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.
An inmate who escaped from a prison in northern Guangdong province on Saturday morning has been captured after about 29 hours.
Kim Bok-soon disliked her nose and fantasized about getting it fixed after learning of the Korean superstition that an upturned nose makes it harder to hold on to riches.
China's TV watchdog released tougher regulations for foreign TV shows available on online streaming sites, raising concerns among Chinese fans and the online video industry.
Anti-graft officials confiscated currencies worth more than 200 million yuan ($32 million) from the house of a former energy official, a senior official at the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Friday.
China has highlighted the importance of Afghan self-governance and aid for the country amid the withdrawal of Western forces.
Much of the plot in the Chinese folktale about a white snake spirit falling in love with a human takes place in water, including the trans-species encounter in drizzle and a torrential flood being whipped up to rescue the human husband.
Emerging Asian nations are finding out what developed ones discovered years ago: Money - and the stuff it buys - brings happiness, or at least satisfaction.
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.
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