Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian helicopters on Friday, killing two crew members, as government troops tightened their siege of separatist-held Sloviansk. Ukraine's acting president Oleksander Turchinov claimed "many" pro-Russia insurgents were killed or wounded.
The chimp sporting a pink bikini on the road to Riyue Bay Surf Club on tropical Hainan Island points the way to surfing's new spiritual home in China, nestled amid a surreal safari experience.
Unlike the time when China's yacht industry was still emerging and largely dependent on overseas brands, 2014 has seen more domestic brands catching up with world leaders in the field.
Two attackers dead after blast and stabbings at train station
It's 8 am in Shenzhen, and outside Foxconn, the better part of the mega-factory's 160,000 employees are coming on or off shift. Young men and women stream through security checkpoints, entering the rarely seen world inside the company's China headquarters.
President Xi Jinping said that long-term stability in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is vital to the country's stability and national security.
President Xi Jinping has urged police officers in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to devise "effective ways" to deal with terrorists.
Bans on non-residents buying property will be lifted in Nanning, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the first crack in the three-year nationwide restrictions on housing sales.
A famous Guangzhou chicken dish may disappear from menus as chefs have said they will no longer cook the traditional meal if they can't purchase live chickens.
As the dust settles on US President Barack Obama's Asian trip, it seems that Washington got less out of it than its hosts, but Beijing is now more aware of US intentions in the region, observers said.
Premier Li Keqiang promised on Monday to help group 11 provincial-level entities into the largest development network in China - an economic belt along the 1,800-kilometer "golden waterway" of the Yangtze River.
Developing new regional economic belts was described as a strategic step in this year's Government Work Report.
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