Among the 17 dead in an explosion and fire at a restaurant in East China's Anhui province at around noon on Saturday, 14 were students ages 15 to 20, local authorities said.
A shortage of Chinese language teachers has become an increasingly urgent problem worldwide, as more and more countries and regions have established frequent and close trade and personnel exchanges with China, according to participants at the Eighth Global Fujian Fellow Convention.
China will conduct comprehensive and systematic assessments of the fallout from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a broad agreement between 12 Pacific Rim countries, including Japan and the United States, since it believes that such deals have disruptive effects on non-signatory nations, a top government official said.
President Xi Jinping sent a message to DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un on Friday as a senior Chinese official arrived in Pyongyang to attend the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Scientists say they have extracted ancient DNA from the skull of a man buried in the highlands of Ethiopia 4,500 years ago that supports the theory that Eurasian farmers migrated to Africa some 3,000 years ago.
Without intervention and cessation, roughly one in three of all young men in China would end up dying from smoking-related diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular conditions, according to new research published in the medical journal The Lancet.
Du Runsheng, generally honored as China's "father of rural reform", passed away on Friday in Beijing at the age of 102, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Many travelers look forward to visiting the Great Wall during autumn. China Daily selects three scenic spots that offer different views, all of them spectacular.
China and India have agreed to enhance trust to maintain peace and stability along the border region after "deep and candid" communications at a meeting, said a Chinese spokeswoman.
Premier Li Keqiang called for an early start to a Beijing-backed rail project running through Thailand during his meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on Friday.
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