At least one person is dead and close to 40 others injured following a strong earthquake in Yunnan. The 6.6-magnitude hit in Jinggu County, which is about 500-kilometers southwest of the provincial capital, Kunming. The quake hit at a shallow depth o...
For CRI, this is Yu Yang. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is set to visit Germany, Russia, Italy and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization or FAO headquarters from October 9 to 15. Premier Li will also attend the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting or ASEM summi...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has made a statement in connection with the protests in Hong Kong this week, saying Hong Kong's affairs are China's internal affairs. Meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, Wang Yi is also callin...
Three people have been detained in southwest China's Yunnan Province following Friday's stampede that killed six students and injured 26 at a highly regarded primary school in the provincial capital of Kunming. Li Lan, headmaster of Mingtong Primary...
China's central government is describing the so-called Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong as an illegal gathering. At the same time, mainland authorities say they're confident authorities in Hong Kong are able to handle it. The Occupy group in Hong...
Six children are dead following a stampede at their primary school today in Yunnan's capital, Kunming. 22 others have been hospitalized. Two are said to be in serious condition. Local authorities have not explained what sparked the stampede at the pr...
Authorities in northwest China's Xinjiang have described Sunday's series of explosions in Luntai county as an organized and serious terrorist attack. 40 rioters died, either killed by police or by the bombs. 6 civilians and 4 police were also killed...
South China's Guangdong Province is on high alert against the worst dengue fever outbreak in 2 decades. Some 1,400 new cases have been reported in the past two days alone. Nearly 7,500 people in total have been infected so far this year. The provinci...
Leaders from more than a hundred countries have made promises of billions of dollars and better care of planet Earth, during the UN Climate Summit in New York. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon challenged the leaders to set a new course fo...
Typhoon Fung-Wong has made landfall in east China's Zhejiang Province, bringing strong winds and rains. The typhoon landed in coastal areas of Xiangshan County of the port city of Ningbo last night. So far, the typhoon-triggered rain has flooded arou...
Heavy rain has been lashing coastal areas of east China's Zhejiang Province as tropical storm Fung-Wong is approaching. Nearly 160 thousand people have been forced to evacuate their homes in Ningbo, Wenzhou and Taizhou. The typhoon is expected to lan...
China and India are stepping up engagement in trade and investment, despite an historical border dispute. This follows President Xi Jinping's meeting in New Delhi with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Deals worth billions of dollars on India's ra...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun his three-day visit to India in the western state of Gujarat, where Indian Prime Minister Naendra Modi governed for 12 years. The president's hours-long stay saw not only key agreements signed but also relaxed p...
Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping has won Sri Lanka's support for a proposed maritime Silk Road linking China with Europe. Xi Jinping has also helped launch a billion-dollar power plant and port projects funded by the Chinese government. Presiden...
China and the Maldives have reached an agreement on the development of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his counterpart Abdulla Yameen on Monday. Xi says the two countries have agreed to enhance coop...
