Smoking-related diseases are on track to claim more than 200 million lives in China this century, a World Health Organization/United Nations Development Programme joint report warns. Most of these deaths will occur in China's poorest and most vulnerable communities unless critical steps are taken to reduce the country's dependency on tobacco.
China is willing to push forward the development of more balanced economic and trade ties with the United States, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday in response to US President Donald Trump's decision to not label China as a currency manipulator.
Britain hopes to provide services across a range of sectors to aid expansion of the Chinese project. Angus McNeice reports from London.
The first Chinese giant pandas to travel to the Netherlands arrived this week, galvanizing the nation and delighting a crowd at the airport.
China remained the world's largest exporter in 2016, shipping 13.84 trillion yuan ($2.1 trillion) worth of goods and accounting for 13.2 percent of worldwide exports, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
MOSCOW - Russia and the United States agreed on Wednesday to keep fighting international terrorism and continue discussions on resolving the Syrian conflict despite turbulent relations and a string of pending disputes between the two countries.
It's smart of Tsinghua University to make BA candidates pass a swimming test before they get their degree.
Item from April 14, 1998, in China Daily: A national education program aiming to help teenagers to better deal with puberty was launched yesterday in Beijing.
China plans to solidify the foundation for growth by accelerating investment that addresses gaps in the economy. The announcement came as positive economic signs emerged for the first quarter.
Injections of government money will improve infrastructure in the Xiongan New Area to attract talented people and create an ideal destination for high-end innovative industries, the nation's top economic regulator said on Thursday.