U.S. and Russian defense officials have concluded a third round of talks on rules for conduct in the air over Syria and are finalizing a memorandum of understanding that will establish basic safety rules and avoid inadvertent collisions. The U.S. Dep...
The Russian government, in response to the report, has issued a statement saying it is willing to work with Dutch investigators to help it resolve the situation. The Russian side also says it's still studying the findings of the report. However, beyo...
PENTAGONSyrian government troops advanced under cover of Russian airstrikes Monday as the United States airdropped 50 tons of small arms ammunition to rebels in northern Syria. In the heaviest fighting in weeks, government forces battled rebels in a...
The bridge will be suspended across Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in scenic Zhangjiajie National Park in central China's Hunan Province. When completed, project engineers say the bridge will be 300 meters above ground and 430 meters in length. The bridge...
Wing Tan studies Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University. She spent a month at the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources in Ning Xia in Northwest of China. She says she was fortunate to have the opportunity. I've traveled to some regions but I've...
After watching Republican candidates spar in two rounds of debates, Democrats looking to become the next U.S. president got their turn Tuesday night at their first debate of the 2016 election campaign in Las Vegas. As the front-runner in the Democrat...
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency strengthened 175 basis points on Tuesday, closing at 6.32 to the U.S. dollar. The yuan has stabilized somewhat after a sharp depreciation in August, but remains down 1.8 percent compared to the start of...
Dr. Robin Niblett is the Director of Chatham House, a london-based international-affairs think tank. He says Sino-British relations are currently in the best shape in history. He attributes it largely to the booming bilateral trade. It is the economi...
Chinese authorities have so far handled 92 major cases, involving over 800 billion yuan, or 126 billion US dollars, of embezzled money transferred through underground banks and offshore companies. This is part of the wider Operation Skynet campaign,...
Heavy smog again blanketed northern China during this past week's National Day holiday, with straw burning mostly blamed. The state environmental protection bureau says they identified some 400 burning sites in nine different provinces in the north o...
The operators of a glass-bottomed walkway clinging to a cliff 3,500 feet above sea level in central China want to reassure visitors that they are quite safe.Despite the cracks in the glass. 建造于中国中部海拔3500英尺的悬崖上的一条玻璃...
It appears ride-hailing services that compete with taxis will soon have official approval in China.The country's transport regulator has released two first-of-their-kind draft regulations permitting such companies to operate. The two draft regulation...
HARBIN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 10,000 businessmen from 103 countries and regions attended the second China-Russia Exposition, which opened on Sunday in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province. More than 4,000 of the businessmen...
PENTAGONRussia and the United States are set to resume talks aimed at avoiding accidents in Syrian air space as the two countries conduct separate bombing campaigns. U.S. Defense Department press secretary Peter Cook said Friday that a second round o...
Speaking to reporters as part of the IMF and World Bank's current meetings in Lima, Peru, IMF chief Christine Lagarde says suggestions the Chinese economy may be at a point of crashing are misplaced. Lagarde says its the IMF's belief the slowdown is...
