U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese company's purchase of the U.S. business of German chip equipment maker Aixtron, despite objections from China.
Obama issued an order directing ...
Friday's phone call between Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, which broke the nearly four decades of U.S. diplomatic practice, came as a striking move but it does not b ...
As China marks its third Constitution Day that falls on Sunday, it is prudent to remember that is not just a day for pomp and ceremony, but an opportunity for all Chinese to celebrate the rules that g ...
Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2016 shows fire engines at the accident site after a private coal mine blast in Qitaihe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Twenty-one people had been confirmed dead ...
China's cabinet, the State Council, has released a poverty alleviation plan for the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).
Poverty alleviation is the most difficult task for China to realize the goa ...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2016. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
Premier Li Keqiang met with Sierra Leone Presid ...
High education cost a key factor behind falling fertility rate
China should further relax, and even abandon, its family planning policy in order to avoid the low-fertility trap, and a reduction in ed ...
Wang Qishan (L), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Di ...
Nie Shubin, who was executed 21 years ago for rape and murder, had his conviction overturned by China's top court on Friday.
The second circuit court under the Supreme People's Court revoked the verd ...
China's ongoing nationwide value-added tax (VAT) reform will reduce the tax burden for enterprises to the tune of 500 billion yuan (72.6 billion U.S. dollars) by the end of the year, according to a St ...
Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, speaks at a regular press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 30, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Some pro-i ...
China's manufacturing activity continued to expand for a fourth month in November, providing further evidence of a strengthening Chinese economy, official data showed Thursday.
The manufacturing Purc ...
China's central bank has not banned commercial banks from issuing personal home mortgage loans, it said on Tuesday, although the country has stepped up efforts to rein in house prices.
A report by Sw ...
Measures will make use of NGO funds more transparent
China has issued a guideline on the registration of foreign NGOs in the mainland, reiterating the need for government supervision and declaring so ...
Cases will be reviewed to correct any improper expropriations or other errors
Courts across the country will retry controversial cases that might involve improper expropriation of land and houses in ...