China will push for the implementation of a code of conduct for the South China Sea - a document that will lessen the risk of escalating tensions in the area - but experts said such an agreement faces obstacles, at least in the short term.
Pianist Lang Lang grabbed the prestigious German Bambi award on Thursday in Berlin, becoming the first Chinese to receive the honor.
Archaeologists are holding their breath that a skeleton found in a mysterious, richly-decorated tomb from the time of Alexander the Great will solve the riddle of whom ancient Greece's biggest burial mound was built for.
Beijing plans to phase out around 1million vehicles with low emission standards, a move toward allowing residents to enjoy the same good air quality experienced during the recent APEC meeting.
Beijing and Washington strove to narrow differences by reaching landmark agreements on Wednesday on a flurry of issues that had remained points of tension between them.
· China and the US announced an action plan on greenhouse gas emissions. China will aim to cap emissions by 2030, while the US will cut total emissions by more than a quarter by 2025.
Many of the lessons China learned during the SARS out-break in the early 2000s have subsequently been applied to the management of infectious diseases such as the ongoing Ebola outbreak, despite the low probability of the disease becoming widespread in the country, according to Bernhard Schwartlander, the World Health Organization's representative in China.
China should develop a new-generation heavy-lift launch system that is even more powerful than the Long March 5, which is under development and will send the nation's manned space station in to orbit, industry insiders have urged.
European scientists launched a probe from the spaceship Rosetta on Wednesday in a historic attempt to examine the surface of a comet, starting a seven-hour descent that is seen as the most difficult phase of a 10-year mission.
In what Chinese President Xi Jinping called a "historic step", Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members agreed on Tuesday to launch an effort to build a regional free trade framework.
· Adopted two documents: "The 22nd APEC Economic Leaders' Declaration: Beijing Agenda for an Integrated, Innovative and Interconnected Asia-Pacific" and "Statement on the 25 th Anniversary of APEC: Shaping the Future through Asia-Pacific Partner ship".
US President Barack Obama, onhis first visit to China since 2009, went on a relaxed stroll with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in Zhong nanhai, the area of Beijing known as the heart of the government.
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