Mei Renyi, a Chinese pioneer in American studies, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Beijing on Friday by the US-China Education Trust and the American Studies Network.
Xu Xiang, known in China as "Hedge Fund Brother No 1" and three managers from Citic Securities have been formally arrested on insider trading charges.
Relations between China and Japan are "gradually recovering but remain very fragile", senior official Liu Yunshan told a visiting delegation of Japanese lawmakers on Friday.
Hammond makes the first trip by top British official to the island since 1959 revolution
Large parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef will likely be dead by the mid 2030s as climate change drives the frequency and intensity of mass coral bleaching events, Australian scientists warned on Friday.
It's a big day for nine-year-old Nepali schoolgirl Riddhima Shrestha and her three-year-old sister, Ishita, as they dress up in silk brocade and gold jewellery, preparing to wed a Hindu god.
The Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Friday sentenced a Republic of Korea-born US citizen to 10 years of hard labor for alleged subversion and espionage activities.
Foxes' fairytale run has sparked flurry of fan interest
More young people 'less willing' to do heavy labor, although construction wages are higher
A restaurant boss who failed to pay 133 workers 807,000 yuan ($124,000) has been sentenced to two years in jail and fined 50,000 yuan.
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