China urged the United States on Wednesday to abandon a Cold War mentality and zero-sum thinking, as US President Donald Trump labeled China and Russia "rivals" that threaten US values in his first State of the Union Address.
Expectations of China further opening up its financial sector this year have boosted bankers' and experts' confidence in a broader use of the renminbi in global trade, investment and foreign reserves, as well as bets placed on a more flexibly floating exchange rate.
Much of the outside world has yet to catch up the potential importance of China's New Era.
Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.
China will soon publish a regulation that urges Chinese travelers to Antarctica to better protect the southernmost continent's environment.
Road trips via long-distance buses have long been the major means of transportation for Chinese heading home for Spring Festival. This year, however, such trips are expected to decline for the first time as the country's high-speed rail network continues to expand and more people chose to drive home, authorities said.
Charles Foster, chairman of US China Partnerships in Houston, just returned from a trip to China with a large delegation led by the city's Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Great Partnership President Bob Harvey.
Promoting exchanges with China in education and environmental conservation has been among the major highlights of British Prime Minister Theresa May's stay in Wuhan, Hubei province, the first stop of her first official visit to China.
The People's Congress of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region elected Xi Jinping a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress with a unanimous vote on Tuesday.
The 13th National People's Congress will hold its first plenary session in Beijing on March 5 to discuss revising the Constitution and elect new State leaders, the 12th NPC Standing Committee decided on Tuesday.
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