Mr President, Mr Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates and Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter's recent remark on the South China Sea issue has again prompted many to wonder whether the self-proclaimed "Anchor of Peace" of the world is really keen on seeing calm waters.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party of China's top discipline watchdog, has started posting the confessions of corrupt officials on its website. The confessions of former officials under arrest or serving sentences, which have become popular among netizens, offer some vivid details of their misdeeds and subtle variations in their thoughts.
On March 28, 1959, the Chinese central government announced the dissolution of Tibet's local government after the latter staged an armed rebellion in order to retain the politico-religious serfdom in the region, and established the Tibet autonomous region organizing committee.
Will the United States revert to protectionist policies to perpetuate its hegemony or stick to the principle of free trade at the risk of suffering relative decline?
Longjing, or Dragon Well, tea, is grown in Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang province, and is believed to have been introduced to the country by the Buddhist monks of Fajing Temple. The monks follow a long and rigorous process to make the tea, beginning with the blessing, cleansing, picking and drying of the leaves.
World leaders on Friday welcomed a framework nuclear agreement clinched between major powers and Iran, saying it paves the way for a final comprehensive pact by the end of June.
Kenya's interior minister vowed on Friday that the country would not bow to terrorist threats, a day after the massacre of 147 students by al-Qaida-linked Shebab fighters from Somalia.
German prosecutors said on Thursday they believed the co-pilot who crashed a Germanwings plane in the French Alps last week had searched on a computer for ways to commit suicide shortly before the crash which killed 150 people.
A legendary store where Soviet children once flocked to snap up the latest toys has reopened in Moscow after massive, if controversial, renovations as a glitzy mall boasting "the biggest of everything".
An Albanian lawmaker from the ruling coalition was arrested on Thursday on murder charges filed in Belgium, the latest twist in a political scandal involving allegations of contract killings, false testimony and police cover-ups.
The International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission remains positive that Beijing is capable of hosting a successful Winter Olympics in 2022 despite concerns about serious air pollution.
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