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A daylong of violent confrontations between hundreds of Palestinian protestors and Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza Strip close to the border with Israel left at least 55 Palestinians killed and 2,771 injured, said medical sources.
Captain Liu Chuanjian's heroic actions moments after a cockpit windshield blew out on Monday, nearly pulling his co-pilot from the Airbus A319, has won him praise from flight professionals and internet readers for saving over 100 people onboard.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with Prime Minister Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, and they agreed to expand cooperation in infrastructure construction, finance and other areas.
Compared with the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, the first domestically built aircraft carrier 001A is a more advanced vessel in many respects.
U.S. electric car company Tesla Motors Inc established a wholly owned subsidiary in Shanghai on Thursday.
Tehran said it will preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Russia despite Washington's decision to withdraw.
The fluctuating story of Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE is a “wake-up call” for China to spur its own chip drive, but aiming for “100 percent self-sufficiency in the semi-conductor industry” is a wrong idea, according to Jay Huang, founding partner of Jadestone Capital and former managing director of Intel China.
Vice-Premier Liu He will visit the United States as President Xi Jinping's special envoy from Tuesday to Saturday for economic and trade talks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
The inauguration ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem started on Monday afternoon, as Israeli and U.S. officials gathered in the city amidst deadly clashes in the Gaza Strip.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday applauded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) announcement that it will dismantle its northern nuclear test ground between May 23 to 25.
China is seeing major progress in three civil aircraft models, with the ARJ21 in operation, the C919 in flight tests and the CR929 in preliminary design, said their developer Monday.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed that one of its institutes has successfully tracked and received the data from the recently launched Gaofen-5, a the hyperspectral imaging satellite.
China's fiscal revenue maintained double-digit growth in April due to steadily increasing tax income, data from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) showed Monday.
China appreciates the U.S. position on Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said Monday.
With trains and ships loaded with goods from countries along the route, the initiative is increasingly seen as a bridge connecting hope and opportunity, and an express leading towards win-win results and common prosperity.
The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra kicks off its new performance season with a showcase of traditional musical works from Northwest China.
Zhang Fan, 29, has a 1arge following for sharing his sleeping issues on mobile phone app Snail Sleep.
Foxconn Industrial Internet Co, a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, announced its prospectus for an initial public offering in the A-share market, arrangement for insurance and preliminary price inquiry notice on Monday, according to a report by Securities Times.
A study on the South China Sea arbitration awards, compiled by the Chinese Society of International Law (CSIL), was published by the Foreign Languages Press Monday.
China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Corp is betting big on the overseas market, with the expectation that half of its total sales will come from outside of China by 2020, according to the company.
Shanghai is undertaking concerted efforts for success as it prepares to host the first China International Import Expo, which is shaping up to be the city’s biggest event since Expo 2010.
Deleveraging has been highlighted twice at high-profile central meetings this year, financial news outlet Yicai reported Sunday.
200 tourism delegates from across Scotland will on Thursday attend a first-of-its-kind National China-Ready Conference, coordinated by Edinburgh Tourism Action Group, Scottish Enterprise and Edinburgh Airport, aimed at helping Scottish businesses prepare for the influx of additional Chinese visitors arriving on the inaugural direct flight from China to Scotland, starting 12 June.
"It was Satchel Paige who said, 'Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you,"' said William Cohen, former Secretary of Defense, citing the baseball Hall of Famer. "We're looking back, and it is China."
A long-table banquet held during a tourism festival at the Baodu Village scenic area in Luoyang City, Central China’s Henan Province, May 13, 2018.
Mount Shinmoe on the southwestern Japanese main island of Kyushu erupted again on Monday, weather agency here said.
An old train carriage-turned supermarket is seen at a community in Xi’an City, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, May 11, 2018.
China appreciates the positive remarks made by the U.S. on ZTE issue and is maintaining close communication with the U.S., the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said on Monday.
Two-thirds of Beijing's hazardous PM2.5 fine particle matter came from the capital itself with major local polluters identified as ‘moving sources’ like diesel powered vehicles that contribute 45 percent, according to Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau.
At least nine people were killed in a stampede in Bangladesh's Chittagong district, about 242 km southeast of capital Dhaka, as they crowded outside a donor's house Monday morning to receive traditional food for Iftar, the evening meal when Muslims break their fast, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, police said.
Shanghai's new housing market lost steam for another week despite a major rebound in supply, the latest industry data showed.
Coal burning is no longer a major source of PM2.5 in Beijing, while car emissions have become the top cause, according to a study released by Beijing's environment watchdog Monday.
UnionPay International announced today that it has signed an agreement with Post Bank Uganda, a leading bank in the country, to jointly tap the local payment market.
Death toll has risen to 65 across India after dust storms, thunderstorms and rain accompanied by gusty winds hit many states, officials said Monday.
