President Xi Jinping greets his Tajikistani counterpart, Emomali Rahmon, at a welcoming ceremony on Thursday outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Wu Zhiyi / China Daily
The 19th Communist Party of China National Congress will convene in Beijing on Oct 18.
A circular issued on Tuesday by education authorities in Shaanxi province quickly attracted public attention as it laid down guidelines for judging whether college students come "from poor families" - a precondition for financial aid.
A new school year is beginning in the United States, and as recently arrived international students adjust to the campus environment, security experts are offering tips to help them stay safe.
Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking by far its highest budget for fiscal 2018 beginning next April, which, if approved, will be the sixth consecutive increase in the country's defense expenditure, reflecting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's penchant for military expansion. The proposed 2.5 percent hike will raise the budget to 5.26 trillion yen ($48 billion), which the ministry says is needed to pay for upgraded missile interceptors, six F-35 stealth fighters, four V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, and new naval vessels, including a submarine and two compact warships.
NAIROBI, Kenya - Tanzania is set to launch the world's largest drone delivery network in January, with drones parachuting blood and medicines out of the skies to save the lives of women giving birth and children struck by malaria, in a country larger than Nigeria.
MEXICO CITY - After days of threats from US President Donald Trump to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement, negotiators get down to business on Friday at the second round of talks aimed at revamping it.
China's manufacturing sector activity, measured by the Purchasing Managers' Index, continued to improve in August, and analysts said the rising index shows the economy remains on track and the country may register stable growth in the third quarter.
Competition in China's bacteria-free paper-packing market has become more intense, with the consumption upgrade driving a rapid change in the market and the rise of domestic players.
One afternoon in 2004, Chinese writer Jia Pingwa received his primary school classmate Liu Shuzhen at his home in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Liu, a farmer from a poor village in Shaanxi, had tried to visit Jia before, but Jia was out then.
NEW YORK - Stephon Marbury had to wipe away tears after sharing a surprising, emotional hug with New York University freshman Sheng Kang Zhou on Wednesday.