KUNMING - As more traditional houses are replaced by high-rise residential buildings, the tile cat, an ancestral rooftop guardian of the Chinese people, is fast disappearing.
In the 1980s, two self-taught students sit where they can find space in Shanghai's Fuxing Park to prepare for the college entrance exam.
The Yangtze-Volga mechanism that links areas along the two major rivers in China and Russia, respectively, is working effectively, State Councilor Yang Jiechi said on Friday. It plays a positive role in promoting ties and cooperation between the nations, Yang said.
The central bank announced measures on Friday to support the establishment of five green finance pilot zones, a move to help upgrade the industrial structure and honor commitments under the framework of the Paris climate accord.
A homemade bomb was the cause of an explosion in Fengxian county, Jiangsu province, on Thursday that left eight people dead and 65 injured, including the suspect, who died at the scene, according to the provincial public security department.
China played a critical role in the slower growth of global energy demand and consumption as well as the nearly flat growth of carbon emissions in 2016, according to the latest BP world energy report.
A new look at President Xi Jinping's style and thoughts about China will open a fresh window on his leadership as a book of anecdotes and sayings he has mentioned in his speeches and articles is already gaining widespread interest from bookstores and the public just days after publication.
Chinese investors have spent 2.15 billion euros ($2.4 billion) on soccer clubs, making them the world's biggest buyer of teams.
An explosion at the gate of a kindergarten in Fengxian county, Jiangsu province, at 4:50 pm on Thursday left at least seven people dead and 66 injured, nine of them seriously.
An interest rate hike this week by the US Federal Reserve will have little impact on China since the nation has adopted measures such as capital flow management that will minimize the effects, a former central bank policy adviser said on Thursday.
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