President Xi Jinping and Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachith place flowers during a ceremony on Tuesday marking the start of work on a hospital expansion in Vientiane, Laos, involving money and medical equipment from China. Ma Zhancheng / Xinhua
President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that his visit to Laos was a success and he is "fully confident" of the future of China-Laos ties.
Legal experts said on Tuesday that a Chinese suspect who will stand trial in Japan after being accused of killing a Chinese woman last year is unlikely to be returned to China, but the victim's mother could file a civil lawsuit in China to demand compensation if the man is convicted.
In the past decade, a nonprofit organization has been trying to reverse an imbalance in the quality of education provided in urban and rural areas. Since 2008, Teach for China has been sending graduate volunteers from some of the country's top universities to teach in remote villages and address a shortage of talented teachers. The program is now beginning to reap real rewards.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and China's relationship with the 10-member bloc is the most vibrant among the bloc's relations with its regional partners, not least because they share a similar view of the importance of interconnectivity, interdependence and cooperation.
MANILA - Made Island lies in the Bay of Bengal in the Kyaukphyu area of Myanmar's Rakhine state.
WASHINGTON - After a period of animosity between Washington and Manila, the leaders of the United States and the Philippines improved ties on Sunday and Monday. But experts said challenges remain.
Chinese companies in the service sector saw stronger profit growth in the first three quarters thanks to rising demand for services and steady price rises, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday.
Glittering ladybird motif items, and intricate necklaces and earrings, are just part of the branded jewelry trend that has swept across China.
About three weeks after this year's Nobel Prize winners were announced, dozens of world's top scientists, including the 2016 Nobel Prize-winning chemist James Fraser Stoddart gathered in Beijing.
The prevailing theme for Gian Piero Ventura's run as Italy coach was that the 69-year-old journeyman boss was in far over his head.
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