China will accelerate the construction of a 1,629-kilometer Sichuan-Tibet railway starting this year, heads of the two regions' governments confirmed.
Chinese and Indonesian authorities dismissed on Friday reports that construction of Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway had been halted, saying the project is ongoing.
A Canadian citizen has been charged with prying into and stealing State secrets, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday.
The United States marked the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger with a pledge to remember lost astronauts as it presses on toward Mars.
A series of re-enactments by school children of some the world's most famous paintings, from Munch's The Scream to Van Gogh's Self-Portrait, has became a sensation on social networking platforms.
Recently, various Chinese media organizations published lists of their picks for the best books in 2015. The online giant Tencent has joined hands with China Publishing & Media Journal to release a list focusing solely on original Chinese works.
Figures released on Friday showed how the slowing economy has taken its toll on China's collection of taxes and fees in 2015, which registered the slowest expansion pace in 28 years.
China must overcome hesitancy on the part of both municipal governments and rural residents in order to boost the numbers of migrants settling in cities, the country's top economic planner said.
Beijing urges Washington to "be cautious in words and actions in regard to the Diaoyu Islands issue", the Ministry of National Defense said on Friday, a stern warning over recent remarks by a top United States Navy official.
China may be at risk of being affected by the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is spreading in the Americas, but the possibility of it spreading here is low as there are fewer mosquitoes in winter and spring, the country's top health authority said on Friday.
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