New Delhi, July 7 : The chief designer of the Chinese Chang''e –1 lunar probe says that they have gathered all the relevant details to draw the first full map of the Moon’s surface.

Beijing - China's main stock market soared by nearly 5 per cent on Monday amid a widespread rally led by state-run financial, aviation and property firms, and speculation that the government may try to bolster the real-estate sector.

The key Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks shares traded in local and foreign currency, gained 122.65 points, or 4.59 per cent, to close at 2,792.54.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index also gained 3.96 per cent, while only eight stocks fell of the 1,581 listed on the two markets.

Beijing - China has printed commemorative banknotes for the Olympics without the face of former leader Mao Zedong, who currently decorates all but the lowest value notes, the central bank said on M

Beijing - China's rapidly expanding Chery auto gr

Beijing - China has failed to meet its commitment to allow greater freedom for foreign journalists in the run-up to next month's Olympic Games, a rights group said on Monday. 

"The gap between government rhetoric and reality for foreign journalists remains considerable," US-based Human Rights Watch said in a report. 

"Their working conditions today, while improved in some respects, have deteriorated in other areas, dramatically in the case of Tibet," the group said. 

The government introduced a temporary regulation from January 2007 to October 2008, in principle allowing foreign journalists to talk to anyone who agrees to an interview, in all areas except for the Tibet Autonomous Region. 

But Human Rights Watch said reporters in reality "face severe difficul