Human organ transplant center to be built in Macedonia
SKOPJE, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski Friday said that Macedonia will have a transplant center within the Skopje General Hospital in the near future.The Macedonian government has approved a law on establishing a transplant center and adopted a program on kidney, heart ...
Chinese schools to improve mental health care
BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Education Ministry has ordered schools to improve mental health care for students, but banned compulsory testing or irresponsible labeling of students as "mentally ill."
The ministry on Tuesday told primary and middle schools to establish psychological counseling ...
Reducing daily serving of sweetened drinks helps lower type 2 diabetes risk
LONDON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Replacing a habitual daily serving of soft drinks and sweetened milk beverage with water or unsweetened tea or coffee can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a research report released Friday by the University of Cambridge.
The conclusion was based on a pr ...
mobile satellite broadband service will be rolled out throughout China
Inmarsat Plc agreed a strategic partnership with China Transport Telecommunication & Information Center on Thursday during President Xi Jinping's visit to the headquarters of the British satellite telecoms company.
The agreement with CTTIC means that Inmarsat's revolutionary Global Xpress mobile sat ...
Vaccine reduces cervical cancer risk for young Australian women
CANBERRA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The cervical cancer vaccine has halved the rate of cancer-causing abnormalities in Australian females aged under 20 as the results of a nationwide vaccination program begin to be realized, medical authorities said on Friday.
The rates of abnormalities in women aged 20-24 ...
Rats plague Xinjiang grasslands
URUMQI, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Rats are ravaging 380,000 hectares of grasslands in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Thursday.
The plagued meadows are located in Ili prefecture, where the rodents have been destroying the grass, said Wang Wei, with the prefectu ...
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纪念抗日战争胜利70周年大阅兵
阅兵 military parade
胜利日大阅兵 V-Day parade
抗日战争 the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
纪念抗日战争胜利70周年大阅兵
the military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
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New UN Ebola mission boss urges Sierra Leone to end Ebola
FREETOWN, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The new head of the United Nations Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) Peter Graff has warned of Sierra Leoneans that it was imperative "to bring the Ebola virus to zero before the rains intensifies."
Graff, who took up office three weeks ago, addressed the media in Freeto ...
军训口令大集合
上操 Attention drill
集合 Fall in
立正 Attention
稍息 At ease
以右(左)翼为基准 Guide right (left)
向右看齐 Right-dress
向前看 Eyes-front
向前三步走 Three steps forward march
报数 Count off
点名 Call the roll
靠拢 Close
散开 Extend
齐步走 Lockstep marching/lockstep
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First Lady visits London's prestigious Royal College of Music
China's First lady Peng Liyuan, a famous folk singer in her native China, visited London's Royal College of Music today. It was founded in 1882 by the then Prince of Wales.
Director Colin Lawson and Chairman Professor Lord Winston accompanied her during the visit and a group of students, including s ...
31 suspected MERS cases tested negative in HK
Hong Kong, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's health authorities on Thursday said 31 out of 33 suspected cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) reported in the 24 hours till Wednesday noon have tested negative.
Controller of the Center for Health Protection Leung Ting-hung said at a press bri ...
China sends nutrition packet for rural infants
BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government will provide a daily nutrition packet for more than one million babies under two in poverty-stricken areas in 2015.
The move is part of a national nutrition program launched by the National Health and Family Planning Commission and All-China Women's ...
UN says ending Ebola before rainy season imperative
ACCRA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The new Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Peter Jan Graaff, has affirmed his commitment to stopping the Ebola outbreak in West Africa but says the timeline for doing so is tight.
"We have made great progress in fighting the virus, b ...
China to deepen health system reform
BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China has unveiled a document on deepening medical and health system reform in 2015, mapping out measures to improve public hospitals and the medical insurance system.
According to the document, issued by the General Office of the State Council, public hospitals should not ...
Canada, U.S. to manufacture medicine against Ebola
OTTAWA, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian government said on Wednesday it has signed a contract worth 4.5 million U.S. dollars with the U.S.-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical to manufacture ZMapp monoclonal antibody (mAb) medicine against Ebola virus that ravaged West Africa.
"Canada has dedicated conside ...
Botswana gov't applauds Chinese medical team's contribution
GABORONE, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Botswana's ministry of health on Thursday held a farewell dinner for the 13th China Medical Team to Botswana to express appreciation to the latter.
According to the captain of the 13th China Medical Team Zheng Shounian, the team consisting 46 medical professionals arriv ...
Myanmar plans to conduct nationwide survey on nutrition
YANGON, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar Ministry of Health is planning to conduct a nationwide survey on nutrition before the end of this year, sources with the ministry said on Saturday.
The survey will be launched by the ministry in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Since 1 ...
China to give more support to old-age care
BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- More than half of the proceeds from China's lottery ticket sales in the name of promoting social welfare will be used for the old-age service, according to a government document.
Local governments have also been urged to improve their investment structure and increase s ...
Chinese doctors: What we need is respect and understanding
NANNING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Frustration, misunderstanding and dissatisfaction are the new characteristics of doctor-patient relations in China, often resulting in violence.
To Doctor Qin in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, that tension brought burns to 34 percent of his body, and wil ...
Ebola may persist in survivors' eyeballs for months: study
WASHINGTON, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Ebola virus can persist within the eyeballs for months after a patient recovers from the potentially deadly disease, researchers have found.
A report released this week by the U.S. journal New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) described a case in which Ebola was pr ...
Thailand confirms first MERS case
BANGKOK, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's public health ministry on Thursday confirmed the country's first case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
Lab results have confirmed the virus contracted by a 75-year- old man who came from a Middle East country to Thailand to have his heart condit ...
No daily MERS cases, deaths added in S. Korea
SEOUL, June 20 (Xinhua) -- No case of infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was added in South Korea Saturday, leaving the total contagion cases at 166, the health ministry said.
It marked the first time since June 3 when the first wave of contagion abated with no infection iden ...
China's health department steps up precaution against MERS
BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) on Tuesday issued a manual on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) for health departments and hospitals.
It contains a detailed introduction on the epidemiological history of the disease, its symptoms, laborato ...
New method helps identify stem cell for heart repair: study
LONDON, May 21 (Xinhua) -- By using a new identifying protein, British researchers have discovered a particular type of stem cell that could help repair the damage caused by a heart attack when injected in mice, according to a report recently released by the Imperial College London (ICL).
In the las ...