Data from unconventional sources, such as figures on living standards, provide a new way to evaluate poverty across China, according to a report on Monday by the United Nations Development Program China.
Business leaders in the BRICS bloc should promote confidence and contribute to global growth through stepped up investment in emerging economies, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.
With help from her jump rope instead of a metronome, Alma Deutscher has written an opera that's being staged this Christmas in Vienna, the capital of classical music. Not bad when you're aged 11.
China will launch a manned spacecraft on Monday morning to transport two astronauts to the Tiangong II space laboratory, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
On a recent Saturday morning in Beijing, Win Tin, 66, a veteran journalist from Myanmar, was enthralled by a lecture at the Communication University of China on setting up a digital studio, from floor layouts to overhead light temperatures to software.
Chinese-made menthocamphorate, a balm used to relieve pain, is becoming popular in Egypt following its introduction by Chinese travelers. Here, a few people reflect on how Chinese products are seen abroad.
Sometimes I feel like I belong in the last century.
Item from Oct 17, 1988, in China Daily: Beijing has launched a campaign to control venereal diseases by setting up several prevention and treatment centers. Special research groups have also been formed in some districts.