BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday earmarked 420 million yuan (about 62 million U.S. dollars) of disaster relief funds to support flood control and drought relief work. Among the emergency funds, which were allocated by the Ministry of ...
BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cheng Xulan, a grain farmer who manages over 67 hectares of rice in a county in southwest China's Chongqing, breathed a sigh of relief after two water pumps were installed near her rice paddies.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. housing market has fallen into a "full-blown" recession amid surging mortgage rates and building costs, the New York Post reported Monday. "Builder confidence has plummeted for eight consecutive months, ...