Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, congratulated Eric Chu on his election as chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang on Saturday.
China's home-price decline continued to ease in December, as fewer cities saw falling prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
Ma Jian investigated for suspected serious violation of discipline and laws, anti-graft watchdog announces
Ji Jianye, former mayor of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, went on trial on Friday for allegedly receiving bribes of 11.32 million yuan ($1.82 million).
Twenty-two people, including eight foreigners, were still missing on Friday after a tugboat sank a day earlier on the Yangtze River in Jiangsu province.
Marriages between Hong Kong women and mainland men have reached an all-time high.
Geese that migrate over the Himalayas hug the terrain as they fly, riding the peaks and valleys like the climbs and dips of a roller coaster, researchers have discovered.
Public activities on Beijing's streets always gather a crowd. In the picture above, a man teaches a boy to keep goal in 1981. The crowd around them reflects the widespread enthusiasm for soccer that existed then. An interest in soccer still thrives, but many rival sports have taken root in China as a result of the reform and opening-up process. The photo on the right, taken in 2005 in Beijing's Wangfujing area, shows a group of young people fascinated by a dis play of skateboarding, a popular import from California.
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