Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the EU-Turkey deal on refugees and migrants will only survive if the bloc keeps up its part of the bargain. Turkey will not go through with the agreement to take back Syrian migrants from Europe if the Euro...
A key Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam is to be extradited to France. According to his lawyer, Abdeslam will be extradited from Belgium in a few weeks to allow for additional questioning by Belgian investigators. His finger prints were found three...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has welcome the visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. It's Ranil Wickremesinghe's first visit as prime minister to China, since Sri Lanka's new government was formed in January last...
Last November, the Chinese government said it would try to priortise wind energy producers ahead of coal producers when selling output to distributors and large industrial users. The detailed guidelines of its initiative have yet to be disclosed, but...
For more about Chinas clean energy drive, we are joined in the studio by my colleague Wu Haojun. Q1: We know in recent years China has made strides in developing clean energy, but we also know that the economy is still heavily reliant on coal. Give u...
Fitch Ratings has said that China will be able to avoid a hard landing in the years to come. According to the credit ratings agency, while the rising leverage can cause systemic vulnerability, the characteristics of China's financial system and broad...
The Caixin service PMI headline index has improved in March.The Caixin China General Services Business Activity Index (headline service PMI) increased to 52.2 in March from February's 51.2. Chinas manufacturing activity also improved in March, as sep...
Share this: Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on sinaweibo Share on email Font size: Last year a devastating drought caused a significant reduction in agricultural production -- especially in corn production -- in north eastern China's Heilong...
As the world marks World Health Day, the World Health Organization is calling for global efforts to combat diabetes. Globally, 420 million adults are living with the disease, a quarter of them Chinese. The WHO says the trend of increase in China has...
For more insight on diabetes risks and its prevention in China, our reporter Wu Guoxiu has an exclusive interview with Dr Bernhard Schwartlnder, the WHO Representative in China. Q1: You mentioned that the number of people with diabetes in China has r...
China made plans last year to combat climate change and bring down dangerous levels of air pollution, by promoting the use of clean energy. But recently the country has halted the expansion of wind power in northern provinces, an action that, on the...
Hong Kong prosecutors have withdrawn charges of rioting and illegal assembly against ten people, including a juvenile. The prosecutors said that there was not enough evidence to prove that the ten people had disrupted the peace or taken part in any r...
Related reading: China's top court on Thursday released a new judicial interpretation on rules for drug-related convictions and sentencing, stepping up punishments. The document, issued by the Supreme People's Court (SPC), adopted stricter rules for...
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has begun a three-day official visit to China. The two sides are expected to hold high-level discussions to promote cooperation mechanisms covering economic affairs, investment, and technology. Chinese P...
China's Meteorological Center has lifted a blue alert for rainstorms as downpours abate in Southern China. However, heavy rain is still expected in Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong and Guizhou. China's weather authority estimates that rain...
