Recent decades have likely been the warmest and wettest on record in the Tibetan Plateau, known as the 'Third Pole' for its ice fields. The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountains represent one of the largest ice masses on earth. But the glaciers a...
China's Ministry of Transport says it has sent the rescue vessel Nan-hai-jiu 101 to help retrieve the black boxes of flight 8501. The ship set sail at ten AM today from south China's Haikou City. It is heading for the sea area where the wreckage is l...
Premier Li Keqiang pressed the 'enter' button on a computer on Sunday to finalize the first loan by WeBank, a new online bank and one of five privately funded banks given approval to open in China. During a visit to China's first Internet-based bank,...
The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the State Administration for Industry have jointly issued a 'management approach for government's purchase of services' in order to further transform government functions, and to promote and sta...
Beijing is to play host to a ministerial meeting between officials from China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC. The two-day forum will begin on Thursday. A dialogue across continents. The first China-CELAC forum will...
China's birthrate is moving toward a dangerously low level. Experts are calling for scrapping of restrictions on a second child as soon as possible, and even more aggressive changes to the family planning policy. Wu Guoxiu speaks to an expert from th...
Over the outbreak of Giant Panda Disease in north China's Shaanxi province, one of the three giant pandas diagnosed with distemper is now in deep coma, after another fatally succumbed to the disease on December 9. The Shaanxi Rare Wild Animal Rescue...
Our reporter Su Yuting is following President Solis's visit to China. She joins us now from Beijing with more details. Q1. Hello, Yuting. Tell us what you know. Q2. President Solis is the first head of state to visit China in the new year. What's the...
China has urged Japan to live up to its pledges on historical issues and promote peace and stability in the region. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remarks at a press briefing on Monday, responding to the New Year speeches of Japan...
The gruesome task of recovering bodies from the downed Air Asia plane continues. Throughout the weekend bad weather and poor visibility underwater have hampered efforts. But with better conditions, the search for flight data recorders has resumed. An...
China's weather observatory has issued a blue alert for a cold wave in the coming two days that will sweep central and east China. The National Meteorological Center forecasts sharp temperature drops of up to 10 degrees Celsius and heavy wind to Inne...
A new year with a new prospect: Jilin province in northeast China has approved the country's first ban on the production and sale of single use, non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags. The ban went into effect on the first day of the year. For me I'...
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis is on a state visit to China from January 4-10, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solis after a signing...
Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung announced Tuesday that the second round of public consultation on constitutional reform will start on Jan. 7. Speaking before the Executive Council meeting in the morning, Leung called on people to express their vie...
The city of Tianjin is the port for Beijing and its surrounding areas. And the newly approved Tianjin free trade area is expected to boost regional integration of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province . Analysts say the free trade zone has larger leew...
