One of China's richest men has bought a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece for nearly $62 million, reports said on Wednesday, becoming the latest tycoon to make an eyebrow-raising art purchase.
Republicans stormed to victory in US midterm elections on Tuesday, thumping rival Democrats to clinch control of both houses of Congress and assuring a fractious final two years for Barack Obama's presidency.
The investigation into Zhou Yongkang, China's former security chief, will take some time, and the central government is committed to publicizing the result in a timely manner, a senior official said on Wednesday.
A Chinese-led consortium has won the bid to build Mexico's first high-speed train project, the first overseas use of Chinese bullet trains.
This year, the family of Rakesh Pillai, a bank employee, fulfilled a long-held aspiration. After hauling themselves around on bicycles and scooters all their lives, they bought a white Suzuki Wagon R, one of India's best-selling compact cars.
China has proposed cutting by more than half the number of sectors restricted or off limits to foreign investors.
The top US food safety authority will dispatch more inspectors to China to help ensure the quality of exports, making its China office the largest one overseas, according to a senior US official.
China will set up a new anti-graft authority under the Supreme People's Procuratorate to streamline the campaign to fight corruption, Deputy Procurator-General Qiu Xueqiang said on Monday.
The economy will not be given a massive government stimulus in the face of slowing growth, Premier Li Keqiang signaled at a symposium in Beijing on Monday, instead pinning his hopes on a quicker pace of reform.
With better air quality and a shorter rush hour, everything seems good so far in Beijing as the capital prepares to host the APEC meeting.
Daredevil Nik Wallenda wowed the world with back-to-back walks on a tightrope between Chicago skyscrapers without a safety net or a harness, performing one of them blindfolded, as a crowd gasped and cheered.
China's risk of a mass Ebola outbreak is quite slim, given the nation's capacity for epidemic detection and control, said a high-ranking public health official.
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