E-commerce giant Alibaba has turned an obscure Chinese holiday into the country's biggest shopping event. Now, it is striving to take the success of Singles' Day global by tapping foreign brands and overseas customers.
A South Korean ferry captain was sentenced on Tuesday to 36 years in prison for negligence and abandoning passengers when his ship sank earlier this year, but the court acquitted him of homicide, concluding there was no proof he knew his actions would cause the more than 300 deaths that shocked and outraged the country.
President Xi Jinping said the establishment of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific will consolidate regional economic integration and is compatible with existing regional free trade arrangements.
China and the Republic of Korea concluded substantive negotiations on a free trade agreement on Monday, a step closer to reducing trade barriers between the two nations and boosting integration in the Asia-Pacific region.
President Xi Jinping called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday to acknowledge his country's wartime history and embark on trust-building measures.
China's president offered the world a vision of an "Asia-Pacific dream" on Sunday, saying China's economy will bring huge opportunities and benefits to the region and the world.
· Acting in the spirit of the Asia-Pacific community and out of a sense of shared destinies, following the trend of peace, development and mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly working for the prosperity and progress of the region.
President Xi Jinping on Sunday voiced support for Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and his government's efforts to safeguard the rule of law and maintain social order in Hong Kong.
Beijing and Moscow netted another two giant energy agreements on Sunday, including one to help start early construction of the west route of the China-Russia natural gas pipeline.
A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air ticket to the right woman. But restrictions apply. You must be named Elizabeth Gallagher and have a Canadian passport.
Thousands of years ago, a persistent man named Yu Gong planned to take decades to improve connectivity by removing mountains near his house with hand tools.
Trade ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Meeting have agreed to officially start work on creating a regional free trade area, Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng said on Saturday.
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