The unanimous passage of a resolution by the UN Security Council on Dec 18 supporting a peace process to end the civil war in Syria could facilitate talks between the Syrian government and opposition forces in early January possibly leading to a ceasefire.
Having been wrongfully convicted of poisoning the food in a kindergarten and killing one of the children in her care, her acquittal on Monday after 13 years in prison was both a happy and sad event for Qian Renfeng.
There will no longer be any legal obstacle to the implementation of a universal two-child policy, if the draft amendment to the family planning law is approved by the top legislature by Sunday.
THE GOVERNMENT in the United Kingdom recently shut the country's last deep coal mine, which has been hailed as progress in the move toward clean energy.
CHINESE ACTRESS Li Bingbing reportedly suffered a high fever in Australia for more than half a month, and had to fly back to China for medical treatment because the local hospital failed to diagnose her illness.
LU ZHIQIANG, a Fudan University alumnus and the founder of China Oceanwide Holdings Group, donated 700 million yuan ($100.8 million) to the university through the Oceanwide Foundation on Monday.
China's economic slowdown in 2015 will have important consequences for countries in the region and beyond.
Beijing has issued two red alerts against air pollution in two weeks.
The United Arab Emirates is founded on the principles of peace, tolerance, dialogue and openness towards other cultures.
After spending two years getting to understand each other's respective positions, the leaderships of China and the European Union are determined to seek synergies in each other's mega-projects, Beijing and London have pledged to form a global strategic partnership and, Beijing and Paris worked together to reach a historic deal on climate change.
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