As a heat wave in northern China continues, more rain is expected along the Yangtze River, which flooded for the first time this year on Saturday.
The Chinese consulate in Chicago is asking for a thorough investigation and swift justice in the case of a Chinese scholar, Zhang Yingying, 26, who is feared dead after an apparent kidnapping.
LONDON - The introduction of the world's first emergency telephone number 80 years ago was celebrated on Saturday by police forces across Britain. Now the 999 number to alert police, fire, ambulances and coast guards to emergencies is the best known number in Britain.
The flight of China's latest heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March 5-Y2, failed on Sunday evening when an anomaly occurred after its 7:23 pm blastoff from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province.
I have an exercise bike in my apartment in Beijing and every morning I sit on it, pedaling and sweating away until I have burned off 300 calories. It takes about an hour - all that hard work for fewer calories than you'd consume by eating a Snickers bar.
Item from July 3, 1989, in China Daily: A Chinese cargo ship left Shanghai's port for South America on June 28. This is the first time that China has opened a regular ocean shipping route to the region.
President Xi Jinping on Saturday called on the fifth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to unite people of all sectors to fully and faithfully implement the principle of "one country, two systems".
President Xi Jinping called on Friday for Hong Kong people to have confidence in themselves, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the country, ahead of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.
"For Hong Kong, the focus is not whether the 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' principle will change or not, but how to implement it comprehensively and accurately."
President Xi Jinping has said the People's Liberation Army garrison stationed in Hong Kong should resolutely champion state sovereignty, security and interests regarding the country's development, and ensure Hong Kong's prosperity and stability.
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