The purchasing power of workers in Shanghai and Beijing is growing closer to that in many European cities, according to a report published on Thursday by United Bank of Switzerland AG, a global financial services company.
Wang Tianpu, former general manager of oil giant China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China for alleged corruption and other violations of Party discipline.
HIV infection rates among infants born to HIV-positive women in China have dropped by more than 80 percent in the past decade due to effective intervention, says a report by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Relatives of a villager who was burned to death in his home during a government demolition attempt reacted with anger and disbelief after a preliminary official investigation said the fire was started by the villager himself.
Asian media leaders said on Thursday they will build an "information Silk Road" to help communicate the benefits the Belt and Road Initiative will bring.
The value of the Belt and Road Initiative lies not only in that it creates a new approach of cooperation against the backdrop of economic globalization, but also in that it includes other countries' own strategies and promotes mutual prosperity.
Caked in a thick layer of dark green gunk, the concrete pile almost merges with the green landscape.
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of special reports to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
The eight years she spent in the Eastern coastal cities of Xiamen and Shenzhen are among Adila Alet's most precious memories, but she never forgot her hometown in the country's far west.
Xu Fenglin fell in love with Kashgar the moment he arrived in 2012. "I immediately began persuading my family to move here with me, and we are now officially residents," he said.
One man's story is of overarching importance in the history of modern Xinjiang; that of Wang Zhen (1908-93), who led the People's Liberation Army forces that took the region from the Kuomintang government, not by force, but by negotiating a peaceful liberation deal in 1949.
The value of an old name is difficult to measure. The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps may sound like a quaint setup to outsiders, but in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the nickname "Bingtuan" is heard almost everywhere, every day.
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