China is determined to protect its territory, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, as Japan warned that it would send patrols to demand that Chinese naval vessels leave waters near the Diaoyu Islands.
The Republic of Korea's chief nuclear negotiator plans to meet with his US and Japanese counterparts in Seoul on Wednesday before meeting China's nuclear envoy in Beijing the next day.
Layoffs in industries plagued by overcapacity are expected to reach 3 million in the next one or two years, according to a Chinese investment bank.
The white-collar job market deteriorated at the end of last year despite a slight recovery in the first half of the year, according to a report released on Tuesday.
China has reshuffled its top armed forces agency, the Central Military Commission, as President Xi Jinping accelerates the massive, multilevel reform of the People's Liberation Army.
The national environmental watchdog has declared that boosting efforts to cut air pollution in northern China, especially winter smog from the burning of coal, is a mission for this year.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the latest episode of the legendary science-fiction movie series, earned more than $33 million in its Saturday debut in China, ranking third in history only after Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
The universal two-child policy is expected to add more than 30 million people to China's working-age population by 2050, helping the nation to curb a looming labor shortage, said a senior family planning official.
The Chinese stock market suffered another heavy loss on Monday, extending the sell-off that began with the market's worst-ever start of a year, amid investors' intensified concerns about the slowing economy and the government's capability to manage the market.
Presidential campaign politics took a back seat this past week in the United States as the nation was gripped by get-rich-quick fever.
Item from Jan 12, 1996, in China Daily: The first Boeing 777 in China's civil fleet stands at Beijing's airport after its maiden flight from Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. China Southern Airlines is now the fourth in the world to own a Boeing 777, the world's largest wide-bodied jet airliner.
Many Chinese motorists put safety as the top priority in car purchases, followed by vehicle brand, according to the latest auto sector studies.
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