Public housing programs to be available early on

Housing reforms will be launched in Xiongan New Area to attract talent, and affordable public housing programs will be available in the early phases, according to people familiar with the project.

What they say

I got the news about Xiongan New Area from my father. He told me that we will move into high-rise buildings in no more than 10 years. I am excited about that. I have never left Xiongan and have only seen skyscrapers on TV. I am looking forward to life in a high-rise. My hometown will certainly be very beautiful in the future. It will be covered by forests and boast skyscrapers.

Ground Force hones combat capability

The People's Liberation Army Ground Force is making efforts to improve its combat readiness and capability.

Three arrested for imperial tomb theft

Three people are in police custody in Beijing for stealing a pair of 400-year-old candleholders from the Ming imperial tombs, local authorities said on Saturday. The suspects - two people from Beijing and one from Central China's Henan province - have been implicated in organized relic theft, Beijing police said.

Baidu, hospital sued over ad after woman's death

Baidu is facing fresh accusations of publishing misleading advertising after the death of a woman who had surgery at a hospital she found using the tech giant's search engine.

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Xi: Differences will be handled constructively

President Xi Jinping said that China and the United States "will take constructive ways to handle differences and sensitive issues to make people of the two nations have more sense of achievement in the development of China-US ties".

Trade disputes 'would not alter' investment deal

Negotiations for a bilateral investment treaty between China and the United States will not be obstructed or delayed by trade disputes because both nations are under pressure to stimulate their economies, officials and experts said.

CRRC helping to upgrade US subways

China Railroad Rolling Stock Corp is expanding rapidly in the United States, and local communities will benefit, officials said.

Chamber says door open for investors

US businesses in China think trade between Washington and Beijing "creates benefits for all" and that the US government and people remain open to Chinese investment, said Kenneth Jarrett, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

Talks create opportunity for more two-way financial liberalization

Talks between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump this week have raised hopes for further two-way liberalization of the financial markets and strengthened coordination of monetary and financial policies between Beijing and Washington, analysts said.

Dynamics of new era

Images from President Xi Jinping's trip to Florida and the Mar-a-Lago resort in the United States, where he and his US counterpart Donald Trump meet to get better acquainted and to discuss Sino-US relations