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Heavy trucks running on new energy will gradually replace diesel-fueled ones in the transportation of coal for power generation in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, to help reduce carbon emissions in the city....

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A mechanism that protects river basins by compensating upstream areas for their environmental conservation efforts has promoted environmental protection and socioeconomic development, with the Chishui River in Southwest China being a prime example....

After nearly two years of being stuck in Malaysia, Fazal Bahardeen, a Singaporean businessman, is grateful that he can finally go home to see his family....

Major Chinese carmakers are stepping up to explore overseas markets as globalization is deemed a prerequisite to become internationally competitive marques....

People in all parts of the United Kingdom will, from Tuesday, have to wear face masks while inside shops and using public transport, after measures aimed at slowing the spread of a new strain of the novel coronavirus were announced....

Based on the knowledge of China's real estate sector, one should not study the sector in old-tradition short-term or long-term perspective anymore....

Talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal resume on Monday, but the language from the key players, Iran and the United States, suggests any breakthroughs in Vienna will be hard won, experts say....

The pandemic and poverty together pose huge challenges to the world, David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group, says....

The new potentially more contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday, just days after being identified in South Africa, sending governments around the world scrambling to halt its spread....

Editor's Note: With the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opening on Monday in Dakar, Senegal, this page looks at the issues expected to be discussed while highlighting the successes of past meetings and the broade...

China and Africa must continue to show solidarity and help one another in facing global challenges such as the pandemic and poverty, says Maria Gustava, Mozambique's ambassador to China....

Britain's health secretary, Sajid Javid, has said the country needs help from France to try and solve the humanitarian crisis that saw 27 people drown in one attempted crossing of the English Channel last week....

Six member states from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnamalong with four non-ASEAN countries, namely China, Japan, New Zealand and Australiahave formally submitted their Regional Comprehensi...

China, home to liquors like baijiu (white liquor) and huangjiu (yellow wine), is not a place where consumers would expect to find locally produced malt whisky, especially since it has a much smaller group of fans....

Chinese cross-border payment operator XTransfer is intensifying efforts to go global in a move to facilitate foreign trade for overseas small and medium-sized businesses by providing them with better cross-border financial services....

China is expected to slightly loosen its real estate financing policies in the fourth quarter and the beginning of next year, said analysts who regarded the downturn of the housing sector as the primary factor affecting the country's economic growth....

The late British comedian Les Dawson used to joke that if he was on television quiz show Mastermind, his specialist subject would be the universe and all its contents....

China's macroeconomic policies aim to minimize cyclical fluctuations and stabilize growth through structural adjustments, preventing a sharp slowdown and avoiding aggressive stimulus measures, according to officials and experts....

When Zhu Caiping, 73, was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment three years ago, she found that anxiety, depression and even looking down on herself became normal in her life....

China has begun to deploy unmanned aircraft to carry out marine meteorological observation, according to Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nation's leading aircraft maker and the program's contractor....

A book on Xi Jinping's discourses on promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind has been published in Spanish by the Central Compilation and Translation Press....

President Xi Jinping has urged the Chinese military to further improve its human resources work to recruit and train more talented professionals to help achieve the military's key goals....

Hong Kong reported three confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday and tightened its quarantine rules for arrivals after recording two cases of a new variant seen first in South Africa....

The benefits of a free-trade zone covering Africa can be amplified with China's deepening engagement with the continent, analysts say in voicing hopes for the collaboration to help revive economies battered by the pandemic....

The national civil service exam for recruitment next year was held on Sunday, with 1.42 million people sitting for it, about 40 percent more than last year. Only 31,200 will be recruited, making the odds of getting a position about 1 in 46....

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While much attention has been paid to the default risks of Chinese real estate developers amid the country's deleveraging moves, few have noticed the other side of the coin: There has been solid headway made in resolving the sector's long-lasting ...

Chinese carmakers are taking the lead in developing the intelligent cockpit, which is becoming a critical element of the modern driving experience....

There is growing evidence of a silver lining to concern over the potential for some Chinese developers to default on offshore debts, experts said. The potential has jangled global investors' nerves since real estate giant Evergrande Group missed payme...

Faced with the changing domestic and international environment, the Chinese government has taken multiple measures to ensure supply, stabilize commodity price and support the real economy....

President Xi Jinping has stressed thorough promotion of military talent cultivation to support and lead the progress in strengthening the armed forces....

More than 2.48 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Saturday, data from the National Health Commission showed Sunday....

Beijing will host the 2021 World Conference on Science Literacy from Monday to Friday, with a focus on promoting global science literacy and fulfilling the United Nations' sustainable development goals....

Denver, capital city of Colorado, would set a record for the latest winter snow this year, local media forecasted Saturday, after the city's snowless streak continued through Thanksgiving despite a storm that peppered the nearby Rocky Mountains....

He Dongshun is the third generation of fishermen living beside the Dongting Lake, the second-largest freshwater lake in China....

The acting Prime Minister (PM) of Afghanistan's caretaker government Mullah Hassan Akhund has said that Afghanistan wants to have good relations with the international community, including the neighbors and regional countries....

A Yahoo News/YouGov survey found that 77% of Americans think that the inflation has recently affected their daily life to some extent....

The newly-discovered Omicron variant of COVID-19 in South Africa has raised fears about the global trajectory of the pandemic....

China, a major economy in Eurasia and a champion for multilateralism, plays a prominent role in boosting Asia-Europe cooperation....

Twenty-seven Russian diplomats and their families will be expelled from the United States on January 30, 2022....

Shanghai reported a locally transmitted asymptomatic COVID-19 case on Saturday, a close contact of the third locally transmitted confirmed case reported on Thursday, the municipal government announced early Sunday....

China's securities regulator has approved four companies' initial public offerings (IPOs) on the science and technology innovation board....

The Brazilian government is relying on Chinese visitors to boost international tourism to the South American country, Tourism Minister Gilson Machado has told Xinhua....

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The upcoming virtual Summit for Democracy, to be held by the United States, will serve to stoke ideological confrontation and create...