About 700,000 Chinese couples, in which one of the partners is an only child, have so far applied to have a second child, far less than previous estimates of more than 2 million.
A "new important consensus" was reached on combating the East Turkistan Islamic Movement as Afghanistan's new president arrived in Beijing for his first state visit since being sworn in.
Teen star 'Coco' Xu Shilin made Chinese tennis history on Tuesday when she officially moved atop the International Tennis Federation world junior tennis rankings for girls' ages 18-and-under.
Beijing police launched an anti-terror drill on Monday to guarantee security for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings scheduled to be held in Beijing in November.
The Lakers' point-guard depth is the width of dental floss, but they're hoping for a career year from Jeremy Lin, the starter in Tuesday's season opener against Houston.
Chinese lawmakers are considering removing the death penalty for nine crimes, including smuggling weapons and nuclear materials. The draft amendment to the Criminal Law was submitted Monday.
China's image in the US and with some of its southeast Asian neighbors has turned negative despite an overall positive global view, a leading US think tank said in a recent report.
The pollutants discharge in Beijing and neighboring regions of Tianjin and Hebei is expected to be cut by a third during next month's APEC meeting, thanks to a series of air pollution control measures.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday voiced hope for enhancing cooperation in the fields of science and technology.
The Communist Party of China's efforts to build a clean government will never end, says Wang Qishan, head of the country's top anti-graft watchdog agency.
Chinese authorities ordered a temporary shutdown of factories to ensure air quality during a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Beijing next month.
Government officials will be given demerit penalties and held accountable if they are found to have interfered in lawsuits, under a decision taken at a key meeting to advance the rule of law.
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