Chinese men are spending more on their appearance and many believe that looking good can lead to better jobs, latest employment surveys show.
China's consumption will be a decisive factor in achieving the country's next five-year economic growth targets, as its contribution to GDP will continue to increase, a senior policymaker said on Monday.
China will work to lift 70.17 million rural residents out of poverty in the next five years in order to achieve the goal of building a moderately prosperous society by 2020, an official told foreign diplomats on Monday.
China could decouple its economic growth from its carbon footprint by putting greater emphasis on transition to renewable energies and the improvement of energy efficiency, said the head of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Additional work is needed for Beijing to meet the standards set by the World Health Organization for PM10 and PM2.5, according to a United Nations report released on Monday.
A sharp downturn in imports in the first 10 months of the year highlights the need to streamline regulation, trade specialists said on Sunday.
The curtain fell on the landmark meeting between Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore on Saturday.
Alibaba may be set to make a major foray into the media and entertainment industries.
Four in every 1,000 children aged 6 to 12 in China have autism, an incidence that experts say is higher than expected.
An acoustic guitar that John Lennon used to record and write Love Me Do, I Want to Hold Your Hand and other hit songs sold for $2.4 million at auction.
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