Former Argentina national coach Sergio Batista landed at Shanghai's Pudong Airport on Friday for talks with Chinese soccer club Shanghai Shenhua about becoming their new boss.
China on Friday responded to a recent US government report on China's human rights practices by issuing its own report on human rights issues in the US.
US-led wars create humanitarian disasters
US conducts human experiments
US leader in gun violence
Millions homeless in US
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A total of 80 patients from financially disadvantaged families in Gansu province will be offered free surgeries. More than 40 staff, including the aviator, flight crew, ophthalmologists and nurses, work on the plane as volunteers.
The United States turned a blind eye to its own woeful human rights situation and kept silent about it, China's report said.
Russian is concerned that remarks made by some Western countries have encouraged the Syrian opposition to continue their violence in the Arab country.
Opposition deputies brought proceedings to a halt inside the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday, when they staged an action against the bill about the basics of the language policy.
China appealed to the World Trade Organization to challenge US countervailing duties against Chinese exports in a package of 22 cases.
Olympic-related items exhibited and sold at Beijing Sport Show 2012 were popular, May 18, 2012.
A meeting of mayors from cities along the Silk Road will be held in Xi'an.
China's private business received a big boost Friday as the government announced a guideline to let State-owned enterprises absorb more private capital in their restructuring.
Hong Kong stocks closed up 47.01 points, or 0.25 percent, at 18,713.41 on Friday.
China's stock index futures closed lower Friday, with the contract for June, the most actively traded, down 0.37 percent from the previous trading day to 2,565.4 points.