China faces challenges in global export market
The European Commission outlined new trade defense rules on July 20, to help assess whether Chinese firms are dumping low-price products, reported Reuters, as the EC continues to debate the ...
'Rule of Law' to dominate fourth plenary session
The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee announced that the fourth plenary session of the Party's 18th central committee will be held in Beijing from ...
Xi attends G20, tours Australia, N. Zealand and Fiji
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Brisbane Friday for the 9th G20 Summit in Australia, and has state visits to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji on his schedule from November ...
China's Economy: 2014 review
China's economy has experienced a bumpy year in 2014, with growth having slipped to 7.3 percent in the third quarter year-on-year, the slowest pace since the first quarter of 2009 ...
'Iron Lady' hailed as promoter of Sino-British relations
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who led the country throughout the 1980s, died on April 8 following a stroke at the age of 87.
US first lady Michelle Obama visits China
US First Lady Michelle Obama arrived in Beijing on March 20 afternoon, kicking off her seven-day visit to China, at the invitation of Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi ...
China protests US cyber-theft incitment
Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai on May 20 accused the United States of hypocrisy for charging five Chinese nationals of alleged commercial espionage, citing Edward Snowden's revelations of US spying operations ...
China, US seek to reboot relations at strategic dialogue
After months of tension caused by cyber security and maritime disputes, an annual meeting between senior Chinese and US officials, which starts Wednesday in Beijing, is hoped to put the ...
CCTV's post-WWII documentary shows Berlin's tough repentance lesson for Tokyo
The documentary presents the different attitudes of Germany and Japan with regard to World War II, and provides a comparison between the two countries' influences on their populations.
Ferry carrying 454 people sinks in Yangtze River
The Eastern Star, which left the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing at 1:15 pm Thursday bound for Chongqing Municipality on the upper reaches of the river, sank "within one or ...
Nine biggest water pollution disasters in China (since 2010)
Excessive levels of benzene, a carcinogenic chemical, almost 20 times the national limit in tap water have affected more than 2.4 million people in downtown Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu Province, ...
Impact of anti-corruption campaign
Since the 18th CPC National Congress was held on November 8, 2012, the central government has launched numerous anti-corruption campaigns across China. As a result, many of the "tigers" and ...
Black and white and bred all over: Panda diplomats
Currently 44 guest pandas, including their foreign-born cubs, live in 18 zoos in 13 countries who have established research cooperation with China. Among these, 42 belong to China. A pair ...
Righting wrongful convictions in China
China has redressed a series of wrongful conviction cases in recent years, some of which involved miscarriages of the death penalty.
Thousands participate in HK's anti-Occupy Central rally
Tens of thousands of people on August 17 turned out in Hong Kong to protest against the upcoming Occupy Central movement that threatens to shut down the city's business hub ...
Authorities condemn HK 'referendum' as 'invalid and illegal'
Authorities condemned as "invalid and illegal" an unofficial "referendum" on electoral reform in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR).
The referendum, organized by the Occupy Central movement and run by the ...
Yakusuni visits remain enshrined in controversy
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Monday made an offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Monday when its three-day spring festival.
In bad taste: Foreign brands face new food scandals
Food safety concerns in China spiked once again after a recent expose by Shanghai Television Station revealed the Chinese arm of US-based food supplier was selling substandard meat mixed with ...