Reading exercises the mind and helps develop personality. That's according to Xiao Fuxing, Chinese writer and deputy editor in chief of the People's Literature magazine. Xiao Fuxing, Chinese writer and deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Literatur...
China's Purchasing Managers' Index, or PMI, for the manufacturing sector rose to 50.8 percent in May from 50.6 percent in April. This is the eighth consecutive month for the PMI figure to stay above the 50-percent mark. The PMI is a key economic indi...
The United States and Germany are urging Russia not to provide Syria with an advanced air defense system that they believe could prolong Syria's civil war. US Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia's transfer of the S-300 missiles would be not hel...
A three-day international conference on African development has kicked off in Japan. It is expected Japan will encourage economic cooperation between Asia and Africa. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to aid Africa's growth through public an...
Japan and the EU have urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile program, despite its willingness to return to the six-party talks. Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera says his country would never tolerate North Korea's nuclear progr...
US President Barack Obama says he and the secretary-general of NATO have agreed that Afghanistan will be the focus of the organization's 2014 summit. We had an opportunity to discuss not only the planning for the next year and a half, but also what k...
Listeners crowd the place at a event aimed at helping children with congenital heart diseases, jointly held by China's largest search engine Baidu, charitable organization Ai You Foundation and China Radio International's bilingual radio service Easy...
The United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention have jointly initiated a campaign called 10m2 (ten square meters) of Love, for the benefit of breastfeeding mothers and their children. Shen Cheng...
Now, the last piece of series on the US government decision to restrict the procurement of Chinese information technology products over fear about so-called cyber security. Insiders and experts are making their suggestions on how Chinese companies ac...
President Xi Jinping left this morning for state visits to three Latin American countries, as well as a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama. Xi Jinping is set to hold talks with Obama in California over major strategic issues of mutual concern....
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spoken out against the British government whom he says are in violation of international law for not allowing him the status of a political refugee. Assange is currently taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy to...
Sweden, a country with a first class public welfare system, is facing an increasingly heavy immigration burden. There comes amid an outbreak of riots in the suburbs of the Sweden capital Stockholm. Most of the rioters are reported to be immigrant you...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned Israel that Damascus will retaliate in kind to any future Israeli airstrike on his territory. Assad has also told Lebanese TV station Al-Manar that Russia has fulfilled some of its weapons contracts recentl...
Related: Guangzhou Bans Tobacco Sales on World No Tobacco Day Today marks the World No Tobacco Day - An event endorsed by the World Health Organization highlighting health risks associated with smoking. This year there are calls for a ban on tobacco...
Since last year, several renowned domestic courier companies have been publicly expressing their dissatisfaction regarding rising cost due to hikes in fuel prices and labor costs, including Shunfeng Express, ZTO Express Service Co. and Yuantong Expre...
