To the alphabet soup of international development banks (ADB, AfDB, CAF, EBRD, IADB), add one more set of initials: AIIB, or for the uninitiated, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. On October 24th, representatives from 21 Asian nations signed...
The Beijing Municipal Heavy Air Pollution Emergency Response Program includes a four-tier color alert system. A Red alert, the highest, will be issued for heavy pollution that is expected to last more than 3-days. An air quality index of over 200 wil...
The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 has landed in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. The plane touched down safely earlier this morning after arriving on a flight from Myanmar. Solar Impulse 2 began its trip to China yesterday morning from the c...
Take a country full of people who frequently loathe each other, then impose a social system of extreme politeness to ensure nobody can ever say what they mean without offending somebody else and youll start to understand why these British insults are...
A mummified monk found preserved in Mongolia last week has been baffling and astounding those who uncovered him. 上周在蒙古国人们发掘了一具贮藏已久的僧侣木乃伊。它让发现它的人们不解其道，又惊又骇。 Senior Bud...
Xi Jinping says his government is expecting trade volume between China and countries involved in the Belt and Road initiative to surpass 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars a year in the next 10-years. The Belt and Road Initiative is a land-based Silk Road Eco...
Negotiations among Iran and the P5+1 in Lausanne, Switzerland are heading into the final push ahead of Tuesday's deadline. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says progress has been made. He's been calling on everyone at the meeting to remain flexible i...
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLANDTwo top foreign ministers helping to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran are sounding confident that an agreement can be reached by Tuesday's deadline. Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Sunday that several elements are missin...
Good morning, my fellow Singaporeans, I am deeply saddened to tell you that Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away peacefully this morning at the Singapore General Hospital. Let me say a few words in Malay and Mandarin. Malay: Dengan berat hati dan penuh hiba,...
The Saudi-led intervention is pitting the Saudis and their Arab allies against Iran, which is widely believed to be backing the Houthi rebels in Yemen. This has led to the prospect of a wider conflict emerging. It's since prompted the United Nations...
A senior health official has said China will continue to send medical teams to help African countries fight Ebola and further develop cooperation within the healthcare sector. The announcement was made during the 5th international roundtable on China...
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday that she expected an increase in the target range for the federal funds rate to be warranted later this year, and the pace for the rate hike would likely be grad...
With high-standard venues, a high-speed railway between Beijing and Zhangjiakou under construction and promises to improve air quality over the next seven years, Beijing appears to be fully prepared for the Games, and ready to make it a success. Chon...
ABUJA, NIGERIAMillions of Nigerians turned out to choose a new president Saturday, but technical problems with a new computerized anti-fraud system caused delays and long lines and prompted officials to extend voting into Sunday. It was unclear how w...
Themed Asia's New Future: Toward a Community of Common Destiny, this year's Boao forum will cover a number of different topics including the macro-economy, industrial transformation and regional development. Yang Xiyu, deputy director of the Boao For...
