A private Chinese company used its own carrier rocket to send two satellites and several experimental payloads into space on Thursday, marking the first orbital mission carried out by the country's private-sector space industry.
China's southwestern municipality of Chongqing, home to more than 3 million registered cars, had the worst traffic congestion among 50 major cities in the second quarter this year, a recent traffic analysis report says.
Wu Qi was debilitatingly shy when he was very young and refused to talk to most people until one day he found a newborn puppy in a trash can.
China has made huge improvements in safeguarding education and employment of disabled citizens, according to a white paper released by the State Council Information Office on Thursday.
More than 2,600 English-language schoolteachers and leading experts in English instruction from home and abroad have gathered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, for a conference intended to enhance China's English education with a global vision.
Beijing said on Thursday it has expressed concerns to Washington over a US warship's transit through the Taiwan Straits. It also urged the United States to handle Taiwan-related issues cautiously and properly and to avoid impairing China-US ties and peace across the Straits.
The central government's foreign affairs office in Hong Kong "sternly denounced" on Thursday the remarks of a United States senator for his "double standards" in justifying violence in Hong Kong.
Beijing will never follow the beaten track of big power seeking hegemony, white paper says
President encourages providing more platforms, chances to serve the people
President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged all-out effort in the search for people still missing in a deadly landslide that killed at least 13 people in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Tuesday night.
The International Monetary Fund has further reduced its global growth outlook including the projection for China. It cited the risks of trade and technology tensions as well as the increasing likelihood of a no-deal Brexit, which it said could dent a global economic rebound.