Chinese companies are feeling the chill from the rouble crisis, with automobile and food trading firms aching the most.
China is to boost its presence in the Balkans and funnel exports to Europe through a "corridor" linking Beijing with the continent via the Mediterranean.
President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang extended their condolences on Wednesday over the Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan that left 132 children and 16 others dead.
US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday a "new chapter" has been opened in Washington's ties with Cuba, saying it is time to end an "outdated approach" that has failed to move relations forward.
The United States, Canada and Australia are committed to cooperating with China on tracking down fugitives and confiscating their illegally acquired assets, China's top disciplinary watchdog said on Wednesday.
At least 130 people were killed in a bloody Taliban raid on an army-run school in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday.
A former billionaire accused of bribing the ex-railways minister to obtain business illegally was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined 2.5 billion yuan ($404 million) on Tuesday.
Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court has taken charge of hearing the cases involving ex-railways officials, and has sentenced three people.
The irresistible attractions of online shopping are enticing Asian women into the bedroom late in the evening.
Chinese property developer Greenland Holding Group has broken ground for a project that could be the largest real estate development plan in New York City for 20 years.
A court in northern China cleared a man on Monday of the rape and murder of a woman in a public toilet 18 years after he was executed for the crimes.
· Anhui farmer Zhang Hui and his uncle Zhang Gaoping were convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 2003. The case was overturned in 2013 for lack of evidence. They were each awarded 1.1 million yuan ($180,000) in compensation.
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