A Sichuan Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Chengdu City on Monday after its cockpit windshield cracked and broke loose.
A boy runs for cover during a dust storm in New Delhi, India, May 13, 2018.
Wider opening-up is a strategic choice for China as the country shifts its growth model to pursue high-quality development, experts said.
A huge new fissure opened on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, emitting active fumes and lave spatter, has prompted local government to call for more evacuations as an expected eruption threatened nearby homes.
China's ambassador to Canada Lu Shaye (L, 2nd), Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson (L, 1st) and Canadian Senator Victor Oh (R, 1st) pose with a picture of the China Canada Friendship Tulip in Ottawa, Canada, May 13, 2018. The specially cultivated tulip will be on exhibition at the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 in Beijing.
Saving 2.4 million babies by donating blood for six decades – “man with the golden arm” has been hailed by thousands of Chinese netizens Sunday.
Photo taken on May 13, 2018 shows sea of clouds after rainfall at Huangyaguan section of the Great Wall in Tianjin, north China.
Two police officers ride Segway-like self-balancing scooters as they patrol a street in the Pingyao Ancient City, a popular tourist destination, in Jinzhong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 13, 2018.
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybeans fell sharply on Friday morning after top buyer China lowered its import estimates for 2018/19.
Chinese Spriter Su Bingtian said on Saturday that his performance in 100m race at Shanghai Diamond League was beyond his expectation after he took silver in 10.05 seconds.
Since 2007, two southern white rhinos have been living in Shanghai Zoo’s rhino pavilion, Qiangqiang, a male, and female Amei both came from South Africa at the age of 3.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy and Vice Premier Liu He will visit the United States from May 15 to 19 for economic and trade consultations, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday.
Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Infinity War" becomes the fastest superhero box office hit in China despite its late release in the world's second largest market.
British super-luxury car brand Rolls-Royce is dipping its toe into the booming sport utility vehicle market.
Chinese investors are betting big on a golden decade for unicorns as a boom is foreseen on the back of revised regulations that encourage financing through equity, according to market players.
Foxconn Industrial Internet, a subsidiary of the Taiwanese manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., said it plans to issue 1.97 billion shares in its initial public offering (IPO) in the A-share market.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has recently released a global annual burned area map at 30 meters resolution.
Despite slower population growth, China is unlikely to suffer labor shortage for at least 30 years, Chinese demographic analysts said on Wednesday.
Reform and opening up has not only increased development within China, but has also provided benefits for the whole world, said Nicolas Aguzin, J.P. Morgan Asia-Pacific chairman and CEO.
Officials in Shanghai announced detailed guidelines on Sunday related to six areas, including banking, securities, insurance and financial markets, for further opening-up measures in the municipality's financial sector.
A Chinese commercial flight was forced to divert to an alternate airport after a mechanical failure, authorities confirmed Monday.
Xia Boyu, 70, on Monday scaled the world's highest peak Qomolangma as the first double amputee climber from the Nepali side, government officials confirmed.
Cambricon Technologies Co, a Lingang-based AI chip producer, debuted two processors recently to support cloud computing under complex scenes and further improve users’ experience.
91-year-old Norma Howard from Fleet, Hampshire was strapped to a vintage biplane before flying to a height of 500ft (152m) above an airfield in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
A kindergarten in Jiangsu Province faced the backlash from parents and social media users over allegedly shooting graduation photo of children wearing underwear.
Chinese short-video startup Ergeng has dismissed a senior manager and permanently closed its social media account amid outcries over a sensational post it published about the victim killed by a Didi Chuxing driver.
Over the past four years Xu Tiantian has traveled between Beijing and Songyang in Zhejiang province numerous times. In fact she has become so attached to the city that she says she regards it as her child.
President Xi Jinping has called for enhanced cooperation in science and technology between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the mainland, vowing support for the region to become an international center of innovative technologies and for HKSAR scientists to contribute to national strength building in this regard.
A Chinese manned submersible has welcomed its oldest passenger on a deep-sea research mission in the South China Sea.
NASA's Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.
China Three Gorges Corp on Friday announced that it plans to launch a 9.07 billion euros ($10.8 billion) offer to purchase the almost 77 percent it does not already own of Portugal's largest energy corporation EDP Energias.
China's central bank announced Monday it had pumped 236.1 billion yuan (about 37.3 billion U.S. dollars) into the market via multiple tools.
Mani, an eight-year-old Indian mutt, has been dutifully delivering 25 liters of milk cans carrying on his back, twice a day, to a milk society for last six years.
As the starting point of the ancient Silk Road and an active participant in the Belt and Road Initiative, Shaanxi province has launched a series of projects boosting local culture and tourism industry.
To mark the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up this year, China has started a new campaign to deepen economic reform and opening-up, and mapped out a sweeping reform program for Party and government institutions.
