Premier Li Keqiang promised on Monday to help group 11 provincial-level entities into the largest development network in China - an economic belt along the 1,800-kilometer "golden waterway" of the Yangtze River.
Developing new regional economic belts was described as a strategic step in this year's Government Work Report.
Obama backs Manila's decision to seek int'l arbitration of territorial dispute
Subic Bay is on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, the Philippines, 100 km northwest of Manila Bay. It had been the site of US naval base Subic Bay, a major maritime facility. It is now an industrial and commercial area, the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
Chinese stocks saw a sharp drop on Monday after the securities regulator said it will resume reviewing IPO applications following an 18-month moratorium.
A park in Zhejiang province is drawing some worldwide attention for the design of its public toilets, which made it onto a list of the world's 10 best.
Queen of Denmark Margrethe II's five-day trip to China continued with a special arrangement on Sunday: She became the first sitting head of a state to visit the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall.
South Korea's prime minister resigned on Sunday, blaming corruption and "deep-rooted evil" for the sinking of a passenger ferry that left 300 people dead or missing, as anger grows over the response to the tragedy.
China's top media authority has ordered the nation's major video websites to remove four high-profile American TV series from their sites.
Documents refute right-wing denials of war crimes, Chinese experts say
President Xi Jinping has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for the fourth consecutive year.
Policy fine-tuning was proposed on Friday to prevent the economy from slowing further after top decision-makers reviewed economic performance in the first quarter.
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