A beluga whale feeds her newborn son at Changsha UnderwaterWorld in Hunan province on Thursday - the first to be born at a Chinese aquarium. The calf is about 1.5meters long and weighs 40 kg. Themother, named Zhuoya, was in labor for five hours after a 15month pregnancy, the aquariumsaid. Zhou Qiang / For China Daily
China's top economic planner announced tough measures on Thursday to tackle air pollution by limiting vehicle emissions in an attempt to ease the national problem.
Reports in foreign media of an explosion on board China's Liaoning aircraft carrier "didn't conform with the facts", Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said at a news conference on Thursday.
One small check to a businessman, one giant leap for a meteorite: After journeys of millions of kilometers, rocks formed from the primordial soup of the solar system have landed on the walls of a Chinese showroom.
The resolution passed by the Fourth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China last week makes it clear that the aim of strengthening the rule of law is to establish socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics in the country, develop a sound system of laws and regulations, build an efficient law enforcement system, and set up a forceful monitoring and supervision mechanism.
Sweden officially recognized the State of Palestine on Thursday, becoming the first major Western European country to do so.
Phone unit purchase to help Chinese firm gain an edge in mature markets
Calligraphy artists and painters created works and piles of books were given out at the Yopark Taili Service Apartment opening ceremony on Tuesday. Organizers said the event's cultural ambience reflected the character of the apartments.
Immense brown spiders squat on orange cupcakes in a bakery window. Australian student Brian Wilson, 10, arrives at his international school with blood streaming out of a gash on his face. Skulls, some of them broken, leer menacingly from shop windows and billboard advertisements.
Newcastle United imposed more misery upon faltering Manchester City with an impressive 2-0 win at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday that dumped the holder out of the League Cup.
Highlighting new concepts, approaches and systems to combat ecological and environmental challenges, the China Ecological Civilization Forum Chengdu Annual Conference will open on Saturday in Chengdu, Sichuan province.