A detained man was beaten to death by 11 other detainees in a detention center in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region in late May, local authorities said Thursday.
The first Zaozhuang Cross-Strait Dragon Boat Race is to be held on the time-honored Grand Canal in Taierzhuang, Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong province, on June 12 -13, just days ahead of Dragon Boat Festival, which is celebrated on the fifth day in May in the lunar calendar and falls on June 16 this year.
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit a remote mountainous region in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Thursday afternoon.
China on Thursday urged South Africa to take measures to protect Chinese citizen's property and personal safety.
China reiterated Thursday the UN's adoption of a new resolution on the Iranian nuclear issue does not close the door on diplomatic efforts.
Two people have been jailed for intentionally damaging a section of the Great Wall in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, prosecutors said Thursday.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the contract on the supply of S-300 air defense systems to Iran is not covered by the new sanctions imposed on Tehran by the UN Security Council.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday passed a resolution to slap new sanctions on Iran. The move was the fourth time that the UN has imposed punitive measures on Iran for its suspect nuclear program since 2006 and the punishment is considered more severe than ever before.
Chinese special envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike said Thursday that China is keen to find a peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomatic ways.
Chinese President Hu Jintao met his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent Thursday for talks on ways of further advancing the China-Russia strategic cooperative partnership.
China on Thursday called for calm and restraint so as to avoid further escalation of tension over the sinking of a Republic of Korea (ROK) warship.
China and Uzbekistan have agreed to make a more coordinated effort to fight terrorism, separatism and extremism in the region.
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