The Third Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party has approved the plan of deepening the Party and country's institutional reform on Feb 28, which included the reform of natural resource and ecological environment management.
Four Hui-style historic residences purchased by Chinese movie star Jackie Chan will be restored in east China's Anhui Province.
China's second aircraft carrier left a port outside the Dalian Shipyard on Sunday morning for its first sea trial, signaling that the production of this domestically built carrier is nearly complete.
Members of the public have been invited to apply for tickets to attend a celebration of Professor Stephen Hawking's life at a memorial service in Westminster Abbey here on June 15, with visitors from the future welcome to apply, local media reported.
At least 41 people were killed and many others injured across India after dust storms, thunderstorms and rain accompanied by gusty winds hit many states including Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and the national capital New Delhi, officials said Monday.
Chinese oil giants are in talks with Bahrain over developing assets in the country, but China should be cautious about overdependence on oil imports from the Middle East, an expert said on Sunday.
A study published Thursday in the journal Cell revealed that a respiratory structure used by microbes from marine volcanic vents bore many similarities with that used by modern-day humans.
A lychee fruit contest held in Sanmenpo Town, Haikou City, South China’s Hainan Province, May 13, 2018. The contest attracted 44 lychee farmers, all vying for the title of ‘lychee king’.
A bomb blast broke out in a police office in Surabaya city, capital of Indonesia's East Java province on Monday morning, a police officer said.
The public security ministries of China and Laos have decided to intensify efforts to crack down cross-border crimes and strengthen cooperation on law enforcement.
Three teenage girls were raped and set on fire in a week in India, killing two and leaving a third in critical condition, according to local police.
American-born Chinese pianist Lauren Zhang was named as winner of the 40th BBC Young Musician competition on Sunday.
Police in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan province have busted a drug-smuggling operation and seized 7.798 kilograms of drug. The suspects hided drugs in tea packets.
Performers take part in classical Tibetan Opera Sukyi Nyima at Zongjiao Lukang Park near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, May 12, 2018.
China needs to improve public awareness regarding its aging society, according to the Office of the National Working Commission on Aging.
The political coalition led by prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr emerged as the front-runner as the initial results of Iraq's historic parliamentary election came out in 10 of the 18 provinces, the Iraqi electoral commission said Monday.
A recent satellite event in Zhejiang of the world-famous Burning Man festival inspires Camilla Tenn to consider attending its U.S. incarnation.
Chinese banks extended 1.18 trillion yuan ($186.37 billion) in net new yuan loans in April, up slightly from March and higher than expectations, as policymakers look to support the economy as it faces fresh risks from U.S. trade threats.
A picture shows what remains inside the Sewol ferry that sank in April 2014 and is now at the southwestern port of Mokpo, South Korea.
The exhibition also offers an insight into Marx's life and his influence on China with the display of 24 artworks created by veteran Chinese painters.
Having finished a six-month stay in Sanya of Hainan, China's southernmost island province, Zhang Guizhen, 69, and her husband Yang Yuhua, went back home to Harbin, the country's northernmost provincial capital, where the spring arrives in late April.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday outlined the United States' plans to help the development of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if the country agrees to complete denuclearization.
Chinese scientists demonstrated the first two-dimensional quantum walks of single photons in real spatial space, which may provide a powerful platform to boost analog quantum computing.
The price of the nonavalent Gardasil 9 vaccine, which prevents most genital human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers, has almost doubled in Hong Kong in recent days, after the vaccine's producer U.S.-based Merck halted the supply to the region.
On May 3, Japan observed the 71st anniversary of its Constitution that went into effect in 1947.
The first Costco Chinese mainland flagship store will be built in Kangqiao Town of the Pudong New Area, officials said.
In 2001, when composer Yin Qing read the news about the start of the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, he was very excited and wanted to do a song on the subject.
A "game-changing" domestically developed cyber defense system presented to the world for the first time will strengthen China's cyberspace security, its chief designer said on Saturday.
The man who killed one person in central Paris on Saturday was a French citizen born in Chechnya and has been on intelligence services watch-list, local media reported Sunday.
The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, one of the deadliest natural disasters in China's history, marked a watershed in the country's approach to emergency relief.
Chinese solar photovoltaic or PV panel manufacturer Znshine Solar has nailed a 300-megawatt module supply agreement with India renewable energy developer ACME Cleantech Solutions Private Limited, responding to growing market demand in India.
Several foreign companies have benefited from Shanghai’s endeavors in further opening its financial industry after China called for more efforts to boost opening-up, Shanghai Financial Service Office said yesterday.
Israel prepares on Sunday for the opening ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, a move that has sparked Palestinian protests.
The pair of unlike-sex Francois' langur twins were given birth to by their mother Xiao Xiao here in April.
Chinese video streaming giant, iQiyi faced strong online backlash over the regional discrimination of an applicant from central China’s Henan Province.
