After premiering in mid-September, TV series Nirvana in Fire, or Langya Bang in Chinese, has become very popular among Chinese viewers. But this is not surprising because Langya Bang could also mean "The Rankings of Langya", for which Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong provinces had been competing with each other. The competition has temporarily ended with Chuzhou city in Anhui renaming the "Huifeng Pavilion" in the Mount Langya scenic area "Langya Pavilion".
Just a few days after President Xi Jinping returned from the APEC economic leaders' meeting in Manila, Premier Li Keqiang attended the 18th China-ASEAN (10+1) Summit, the 18th ASEAN Plus Three (10+3) Summit and the 10th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur.
Last Wednesday, after I had returned from covering the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, I was sitting at the table eating break fast with my son, aged 11, when he told me that the uncle of one of his classmates had been killed in the Paris attacks on Nov 13.
China is close to complete a five-year development plan for home-made robots industry, multiple sources said on Friday. The ambitious plan aims to more than double the market share of made-in-China robots to 50 percent by 2020.
Tencent Holdings Ltd is expanding its WeChat mobile payment system to stores in more than 20 countries to tap into the growing purchasing power of Chinese outbound tourists.
Stocks related in some manner to the forthcoming initial public offerings surged in Chinese stock markets on Friday, some by the 10 percent daily trading limit.
The financial authorities released more measures on Friday to further promote the development of the Beijing-based National Equities Exchange and Quotations, better known as the "New Third Board".
Bank of Qingdao Co, the Chinese lender backed by Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo SpA and an existing investor, is seeking as much as $666 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The murder of a Chinese national, along with a Norwegian citizen, by the Islamic State group is the latest atrocity committed by the terrorists. It should be condemned by all and further strengthen the shared will to eliminate terrorism.
The deaths of an elderly couple in Shanghai, who took their own lives, have once again highlighted the problems faced by many elderly residents in the country.
AT THE JUST CONCLUDED G20 summit in Turkey, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe mentioned China's maritime disputes in the East China Sea and South China Sea in bilateral talks with other leaders. Abe asked China to "demilitarize" the South China Sea at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, too. That is not a smart diplomatic habit, says an article on guancha.cn:
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