Japan is now dealing with the on-going fallout from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine last month. With the US having already expressed its disappointment, Japanese diplomats are busy attempting to soothe ties with Wa...
The spokesman for a gathering of Syrian opposition groups said on Friday that an international conference on the countrys future later this month should focus on establishing a time-frame for an end to the fighting. He said conditions for a peace agr...
Up to 480 thousand residents in the American state of West Virginia have been affected by a chemical spill that leaked into the states water supply. At least one fourth of the population has been affected by the spill. The president of a West Virgini...
China has made progress in its ongoing fight against corruption. On Friday, the Central comission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China briefed the media on cases handled in 2013. Chinas discipline watchdog is biting down on corru...
Retired US basketball players who recently joined Dennis Rodman for a game to mark the birthday of DPRK leader Kim Jong Un have arrived in Beijing Capital International Airport. But Rodman is not among them. He remains in the DPRK, and is expected to...
For more on the visits to Africa by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, lets cross live to Professor Macharia Munene from the United States International University in Nairobi. Q1: Hello Professor, how have the lo...
Physical chemist Zhang Cunhao and nuclear weapons expert Cheng Kaijia have won Chinas top science award for their outstanding contribution to scientific and technological innovation in the country. Both winners are from the Chinese Academy of Science...
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has hailed China as an inspiration to Africa and elsewhere in the world. The comment came during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the capital Accra on Thursday. President Mahama said China ha...
China has urged Japanese leaders to learn from post-war Germany in dealing with historical issues and wartime atrocities. Foreign Ministry spokeswomen Hua Chunying said Germany and Japans approaches have been vastly different. In particular, she poin...
By CCTV reporter Ai Yang The Communist Partys discipline watchdog is cracking down on corruption. Compared with the previous year, the commission received more public tipoffs and disciplined more high level officials. In 2013, anti-graft watchdogs na...
Civil servants are one of the groups that have most acutely felt the effects of the anti-corruption measures. As they were used to receiving unofficial benefits to supplement their income, and now most of that is cut off. A recent survey shows more t...
The first batch of Chinas aid to civilians in Syria has arrived in the capital Damascus. More than ten thousand blankets arrived on Friday morning, and the next batch of more than ten thousands blankets and twenty thousand quilts will arrive in a wee...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met Senegalese leaders and senior officials in Dakar. It's the final leg of a four-nation tour aimed at boosting ties with China's partners in Africa. Senegal's President Macky Sall (R) meets with China's Foreign...
Indonesia has released four detained Chinese cargo ships after they got permission from local maritime authorities. But many others are still being held. The Chinese Embassy in Indonesia has said the detainment of over 20 Chinese cargo ships has alre...
Outrage continues to grow over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the Yasukuni shrine on December the 26th last year. China's ambassadors to the United States and Russia have voiced some of the concerns over the visit in articles that have...
