China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) announced Wednesday to formally start negotiation for setting up a Free Trade Area.
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) and parliament representative-elect, started to take seat in the parliament for the first time.
Nabil Elaraby, secretary-general of the League of Arab States, will visit China from May 4 to 9 at the invitation of Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.
US said it would not take sides in the Huangyan Island standoff between China and the Philippines and reiterated support for a diplomatic resolution to the territorial dispute.
Low income workers are the biggest group of people who buy lottery tickets, a survey conducted by Beijing News reports.
Chinese industrial stocks will extend declines until policymakers cut interest rates to stimulate construction and lending.
The frequent exchange visits by the leaders of China and European nations since 2009 demonstrate that China-EU relations are now steadily progressing.
Sinopec and ENN Energy Holdings Ltd, joint bidders for China Gas Holdings Ltd, extended the deadline for the acquisition to July 6.
Publishers have started printing advertisements on book covers in a move to help their industry sustain development and survive.
Now the campaign is under way to overhaul road charges. Hopefully, the accounts of all toll roads will be made transparent and more expressways will become toll free.
China's vehicle, real estate and non-ferrous metal sectors are being wooed by foreign investors whose holdings up by 29.7 million shares.
The US Commerce Department said Tuesday that imports of high-pressure steel cylinders from China would face anti-dumping duties of up to 31.21 percent.