Ethiopia welcomes Chinese investment

Ethiopia is ready to embrace a new wave of Chinese industrial transfers to enhance its manufacturing and industrialization, which are vital to the African country's sustainable development, Ethiopia's president said.

Security beefed up after terror attacks

Several cities have enhanced security after a terrorist explosion killed three people including two assailants in a railway station in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Wednesday.

Web users mourn young firemen

Netizens on Friday mourned two firemen who died trying to extinguish a blaze in a downtown high-rise residential building on Thursday.

Ships patrol islands after US remarks

Three Chinese coastguard ships sailed around the Diaoyu Islands on Friday, the State Oceanic Administration said, as China maintains its tough stance after US President Barack Obama backed Tokyo in its territorial dispute with Beijing.

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Passengers' relatives asked to return home

Malaysia Airlines on Thursday advised relatives of passengers on missing flight MH370 to leave the hotels where they have been staying and receive updates "within the comfort of their own homes, with the support and care of their families and friends".

Telecom operators dial up cooperation

Three telecom operators are researching the possibility of setting up a telecom infrastructure company that would be responsible for construction of base stations for mobile networks.

Manufacturing produces small increase in April

Manufacturing growth experienced a small increase in April while new export orders fell sharply, official data showed on Thursday.

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'Efforts needed to meet growth target,' Li says

China introduced a row of measures on Wednesday to support trade growth as the world's second-largest economy slowed considerably in the first three months of this year.

Blast goes off at Urumqi rail station

An explosion occurred at a railway station in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Wednesday evening.

Malaysia will issue report on missing jet

Malaysia will release a preliminary report on Thursday on the disappearance of flight MH370 nearly two months after it went missing, according to a Transport Ministry official.