Vowing to conduct a review and internal reform, Taiwan's former ruling Kuomintang party held an extraordinary congress on Monday to appoint Huang Min-hui acting chairwoman, following the resignation of KMT chairman Eric Chu after losing the island's leadership election on Saturday.
A Chinese-operated cargo ship rescued a 72-year-old solo French sailor after his navigation equipment broke down in the Caribbean and he drifted without food or water.
Gui Minhai, a Hong Kong bookseller hyped as "missing" by overseas media, had already turned himself in to police on the Chinese mainland in October 2015, after fleeing more than 10 years ago while on probation for drunken driving.
A new desalination system that can produce more than 60,000 liters of fresh water a day has recently been put into operation on Guishan, an island in the Zhuhai special economic zone, Guangdong province.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will be a 21st-century multilateral lender with rigorous corporate culture, its first president said on Sunday.
Major principles and policies concerning Taiwan are consistent and clear, and will not change after the results of the island's elections held on Saturday, according to the mainland's Taiwan affairs authority.
Chinese publishers are seeking a hat-trick - hoping their books this year will replicate the extraordinary success of two Chinese works in international markets last year.
Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc delivered a boost to the high-tech sector in Guizhou province on Sunday by pledging a major investment.
As China strides boldly into the 21st century, taking its rightful place as history's next great superpower, it still lacks one ubiquitous symbol of progress and prosperity: a decent cigar for the masses.
Item from Jan 18, 1983, in China Daily: Bird's eye view ... another new building takes shape in west Beijing.
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