Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has reaffirmed President Xi Jinping's stance towards Africa. Wang Yi called the correct concept of morality and benefit a banner of Chinese diplomacy. He was speaking after meeting his Senegalese counterpart Mankeur N...
A fire that ravaged an ancient town in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province has been brought under control. This, after more than two thousand firefighters have battled the flames for hours. The fire in Dukezong town of the resort county of Shangri-La br...
The fire that ravaged an ancient town in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province has been put out. This is what remains, after more than two thousand firefighters battled the fire for more than ten hours. According to local officials, more than 240 houses h...
The trapped Chinese icebreaker Xuelong broke through the Antarctic's heavy ice floes on Tuesday and was headed for open water. The vessel, which had been conducting China's 30th Antarctic expedition before going to the aid of the stramded Russian shi...
By CCTV reporter Shi Wenjing A new guided missile frigate officially joined China's PLA navy on Wednesday in a delivery ceremony in Shanghai. The Ji'an was designed and built in China. Officers onboard light missile frigate Ji'an salute during a cere...
The Ministry of Environmental Protection says 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have signed responsibility pledges to meet air pollution reduction targets by 2017. The promised cuts vary in different regions. Reduction targets for t...
Despite pledges in the last year to fight pollution, Beijing saw barely any improvement in air quality in 2013. The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau says the intensity of major air pollutants remained much the same in 2013 as they were in the...
A new study shows that air pollution in China is responsible for 350,000 to 500,000 premature deaths every year. The paper was published in the medical journal Lancet and authored by four of China's leading scientists including Chen Zhu, a former Min...
The Beijing Zoo is perhaps better known for the sprawling garment wholesale markets nearby than its animals. But now the city's officials are pledging to relocate the markets out of the area to ease overcrowding and optimize urban planning. The Beiji...
Just like the Grand bazaar in Istanbul, the AmPhaWa floating market in Bangkok and Dongdaemun in Seoul, wholesale markets are a place for the locals to shop, and foreigns to explore. But managing them can be difficult. Beijing officials says the gian...
Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, has called for all-round cooperation with Ghana during talks with his Ghanaian counterpart Hannah Tetteh in Accra. Wang Yi says China is willing to work with Ghana to push forward the partnership on the base of mutu...
President Xi Jinping has called for a greater role for the Communist Party of China in guiding the country's political and legal affairs. Xi has made the comments during a central political and legal work meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks...
China has dismissed four officials over a stampede at a mosque in the country's northwest region that left 14 people dead. The Sunday tragedy in Xiji county of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is blamed on poor organization and management. It happen...
China's Ambassador to the United Nations Liu Jieyi spoke at the Security Council about Shinzo Abe's visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. He said the visit is an affront to international justice and the UN Charter. He urged the international co...
The Supreme People's Court is holding a press conference, to brief journalist on the prosecution of food and drug cases. The presiding Judge of Civil Trial Court One, Zhang Yongjian, and court spokesman Sun Jungong are hosting the press conference. T...
