President Xi Jinping grinds soy beans to make bean curd during his visit to Yingxiu, Wenchuan county, Sichuan province, on Monday. Xi said illiteracy and other obstacles can be thwarted by education. Ju Peng / Xinhua
President Xi Jinping pledged to not leave a single person behind in the process of building a well-off society during his four-day inspection tour of mountainous Sichuan province.
Weather is one of things that most concern Chinese as they celebrate the Spring Festival holiday, which almost always involves long trips home to visit relatives and friends.
When cyclists use one of the Mobike or ofo shared bikes that seem to dot almost every major city in China, they probably don't relate the colorful two-wheeler in front of them with a state-of-the-art spacecraft in orbit high above the Earth.
Despite some of them having conflicting territorial claims, countries in the region have been working hard to ensure peace and stability are maintained in the South China Sea, through which a third of global maritime trade passes, and to this effect they recently reached agreement on a framework for a code of conduct in the waters on the basis of consultation and consensus.
This is the one time of year when man's best friends take over New York City.
WASHINGTON - The White House on Monday submitted to Congress its budget plan for the fiscal year 2019, shifting resources from domestic programs to national defence and leading to a mushrooming deficit.
China's tightening regulations on bank lending have put more hidden credit back on balance sheets, as the authorities strive to readjust the method of calculating the major money supply indicator to better supervise financial expansion.
BEIJING - It's among the busiest seasons of the year - and not just in China, where people are shopping for the upcoming Lunar New Year.
The fighting arena weighs up to 230 tons, boasting bulletproof glass that can withstand the blast of a bazooka and reinforced steel protective plates.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Playing parts of six NHL seasons and winning the Stanley Cup twice, Jim Paek saw hockey at its highest level.