On Thursday, the Communist Party of China announced a plan to abolish the decades-long One-Child Policy, allowing all couples to have two children. The announcement came amid increasing concerns over China's rapidly aging population and shrinking wor...
PENTAGONA small team of American ground troops will deploy to northern Syria to assist opposition groups in the fight against Islamic State militants. These would be the first U.S. ground forces sent to Syria for more than a raid or a specific missio...
Dozens of diplomats have ended hours of talks on the Syria crisis in Vienna, with agreements reached on several points but substantial differences, especially concerning the future of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, remaining. A joint statement...
The Walt Disney Corporation has said that its going to be adding a number of exclusively-Chinese elements to its new theme park - soon to be opening in Shanghai. Among the latest series of offerings to be available exclusively at the soon-to-open Dis...
A Russian passenger plane crashed Saturday in a mountainous part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, including 25 children. The plane disappeared from radar less than half an hour after taking off early Saturday from the reso...
The Kogalymavia airline flight came down just 23 minutes after taking off from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for the Russian city of St. Petersburg. It's believed the plane had 224 people on board, 7 of whom were crew members. The Russian embassy is still...
A total of 17 business contracts and governmental accords have been signed at the witness of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Park Geun-hye. The documents cover various fields including trade and economy, science and technology,...
Working in a well-ventilated 'green' office can help boost your brainpower, researchers have found. 研究人员发现，通风良好的绿色办公室有助于提升脑力。 People whose desk space is well ventilated with below average indoor pollu...
A Chinese biotechnological company announced on Sunday it has developed the world's first 3D blood vessel bio-printer, which makes it possible to produce personalized functional organs. 本周日，中国的一家生物技术公司宣布，它已经研...
Coretronic Corp, a Taiwan-based company that manufactures panels for United States tech giant Apple Inc, is halting production at one of its mainland factories due to dwindling iPad sales. 中强光电是台湾一家为美国技术大亨苹果公司生...
HANGZHOU, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Alipay, China's leading electronic payment platform, has received approval to launch a payment service in Taiwan in the fourth quarter, Ant Financial, Alipay's operator, said on Wednesday. Ant Financial, Alibaba's financ...
I believe that German-Chinese relations are at their historic best these days. And Germany is obviously the most important partner for China in economic and political things in Europe. German Ambassador Michael Clauss makes the suggestion ahead of Ge...
On Tuesday morning, the naval destroyer USS Lassen sailed within 12 nautical miles of Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea without notifying the Chinese government. This has raised strong oppositions from the Chinese side, as sailing within 12 nautical...
A group of 300 people who cooked four tonnes of fried rice in Yangzhou in the eastern province of Jiangsu have been told that they failed to break the world record because the food had been wasted, confirmed Guinness World Records Ltd. on Monday morn...
Apple released on Wednesday the first significant update to its iOS 9 software for iPhones and iPads, though it might matter most to those who like to send emoji-laden messages about food. 这周三，苹果首次推出iPhone和iPad的iOS 9升级。此...
