Around 500 million Chinese read animation books or watch cartoons, making China the world's largest animation market, according to experts at a cartoon industry forum held in Qingdao at the weekend.

As of November 5, 2006, 81 countries and 11 international organizations had accepted an invitation from the Chinese Government to attend the Shanghai World Expo in 2010.

Hong Kong movie industry suffered heavily in 2006, with only 50 films produced in total and a two- digit falling in box office, both hitting a record low. There must be some reasons behind it, Kenneth Tsang thought.

A total of 32 people died of malaria in 10 villages of Banke district in mid-western Nepal, the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division said on Monday.

Airports across the Europe Union start to apply strict new security rules on hand luggage Monday, limiting the amount of liquids which can be brought on board planes.

Comedy "Borat: Cultural Learning of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan " stunned other debuting rivals at the box office in North America this weekend, with ticket sales of 26.4 million dollars at No. 1 according to estimates released here Sunday.

The Ministry of Health is to conduct a two-year nationwide survey on the spread of tuberculosis (TB) and the effectiveness of drugs being used to combat the potentially fatal disease.

Leg-stretching surgery for the image conscious has been banned by China's Health Ministry after a spate of botched operations.

Forty-seven children in a primary school have been confirmed as having excessive lead in blood in east China's Fujian Province, local sources said on Saturday.

Pakistani Minister for Health Nasir Khan Saturday said Saturday that the death rate from the Dengue fever has dropped down due to the government's effective measures to control the disease.