorate security ties betwe

U.S. Urged to Revoke Arms Sales to Taiwan

Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has become the latest high-ranking Chinese official to take issue with the United States over its latest announced arms sale to Taiwan. CRI's Su Yi has more. Yang Jiechi has joined a chorus of other Chinese officials, cal

2015年CRI Mainland, Taiwan Negotiators Review Their Achievements

Negotiators from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have met in Taipei to review achievements in their talks since 2008. The Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait, or ARATS, and its Taiwan counterpart the Straits Exchange Foundation, looked

2015年CRI Taiwan Business Hopes to Benefit from New Plan

As part of the new 5-year plan, the mainland leadership is promising more is going to be done to allow average people from Taiwan benefit from more cross-straits cooperation. Zhong Shuling with the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in Taipe

Typhoon Saola leaves 5 dead, 2 missing in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Inclement weather brought by Typhoon Saola since Wednesday has left five people dead, two missing and 16 more injured in Taiwan, the island's emergency operation center announced Thursday evening. Saola, which started headi

Mainland, Taiwan expect deeper economic cooperation

TAIPEI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Zeng Peiyan, chairman of the mainland-based China Center for International Economic Exchanges, and Lien Chan, honorary chairman of the Kuomintang, expressed expectations Thursday for deepened cross-strait economic cooperat

Former Taiwan leader sentenced to more jail time

592910978TAIPEI, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian on Thursday was sentenced to 10 years in prison in another graft case. He will face a combined sentence of 20 years in prison. Taiwan's supreme court on Thursday published its v

Typhoon Saola is approaching eastern Taiwan

BEIJING, July?30 (Xinhuanet) -- At 6:00 a.m. today, typhoon Saola was centered about 410 km southeast of Hualian, Taiwan province with maximum wind force up to scale 12 near its center. Saola is forecasted to move north by west at speed of 5-10 km pe

VOA标准英语2009年-Study Finds High Rate of Infection at

More than 1,200 intensive care units in 75 countries examined Carol Pearson | Washington, DC 08 December 2009 Researchers found that more than half of the 14,000 patients in the study on that one day, developed infections in intensive care units Stay

VOA双语新闻2008年：US Military Leader

The head of the U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating, is in China for a visit he says is aimed at further strengthening military relations, a task he personally began when he first visited China last May. He also acknowledges there are still

CCTV9英语新闻：President Xi: Policy towards Taiwan will not change

While meeting with Shanghai lawmakers on Saturday, President Xi Jinping also talked about cross-Strait relations. President Xi Jinping said the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties is the common wish and firm will of all Chinese people. He said

2016年CRI Xi's Speech on Taiwan Well Received

Speaking to a group of lawmakers from Shanghai on Saturday, Xi Jinping says any suggestion of 'Taiwan independence' will be contained resolutely. In making the statement, he says the mainland's policy toward Taiwan is not going to change, regardless