South Korea's presidential race practically kicked off as registration began Monday for presidential hopefuls.
China has become the third largest household paper market in the world after North America and Western Europe, industry data has shown.
South Korea and the United States are scheduled to hold defense talks involving discussions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s failed rocket launch.
The strong growth of Chinese economy is helpful for the world, but the economy still needs rebalancing, experts said in Washington Saturday.
Strong winds have swept across Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region over the last 30 hours.
the State Food and Drug Administration has sent more inspection teams to investigate the incident of contaminated drug capsules and find out those held responsible.
China's scientists will continue to make breakthroughs in the area of transgenetic research, according to Vice Minister of Science and Technology.
Hong Kong stocks fell 386.25 points, or 1.84 percent, to close at 20,624.39 on Monday.
Some parts of China will experience severe blackouts this summer as the result of an electricity shortage of 30 to 40 million kilowatts.
President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Francois Hollande have emerged as the leading candidates.
China's arid capital is short of 1.3 billion cubic meters of water this year, following successive droughts in the last 13 years.
The public have been invited to give feedback on the newly drafted regulations aimed at defining what constitutes of an infringement of Internet copyright.