Jack Ma, China's richest businessman, is stepping down as chairman of Alibaba Group Holding next year, marking the end of an era for the over $400 billion e-commerce juggernaut.
China's consumer inflation picked up more than expected in August, mainly driven by food price increases due in part to seasonal factors.
It was 6:30 am on July 6, 1998, when a commercial airliner from New York made the first landing at the newly completed Hong Kong International Airport.
Beijing said on Monday that the Human Rights Watch NGO has always been full of prejudice against China and distorted the facts when it accused the Chinese government of suppressing Uygurs.
After it closed in 1998, Kai Tak International Airport remained unoccupied until late 2007, when the Hong Kong government approved a blueprint for a huge and highly complex development project on the site.
Li Zhanshu, China's top legislator, wrapped up a three-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Monday after leading a Party and government delegation to the country and attending an anniversary celebration as the special representative of President Xi Jinping.
Twenty-five years after Yang Guifang's family moved out of their native village in Guyuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, the sight of what she used to call home stunned her. The rolling hills and barren land have long been appraised by the United Nations as being unfit for human habitation.
Police in China and Vietnam have established an effective intelligence-sharing mechanism to enhance case investigation cooperation following a rise in cross-border drug smuggling, said a senior official at the Ministry of Public Security.
President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sunday, as the country celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding with a huge military parade.
China is launching its first domestically built research icebreaker, Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, on Monday, and plans to officially put it into service in the first half of 2019, according to its builder.
President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Russia is expected to inject new impetus into China-Russia ties and promote broader regional economic cooperation, analysts said.
In the late 1970s, Japanese actor Ken Takakura's toughguy persona in the movie Manhunt won him numerous female fans in China.
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