Two imperial bronze sculptures that were looted from Beijing's Old Summer Palace will come home later this year, thanks to the donation of the French art-collecting Pinault family, China's top heritage authority announced on Friday afternoon.
Six days after the Sichuan earthquake, residents in the county seat of Baoxing were still dealing with the aftershocks and living in tents.
Beijing and Paris signed 18 deals on Thursday, including deals for 60 Airbus planes and a nuclear project, as President Xi Jinping hosted his first head of state from a major Western country, French President Francois Hollande.
China should maintain steady macroeconomic policies while being more flexible with microeconomic policy, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee said on Thursday.
China and Canada will sign an agreement to share assets that Chinese fugitives illegally transfer to Canada, the North American country's top envoy in Beijing said.
Calm has returned to Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region following a deadly terror attack that left 21 dead.
Beijing and Washington reaffirmed their readiness to enhance military-to-military trust and expand areas of cooperation, as President Xi Jinping met a top US military officer on Tuesday.
China appreciates international support and help in earthquake relief and reconstruction, Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday.
As the search for survivors continues, the next major task is to prevent disease and epidemics in quake-hit areas of Sichuan, officials said on Monday.
Beijing and Washington have the responsibility and shared interests to maintain stability and peace in the Asia-Pacific region, a high-ranking Chinese military officer said on Monday.
Premier Li Keqiang climbed onto a heap of debris to view the disaster area after arriving in Lushan county, Sichuan province, where he expressed condolences to victims and survivors of Saturday's devastating magnitude-7 earthquake.
Foreign direct investment in China continued to increase in March, an indication of global confidence in the world's second-largest economy, officials said.
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