In the 1970s, China anchored the construction of the Tazara railway linking Tanzania and Zambia - a project that greatly boosted the two countries' economies. A little more than 40 years later, a new episode of railway history was written, again with a Chinese helping hand, as East Africa's first modern electrified standard gauge railway was inaugurated on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Global economic growth is subdued and could fuel more protectionism, according to a report released on Tuesday by the International Monetary Fund.
More delivery services catering to the nutrition-conscious are arising in big cities
Box office revenue in China declined sharply during the first three days of the National Day holiday compared with last year. It was the first plunge of holiday ticket sales in five years.
China's tourist market welcomed double-digit rises in tourist numbers on the first three days of the National Day holiday, as the National Tourism Administration forecast a record number of trips would be made during the holiday period.
China's first aviation theme park will open to the public soon, according to Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nation's leading aircraft maker.
Emily Chen's experiences at a private boarding school in the United States have had nothing but positive results. It has been the opposite for some other young Chinese children attending US middle schools, spurring negative headlines and creating a stereotype of "rich, idle and reckless", Chang Jun reports in San Francisco.
A Syracuse University student from China was found dead on Sept 30, the victim of an apparent homicide, in DeWitt, New York, according to authorities.
In the past four days, local governments in nine cities have announced new restrictions on property purchases, designed to dampen speculative buying and curb soaring prices.
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries about how cells break down and recycle parts of themselves in an internal garbage disposal process.
China's success in reducing poverty has driven global alleviations efforts, and could set an example for the rest of the world, according to a senior official at the World Bank.
Who would have thought coming up with a name for a baby could be a money-making affair?
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