Operatic lesson
Dou Xiaoxuan from the Beijing Peking Opera Theater teaches basic Peking Opera moves during a promotional tour in Times Square, New York, on Tuesday. The theater troupe is on a visit to the United States to commemorate legendary performer Mei Lanfang. See story, page 4 Photo by Wang Lei / Xinhua
China is considering drafting new rules for the automotive industry on the basis of its Anti-Monopoly Law, according to an official at the nation's antitrust regulator.
Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan, an anti-drug ambassador in China, urged Chinese youths to draw lessons from the arrest of his son, Jaycee Chan, on suspicion of taking drugs and to stay away from drugs.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi demanded an immediate cease-fire and called for political dialogue to end the renewed violence in South Sudan during a meeting with his South Sudan counterpart, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, in Beijing on Tuesday.
Every day since June, 6-year-old Sun Jiayi has been at the front line of a demonstration in Beijing, demanding to attend primary school in September.
This year marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of Deng Xiaoping. Although seventeen years have elapsed since Deng's passing away in 1997, China is still forging ahead in the overall direction of reform and opening-up to the outside world that Deng charted for China after he became the paramount leader at the end of the 1970s.
A Japanese man born months before the Wright brothers carried out the first human flight was recognized on Wednesday as the world's oldest male at the age of 111.
Ebola epidemic casts a shadow over Africa's largest economy, and many firms have put expansion on hold, reports Li Lianxing in Nairobi.
A female warrior is pressed against the ground by a group of Japanese soldiers who viciously rape her. With unexpected strength, she grabs a bow and arrows near her while suddenly rolling herself over and jumping to the air. What followed is a scene that goes far beyond realism: Without missing a shot, she kills all the Japanese soldiers in the blink of an eye.
Reigning Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic has been seeded No 1 for the US Open with five-time winner Roger Federer seeded second, the United States Tennis Association announced on Tuesday.