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U.S. media reported on Monday that the United States and China have "agreed on the broad outline of a deal" to settle the issue of Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE.
More than 1,300 pieces of exquisite work will be shown during the 2018 Spring Auction at the Nan Fung International Convention & Exhibition Center in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province from May 20 to 23.
China's leading ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing now requires users of its carpooling service to undertake face recognition twice for rides longer than 30 kilometers.
New research published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that staying awake all night and sleeping all day for just a few days can disrupt levels and time of day patterns of more than 100 proteins in the blood.
Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia, spewed a column of ash 3,500 meters to the air early Tuesday, triggering evacuation, a disaster agency official said.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived at the country's anti-corruption body here on Tuesday for an investigation related to the state investment company 1MDB.
The world's largest amphibians, Chinese giant salamanders, were once thought to be widespread but now face imminent extinction due to illegal poaching and hunting as a luxury food, researchers said yesterday.
Paraguay opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem Monday, becoming the third country to do so following the United States and Guatemala.
A new document revealed on Monday showed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have known of a scandal-hit school project two years earlier than he previously admitted, casting doubt over the credibility of the premier's previous explanations.
A red-brick building with special carvings sits in sharp contrast to the local grey-white architecture of east China's Anhui Province, as do several hundred other buildings that have been relocated.
Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo paid a whirlwind visit to Shanghai over the weekend.
Reports that China's mining operations are turning the Himalayas into "another South China Sea" were dismissed as completely groundless hype by Chinese observers on Monday.
A digital journey through an ancient scroll, “blank-period” porcelain and inkstones are on display at the Forbidden City as part of International Museum Day events.
China is closely watching the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and stands ready to offer health professionals and experts if asked, a leading Chinese health official said on Sunday.
China is poised to have a say in the pricing of coffee, the world's second-most traded commodity after crude oil, in five years, an executive at a key coffee exchange in China said on Monday.
Beijing's Zhongguancun science park in Haidian district will soon close its last wholesale market for electronic goods.
The inaugural fair showcasing high-end works from local and international galleries proves an instant hit with the capital's art lovers.
Police nabbed a criminal suspect at a concert in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, on Sunday, thanks to a high-tech facial recognition system.
A senior Chinese health official on Monday said that China is willing to cooperate with other countries to reduce "health injustice" and achieve better health services for everyone.
The further opening-up of South China's Hainan Province has attracted dozens of technology, internet and services companies to the island over the past month.
Chinese scientists found that the critically endangered Chinese giant salamander, the world's largest amphibian, isn't one species, but five and possibly as many as eight.
Journalists from China, the United States and Russia on Tuesday flew to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to watch the closure of a nuclear site, as the world is gearing up for the upcoming summit held between DPRK's leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump next month in Singapore.
A court in Southwest China's Sichuan Province has allowed a man to return to his job after being dismissed for being HIV-positive, with an expert calling for a friendlier social environment to people like him.
China has abundant resources in hydropower development and will play a significant role in the global energy system, an expert said on Monday at the Beijing Forum on Hydropower and Future Energy Systems.
Zhou Changxin travels in a truck loaded with painting supplies to China's wildest and most beautiful places, which he depicts on canvas.
The Royal Never Give Up (RNG) team from China's e-sport League of Legends (LOL) professional players won the trophy after beating KZ team from South Korea by 3-1 during the Mid-season Invitational (MSI) on May 20 in Paris.
Critically endangered Chinese Lesser Crested Terns rest on the shore of an estuary where the Minjiang River meets the sea, in southeast China's Fujian Province, May 20, 2018.
Break dancer Liu Yuanchen now spends all the time "besides work and sleep" on the short-video-social-platform Douyin, or Tik Tok for its international edition. Four hours every day at least.
In a society in which tradition holds powerful sway, especially when it relates to the family, there is considerable negativity surrounding the issue of adoption. Adopting an orphan in China comes with the added stress of confronting attitudes which place great importance on the continuation of the family bloodline.
A man who lost out on a job after testing positive for HIV at a company health checkup has won his court case against the firm.
The single-engine propeller-driven GA20 is a fixed wing four-seat civil utility aircraft, whose intellectual property is independently owned by a private enterprise Guanyi Aero.
China's box office has become the world's largest this year with over 20 billion yuan (or about 3.2 billion US dollars) in revenues. It’s the first time that the all-time global box office champion North America has been overtaken.
China launched a relay satellite early Monday that will act as a distant communication link between Earth and the planned Chang'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the mysterious far side of the moon.
