In 1991 there were 2, 000 foreign learners taking China's official Chinese Proficiency Test ( comparable to the English Cambridge Certificate ), while in 2005, the number of candidates had risen sharply to 117, 660 .< ref > " 汉语水平考试中心 ： 2005年外国考生总人数近12万 ",< sup > Gov. cn </ sup > Xinhua News Agency, January 16, 2006 .</ ref >

The Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was enraged and asked the Xinhua News Agency to produce reports on Indian expansionists operating in Tibet.

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Xinhua News Agency, the official news organisation of the Communist Party, declared that Falun Gong is " opposed to the Communist Party of China and the central government, preaches idealism, theism and feudal superstition.

The official Chinese press agency, Xinhua News Agency, and other state media asserted that the self-immolators were practitioners, though the Falun Dafa Information Center disputed this, on the grounds that the movement's teachings explicitly forbid suicide and killing, further alleging that the event was a cruel but clever piece of stunt-work.

* Official biography of Hua Guofeng ( in Chinese ), Xinhua News Agency 31 August 2008

Some peculiar Chinese English cannot be labeled Chinglish because it is grammatically correct, and Mair calls this emerging dialect " Xinhua English or New China News English ", based on the Xinhua News Agency.

News of the demonstration on 1 July was noticeably absent from the Chinese-language versions of China's state media outlets such as the People's Daily and Xinhua Press Agency, however there has been reporting on the demonstration's political aftermath.

The two major news agencies in China are Xinhua News Agency and the China News Service.

Xinhua ( the New China News Agency ) and People's Daily, the two most important print media, have status as separate government ministries ; their directors sit on the party's Central Committee.

For example, midlevel reporters for the Xinmin Evening News often are given an apartment, whereas at Xinhua and People's Daily this benefit is reserved for the most senior journalists.

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The Xinhua News Agency (, ; ; literally " New China News Agency ") is the official press agency of the People's Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and press conferences in China.

The Xinhua press agency was started in November 1931 as the Red China News Agency and changed to its current name in 1937.

For example, mid-level reporters for the Xinmin Evening News in Shanghai are often given an apartment, whereas at Xinhua and People's Daily this benefit is reserved for the most senior journalists.

Today, Xinhua News Agency delivers its news across the world in six languages: Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, and Arabic, as well as news pictures and other kinds of news.

A publication called Reference News — which includes translated articles from abroad as well as news and commentary by senior Xinhua reporters — is delivered by Xinhua personnel, rather than by the national mail system, to officials at the working level and above.

The Xinhua News Agency established its first overseas affiliate in 1947 in London, with Samuel Chinque as publisher.

After renaming as liaison office, a Xinhua Agency which is a true press office was set up.

In November 2005, Xinhua News Agency opened a new office building alongside the Nile River in Cairo's Maadi district.

The Xinhua News Agency runs the prominent news website Xinhuanet. com, which provides news in six different languages.

In 2001, Hong Kong-listed media company Sing Tao News Corporation Limited invested in joint ventures with Xinhua News Agency to set up a market information Web site and offer audio and visual services planning and consulting.

Content is aggregated, published and syndicated from major Chinese news organizations including the Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai Media Group, China Central Television America, and others sources.

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It is widely believed that the government seriously under-reported death tolls: Lu Baoguo, a Xinhua reporter in Xinyang, told Yang Jisheng of why he never reported on his experience:

* The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that there had been a leak of ammonium nitrate, a substance used in some explosives, as a fertilizer, and in rocket fuel.

Xinhua News Agency, China's state media agency, reported that economist, Executive Intelligence Review founder, and Democratic Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon LaRouche had issued a statement in June 1999 to refute the allegations of espionage.

In December 2004, the PRC state news agency Xinhua reported that the National People's Congress in its upcoming session would enact an ' anti-secession law ', without specifying further details.

Xinhua News Agency reported in 2008 that since July 2006, the government has confiscated over 4, 000 fake military vehicles and 6, 300 fake plates and has apprehended over 5, 000 people belonging to criminal gangs ; under Chinese law, those caught driving under fake registration plates are fined up to 2, 000 RMB, and counterfeiters can be jailed for up to three years.

In an article from the Xinhua General News Service, the Hong Kong transport department reported that in 2006 the monthly average number of crashes due to red light violations fell 25 % and the number of people injured in these crashes decreased by 30 %, following an increase in the number of red light cameras in use.

On February 22, 2008, The Wall Street Journal Online reported China's state-run news agency, Xinhua, issued a public apology for publishing a doctored photograph of Tibetan antelope running near the Qinghai-Xizang railway.

Some bloggers had attributed the report to the official Xinhua News Agency, while the news agency denied having reported anything such.

The Xinhua News Agency reported that in the meeting held in Beijing between PRC and Japanese foreign ministers, the Japanese minister offered an apology for Japan's wrongdoings during World War II.

Xinhua reported in 2008 that since July 2006, over 4, 000 fake military vehicles and 6, 300 fake plates have been confiscated, and criminal gangs involving 5, 000 people have been apprehended ; under Chinese law, those caught driving under fake registration plates are fined up to 2, 000 RMB, and counterfeiters can be jailed for up to three years.

As reported by Xinhua News Agency, the commission did not want CGI and 2D characters alongside human actors.

Investigations by China Youth Daily and others verified the accusations, and by April 4 Xinhua reported Li Chang's ouster.

Initial reports from the Xinhua news agency reported 3, 000 deaths and 100, 000 injuries.

China's official Xinhua News Agency reported the story eleven days later.

" Yang Jisheng, a Communist party member and former reporter for Xinhua, puts the number of famine deaths at 36 million.