China plans to raise the quality and standards for consumer goods through more market-oriented efforts and by adopting a wider range of global standards over the next five years, as part of the country's structural reform and to boost consumer confidence.
China announced a State-level plan on Thursday to curb antimicrobial resistance, high-lighting the first multisector effort involving 14 ministries and agencies, including health, agriculture, food and drug, and environmental protection.
Beijing confirmed on Thursday that China will hold joint military exercises in September involving Australia and the United States, in addition to its joint naval drill with Russia in the South China Sea next month.
"I was a teenager when I won the gold eight years ago. Now I am a father of two already. It makes me more motivated and determined. I feel calm and powerful when I think of my family."
China opposes the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear development program, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday after an annual meeting with counterparts from Japan and the Republic of Korea.
At least 73 people were killed and thousands left homeless after a magnitude-6.2 earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns in central Italy on Wednesday, trapping residents under piles of rubble.
The Chinese Weightlifting Association said on Wednesday it was shocked by news that three Chinese lifters were among 15 who have failed retesting of their samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Expatriates are worried that authorities in Shanghai may remove road direction signs in English.
The forfeiture of assets worth $31 million from a Chinese-born economic crime fugitive in New Zealand is a primary achievement in cooperation between police in the two countries, Chinese officials said on Wednesday.
China has a thing for glass-bottom footbridges, which seem to be gleefully constructed with the intention of frightening visitors while at the same time reassuring them all is well.
Item from Aug 25, 1988, in China Daily: Police officers and an Industry and Commerce Administration agent load a confiscated tricycle onto a truck in Beijing. ...
In 2005, a man in Sichuan province withdrew his 10-year-old daughter from a public school in favor of home schooling. Eleven years on, she is still unable to pass the middle school exam, sparking criticism.
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