Photo taken on May 19, 2018 shows a sample collected by the submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior) in the South China Sea.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that Ebola vaccination for high risk populations had started in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which would be key to controlling the current outbreak in the country.
The Academy of Ocean of China and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences recently held a joint forum on maritime strategy.
A group of American photographers will travel to Wuhan city in central China later this month to find their "China Story" about the country's tremendous achievements made in the past 40 years through the lens of their cameras, organizers said over the weekend.
A new trend is hitting Hollywood. Pundits have noticed the exodus of a growing number of screenwriters and directors heading East... far East. To China, in fact.
New research published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science suggested that sweet potatoes may originate in Asia instead of the Americas, and much earlier than previously known.
Chinese authorities on Monday publicized five typical cases concerning blackmail by fake journalists.
Chinese scientists are building a water balance simulator to assist in prevention and control of desertification.
The procuratorate of East China's Jiangsu Province filed a public interest case on Monday against a local netizen who allegedly insulted a martyr who died in a fire, which an analyst believes will contribute to "society order construction."
Consensus that China and the U.S. reached during trade talks serves the interests of both sides, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said at a regular press conference on Monday.
Lenovo says the report about it voting against preloading domestic operating systems (O/S) are "deliberate slander," and the company "strongly condemns" the rumor, according to a report by qq.com late Monday.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is going to visit China next week, said U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday at the White House.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to step up economic and energy cooperation on Monday during the talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, the Foreign Ministry said.
One of the survivors of the tragic plane accident in Cuba died Monday afternoon due to the severe complications related to severe injuries, said the island's public health ministry.
The World Health Assembly (WHA) unveiled an ambitious plan on Monday aiming to benefit an overall population of 3 billion globally for the next five years with better health care and well-being.
China will help lead a project to identify unknown viruses from wildlife to better prepare humans for major epidemics－if not global pandemics. The project is to be launched this year, according to one of the country's top health officials.
U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday as easing U.S.-China trade tensions fueled optimism in the market.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday chastised Iran for its nuke and missile programs, vowing to issue Tehran the toughest sanctions in history if it does not change course.
With the curtain falling on 71st Cannes Film Festival, two young Chinese directors have become the latest winners at the world-renowned event.
The United States on Monday escalated its rhetoric and moves against Venezuela, right after Nicolas Maduro secured a second six-year term in the country's election.
Artificial intelligence technologies are bursting out of laboratories and into reality at a faster rate than many expected.
Chinese State Councilor Zhao Kezhi on Monday met with leading officials from six other member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), respectively, pledging to enhance practical cooperation on law enforcement security.
For the first time in seven years, Syria's capital Damascus was declared secure and empty of any rebel presence on Monday, following the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) in their last strongholds south of the capital, an achievement that closed the last chapter of war in the Syrian capital.
The Syrian army on Monday fully wrested control over the Hajar al-Aswad area, a key Islamic State (IS) stronghold south of the capital Damascus, according to the state TV.
The consensuses reached during economic and trade consultations between China and the United States meet the interests of the people of the two countries and whole world, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said on Monday.
It is often said that the United States experiences trade deficits in part because of low wages abroad and because foreign governments unfairly subsidize certain industries, thereby creating an “unlevel playing field”.
China's natural gas imports, which currently account for more than 30 percent of domestic consumption, will continue to rise and boost Sino-US energy trade while changing the global market pattern, experts said.
The recent landing of bomber aircraft on a South China Sea island by the People's Liberation Army Air Force is part of normal training that should not be over-interpreted, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Monday.
Vice-President Wang Qishan will attend the 22nd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia and visit Belarus from Thursday to May 29, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Monday.
China's $3.12 trillion foreign exchange reserve may further decline under the pressure of capital outflows, said experts, predicting a stronger U.S. dollar supported by the Fed's possible interest rate hike in June.
China is likely to take the lead in adopting blockchain — a type of technology originally developed as a digitized public ledger for cryptocurrency transactions — in the real economy, an industry white paper says.
Taiwan's current Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration should be held responsible for the island's absence from the ongoing World Health Assembly (WHA), according to Taipei-based experts.
Technology companies dominated this year's Fortune 500 list released on Monday, with Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and IBM, among others, all in the top 50.
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's threatening remarks as "absurd and interventionist."
Beijing saw better air quality and more "good air" days in the first four months of this year, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced on Monday.
The ninth China Satellite Navigation Conference will be held in Harbin in northeast China's Helongjiang Province from May 23 to 25, according to China Satellite Navigation Office on Monday.
