China announced 80 major public infrastructure projects on Wednesday to arrest the economy's slowdown while experimenting with wider access for private and overseas investors.
Beijing is adamantly opposed to the Diaoyu Islands being placed under the US-Japan defense treaty, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
More than 20 countries from the Pacific region unanimously approved a landmark maritime agreement on Tuesday to reduce the chances of miscommunication or the potential for situations to arise that could lead to conflict in busy sea lanes.
Tens of thousands of workers continued a weeklong strike on Tuesday over what they claimed were underpaid social security benefits by a major shoemaker in Dongguan, Guangdong province.
Major projects to ensure power supply in coastal areas, boost economic growth
Reductions made in line with Party's frugality drive, finance ministry says
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday at the age of 87, was arguably the most-read contemporary foreign writer in China in more than three decades.
The surge in urban housing prices may end soon, as the latest industry data show weaker sales and price rises, according to specialists.
Pollutants in more than 16 percent of Chinese soil exceed national standards, an official report said on Thursday.
20 confirmed dead; search ongoing for more than 270 passengers
Nearly 300 people remained missing on Wednesday night after a ferry sank off the Republic of Korea in the morning, the Coast Guard said, in what could be the country's biggest peacetime disaster in nearly 20 years.
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