Beijing will "substantially cut back" on market access restrictions for foreign investment and build an economy with an even higher level of openness, President Xi Jinping told a regional business gathering on Wednesday amid global concerns over the country's slowing growth.
The Tibetan Plateau is turning green, as the high altitude amplifies the effects of global warming, according to a climate change report published on Wednesday by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
China is conducting tests on its largest and most powerful rocket, the Long March 5, at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan province, with plans to make the first launch before the end of next year, a senior space official said.
Gunfire and explosions shook the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis early on Wednesday as French police surrounded a building where a Belgian Islamist militant suspected of masterminding last week's attacks in the French capital was believed to be holed up.
President Xi Jinping arrived in Manila on Tuesday to attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, with the agenda expected to focus on regional economic integration and to stay away from the South China Sea issue.
China's struggling inbound tourism industry has seen three years of decline in visits by overseas tourists and is unlikely to meet the overall goal set by the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15), industry insiders warned.
The Israel Antiquities Authority unveiled a 1,700-year-old mosaic floor on Monday that archaeologists found last year while building a visitors' center meant to display another mosaic that had been discovered two decades earlier at the same location.
Chinese police have uncovered a major international underground online gambling ring, arresting 90 suspects and smashing more than 500 gambling websites that solicited 1 million people to gamble, the Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday.
Twenty years after iconic singer Teresa Teng died of an asthma attack, her fame is far from abating, and a biographical television series reportedly is in the works between Taiwan producers and those on the Chinese mainland.
President Xi Jinping has pledged to seek collective efforts to give new impetus to the global economy and deliver a fruitful G20 summit next year in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, by working with the member states in an open, transparent and inclusive manner.
Despite the planned universal two-child policy, many young couples are reluctant to have a second child because of concerns including the possibility of a lower standard of living, a survey has found.
Police conducted raids in search of suspected Islamist militants across France and in Belgium overnight following the Paris attacks, and a source close to the investigation said that a Belgian national in Syria was suspected of orchestrating Friday's mayhem.
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