HUALIEN, Taiwan - Rescue workers pulled survivors and bodies from buildings tilting precariously in the Taiwan county of Hualien on Wednesday after an overnight earthquake killed at least seven, injured more than 200 and left dozens missing.
President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin each sent congratulatory messages on Wednesday to the opening ceremony of the Year of China-Russia Local Cooperation and Exchange.
Reading the newspapers these days is no longer a pleasant task, what with a string of bad news about job losses, economic restructuring, etc, staring out of the pages and painting an overall grim scenario. So it came as a big relief when I got to read a recent article about the advent of the gig economy and how it was transforming the lives of millions of job aspirants and companies.
Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.
China will continue with the deleveraging of enterprises by promoting market-based debt-to-equity swaps to rein in debt risks, according to a decision at a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.
The Chinese Air Force sent its Su-35 fighter jets to take part in a joint combat patrol taking place recently over the South China Sea, the People's Liberation Army Air Force said in a statement issued on Wednesday afternoon.
China hopes foreign enterprises will uphold basic principles while sharing the opportunities of China's development, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Wednesday.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has called for multiparty cooperation to better meet the needs of the new era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.
Chinese stocks tumbled on Tuesday following an intensified global market rout, but equity analysts said they remained positive on the mid-and long-term market prospects given China's resilient economic fundamentals.
A knee injury may have kept Jeremy Lin off the basketball court, but he was able to showcase some of his moves in the kitchen on Monday.
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