President Xi Jinping and representatives from the 21 countries involved in setting up the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. Each nation's stake in the lender has been generally allocated based on its GDP. Wu Zhiyi / China Daily
A milestone agreement has been reached on setting up the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, but the absence of some major economies underscores the difficulty China faces as an emerging power in making global governance initiatives.
Private investors will be given wider access to infrastructure construction projects under public-private partnerships as the country seeks to shore up the economic slowdown to counter a housing market downturn.
Shandong Lanxiang Senior Technical School has been known for years as one of China's largest vocational training bases for skilled workers, helped partly by its catchy promotion line: "One can turn to Shandong's Lanxiang for China's best excavator technology."
A leading State think tank said on Friday that China's annual growth target will be around 7 percent in 2015, in line with economists' forecasts that the country's economic slowdown will continue next year.
With teammates holding his arms, Ling Yun, who injured his knee while walking down a hill, hobbled across the finish line of the 'Walk for Love' soaked in sweat - but basking in the glory of his accomplishment.
Hanno D. Wentzler, the Asia regional representative for the century-old Freudenberg Group, will continue the diverse family-owned company's principle to also make it a responsible corporate citizen in China.
A farmer in western Belgium is accustomed to digging up an unusual crop along with potatoes and beets.
Need a human hamster wheel? A spaceflight? Breast implants?
The first chill of fall signals that one of nature's annual delicacies, hairy crabs, are back in season. The roe now becomes rich and reddish-orange, the meat tender and firm. Food-loving Chinese are so fond of hairy crabs that a popular folk adage goes, "When the autumn wind blows, the legs of crab itch. Smell the chrysanthemums, and savor the crabs."
A marathon run in thick smog highlights in ironic relief the plague of air pollution that is choking Chinese cities.
This year marks the 65th anniversary of the China-Czech relationship. Czechoslovakia, predecessor to the now separate Czech and Slovakian states, was among the first to acknowledge the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
Since 1993, when Alistair Michie arrived in China as the private consultant to Sir Malcolm Williamson, CEO, Standard Chartered, he has not stopped traveling in the country.
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