China
Alibaba e-commerce expo debuts in New Zealand
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group’s flagship eCommerce Expo kicked off on Friday for the first time in New Zealand, focused on helping local businesses tap into the e-commerce enabled Chinese economy.
Egyptians enjoy finger-licking hand-pulled noodles from China
Dozens of Egyptians enjoyed the taste of Chinese hand-pulled noodles during a promotion on ramen from Northwest China's Qinghai Province on Friday in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
Li calls for strengthening development impetus, meeting people's needs
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has stressed efforts to strengthen the impetus for reform and development while meeting the people's needs to live better lives.
Tibet to further open up
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will further open itself up and intensify international exchanges and cooperation, chairman of the regional government Qizhala said Friday.
China's government investigating FedEx for diverting Huawei parcels
China's government sent a Notice of Inquiry to FedEx on Friday as it launched an official investigation into the American express delivery company after it diverted several parcels sent by the tech company Huawei.
Tibet hosts forum to pool wisdom for development, opening-up
The 2019 Forum on the Development of Tibet opened on Friday in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China.
Huawei ban could jeopardize Chinese investment in UK: China's ambassador
China's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Liu Xiaoming, pointed out that a British ban on Huawei 5G network equipment would send a "negative message" to other Chinese companies considering investments in the UK.
Heavy rain leaves 13 dead, 2 missing in Guangdong
A total of 13 people were killed and two were still missing as of 2:00 p.m. Thursday as torrential downpours destroyed roads and toppled houses in southern China's Guangdong Province.
2 Chinese given administrative detention for spreading rumors about Huawei
Two Chinese were given administrative detention and one was reprimanded by the police for spreading rumors about telecom company Huawei, police in the southern city of Shenzhen said Thursday.
Tibet to host development forum
The Forum on the Development of Tibet, China will be held on Friday in the regional capital Lhasa. The theme of this year's forum is the Belt and Road Initiative and Tibet's Opening-up and Development.
World's lightest panda cub born in China
A female giant panda cub weighing 42.8 grams, about the weight of an average chicken egg and the world's lightest ever, was born in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
China will fight to end if U.S. keeps escalating trade frictions: MOC
"China will fight to the end if the United States continues to escalate trade frictions," the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.
Drop in rare earths exports due to market fluctuation, not new rules
The fall in exports of rare earths last month was due to market fluctuations, not additional regulation, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. The country's exports of rare earths fell by 16 percent in May.
Chinese, UK stakeholders stress need for collaboration in IPR protection
The IPR protection in the digital economy requires the collaboration of all stakeholders across borders, Chinese and British speakers agreed at Alibaba's Business and IPR Protection Summit held here on Wednesday.
First batch of cooperation projects aboard China space station released
The nine projects involve 23 entities from 17 countries in the fields of aerospace medicine, space life sciences and biotechnology, microgravity physics and combustion science and astronomy.
China solicits opinions on security assessment of cross-border transfer of personal information
The Cyberspace Administration of China on Thursday started to solicit opinions from the public on the draft methods regarding the security assessment of cross-border transfer of personal information.
Guinness World Records awards the success of giant panda researchers
Giant panda researchers have been recognized by the Guinness World Records for their success in breeding the world's first panda twins born to a captive mother and a wild father.
Programmer given a hair transplant as a thank you for their hard work
An Internet company in the city of Hangzhou has been praised online for providing an employee with a hair transplant treatment as part of its mid-year staff benefits program.
Chinese Nobel laureate Mo Yan awarded Oxford honorary fellowship
Chinese writer and Nobel laureate Mo Yan was awarded Wednesday the Honorary Fellowship by Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, in recognition of his contribution to Chinese and world literature.
Signs of ritual pot smoking found in ancient Chinese graves
Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest direct evidence of people smoking marijuana from a 2,500-year-old graveyard in western China.