Chinese equities plunged on Monday by nearly 8.5 percent, the worst single-day decline in eight years, rekindling investors' fears of a "double dip" after the benchmark index suffered a massive 30 percent loss in June and early July.
Chinese property giant Dalian Wanda is at the center of a fiery public and political debate in Spain over its plans to demolish an iconic building in central Madrid.
Steel mills in Beijing and neighboring regions will be shut down or reduce production starting in late August to guarantee quality air for the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on Sept 3.
The bad news is that the world will end; the good news is that it won't happen for more than 1 billion years, not long after my trusty new washing machine has finished its last rinse cycle and the Beijing property bubble has burst.
Item from July 28, 1992, in China Daily: Fu Mingxia, 13, became the country's youngest Olympic gold medalist yesterday when she won the women's 10-meter platform event at the 25th Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Following NASA's recent announcement of the discovery of an Earth-like planet, many stargazers in China have expressed the belief that alien life exists.
China's central bank and other government agencies have vowed to step up efforts to combat money laundering, following recent high-profile cases.
Xu Gang, a former vice-governor of Fujian and the highest-ranking official in the province to be investigated for corruption since 2012, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and is likely to be prosecuted.
Shaolin Temple in Henan province has condemned an online attack against its abbot last week as slander and has turned to the police for help.
A logo marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) and the end of World War II has been revealed by the Chinese government.
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