China's first aircraft independently developed by a private company, the Guanyi GA20, rolled off the production line in east China's Jiangxi Province, Monday.
China continued to see a stable growth in employment in 2017, official data showed Monday.
U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday as investors cheered an easing of trade tensions between China and the United States.
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan is going to visit Russia and the Republic of Belarus from May 24 to 29, Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.
enezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was reelected for a second six-year term in presidential elections on Sunday, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE).
The United States continues testing its missile defense systems and producing missiles which are prohibited by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty aimed at limiting strategic weapons, said a Russian military official on Monday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday refused to receive a list of South Korean journalists who could witness the dismantlement of its nuclear test site, Seoul's unification ministry said.
China will hold activities to mark International Children's Day on June 1, highlighting a public education campaign advocating socialist core values among Chinese children.
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has created a potentially deadly new hazard for local residents as lava flows pouring into the Pacific Ocean Sunday could produce noxious clouds of acid fumes, steam and fine glass-like particles.
China's first breast milk bank — based in Guangzhou — has helped cure 365 seriously ill babies in the past five years.
China will increase its crackdown on fraudulent practices in the country's e-commerce sector.
China's top property market watchdog reiterated over the weekend that it will maintain tight regulation of the real estate sector.
Ascott China Co Ltd, a leading serviced residence owner and operator, plans to triple the scale of its serviced apartments in China in the next five years, aiming to own 60,000 apartments by 2023.
The number of Chinese Internet-based learners has reached 144 million with the booming online education sector expected to grow over 20 percent a year, said a white paper by the Education Management of Information Center at the Ministry of Education.
South Korea's military will continue the annual joint war games with the United States this year, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday.
More housekeeping companies in Beijing are hiring people directly from poverty-stricken areas as the capital experiences a shortage of 400,000 to 500,000 domestic helpers, Beijing Youth reported.
China will make policies to support the research and development of core virtual reality (VR) technology and facilitate its integration with other sectors, an official said Monday.
The National Super Computing Shenzhen Center and the Shenzhen Cloud Computing Center are located near several higher-learning institutes including Shenzhen University, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University and Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University.
The growing demands of Chinese customers for greater connectivity has driven automakers to carry out upgrades on their Chinese models ahead of the rest of the world's major car markets.
Greater cooperation in science and technology between Hong Kong and the mainland will maximize the strengths of both sides, according to Joseph Sung Jaoyiu, a leading biomedical scientist in the city.
China will step up its push to develop the virtual reality sector after the industry jumped by 164 percent year-on-year to 16 billion yuan ($2.5 billion) in 2017, the country's top industry regulator said on Monday.
Lauren Boebert opened the restaurant "Shooters Grill" with her husband, Jason, in 2013. Shortly after the opening, a man was beaten to death nearby and Boebert said she began questioning how to keep herself and her employees safe. She was told that Colorado was an "open carry" state allowing for certain firearms to be carried openly. She then started strapping on a gun the next day.
European supermarket giant Carrefour opened a brand new store format in Shanghai on May 20 — Carrefour Le Marche.
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the European Golden Shoe for a fifth time after scoring 34 goals during the La Liga season.
Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo de Lima was in Shanghai over the weekend, spending time with fans at a meet-and-greet event on Saturday before appearing at a soccer clinic for youths in Pudong new area on Sunday.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his counterparts from Argentina, Chile and the Netherlands on Sunday during the Group of 20 (G20) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Argentina, in an attempt to strengthen bilateral trade and cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Xinhua News Agency reported.
Eighty-seven people fell ill from suspected food poisoning Sunday at a villager's home in Wushan, a county in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said.
A complete industrial chain for the blockchain sector has emerged in China with hundreds of companies adopting the technology, according to an official white paper released on Sunday.
In the past, seeing a physician and getting medical treatment could mean taking the day off work or traveling long distances to the doctor's office.
The relay satellite will set up a communication link between Earth and the planned Chang'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the mysterious far side of Moon.
Two birds forage at Zhangxia Street in Changqing District in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, May 17, 2018.
The relay satellite, launched Monday for China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, is carrying the largest communication antenna ever used in deep space exploration, according to Chinese experts.
Kilauea volcano began erupting more than two weeks ago and has burned dozens of homes, forced people to flee and shot up plumes of steam from its summit that led officials to distribute face masks to protect against ash particles.
Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo honored influential microbloggers on Sunday for their dedication to online and offline public welfare services.
More than 800 residents have been temporarily relocated as torrential rain hit central China's Henan Province, authorities said Monday.
Tens of thousands of players nationwide played Guzheng at the same time on Sunday.
