Belarus looks to China's example

Shenzhen, Guangdong province, was a fishing village in the late 1970s. Now, it's a booming economic powerhouse with global reach. Seeing the success, Belarus, in Eastern Europe, is determined to try its luck in repeating the feat over the next 20 years.

Russian companies seek new financing

Russian companies are diversifying their channels of finance and increasingly seeking loans from China as they face sweeping US and EU sanctions amid the Ukraine crisis.

China seeks cooperation with India for sea mining

With quickening oceanic development and increasing mineral exploration in the Indian Ocean, China is eager to cooperate with India on deep seabed mining, according to the China Ocean Mineral Resource R&D Association.

Sichuan to try quake insurance program

Fu Mingquan, a resident of Longmen, Sichuan province, was glad to learn that earthquake insurance covering houses would be available on a trial basis in areas prone to quakes.

China pledges continued help as Nepal rebuilds

A senior official has pledged that China will continue to help Nepal in its post-earthquake reconstruction.

Errant officials to be penalized for pollution

Government officials found responsible for environmental pollution will be held accountable beyond their terms of office, according to a new national guideline.

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Preserving the past to finance the future

In the mountainous Southwestern region of Zhejiang province lies Songyang, a county containing more than 100 traditional villages whose geographical isolation has preserved their traditional charm and maintained a style of farming that has been used for centuries.

Protection plan or white elephant?

I've visited many counties and villages where the local tourism bureaus were eager to show off their big projects.

Ex-villager returns to open businesses

Tibet's biggest land port, Khasa, has lifted many border residents out of poverty over the past three decades and brought even more opportunities for them to improve their quality of life.

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5 more netted in abduction

Mainland police arrested five more people over the past two days on suspicion of involvement in Hong Kong's biggest kidnapping-for-ransom case in 17 years.