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U.S. index publisher MSCI announced Tuesday the inclusion of 234 China's A shares to its influential global equity indices, including the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, making good on a long-discussed plan and offering a significant boost.
Cai Qi (R), a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, meets with Britain's Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington, in London, Britain, May 14, 2018. Cai Qi on Tuesday wrapped up his five-day trip to Britain. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
China's aviation regulators said Tuesday that the investigation into the peeling off of a plane's windshield, which caused a co-pilot to be "nearly sucked halfway" in mid-air, will focus on the design and manufacturing process of the window.
Six dogs chased the Himalayan blue sheep up a rocky mountainside. The herbivore dashed until it saw the precipice's edge. It tried to stop from plunging over the cliff－too late.
Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng has called for high-standard and high-quality development of the Xiongan New Area, during his recent inspection tour to the region.
With chart-topping hits, sold out concerts and more than 20 million followers on her Sina Weibo account, Zhou Bichang is never far from the headlines.
Sina Weibo punished 1,532 accounts on Tuesday, including a popular political critic account for "publishing harmful information about current affairs."
The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned the massive killing of Palestinians at Gaza Strip's border with Israel, with some members insisting on conducting an independent probe into the big death toll.
A team of mountaineers from Peking University reached the top of the world's highest mountain on Tuesday in celebration of the university's 120th anniversary.
The third U.S.-China Innovation and Investment Summit (UCIS) has brought another wave of technology and innovation investment to Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States.
Chinese scientists demonstrated the first two-dimensional quantum walks of single photons in real spatial space, which may provide a powerful platform to boost analog quantum computing.
Engineers at the University of Washington developed a robotic insect slightly heavier than a toothpick and powered by a laser beam.
Students practise Huagai lion dance at Wanhe central primary school in Taihe County, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 15, 2018.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his wife, Melania, is "doing really well" as she is recovering from a medical procedure to treat a kidney condition.
A Chinese PLA Navy fleet with frigates Daqing, Handan and Yichang conducted a live-fire drill from May 11 to 14.
Chinese volunteers have completed a one-year test living in a simulated space lab in Beijing, setting a new record for the longest stay in a self-contained cabin.
The world's longest experiment in a self-sustaining ecosystem drew to a close on Tuesday in Beijing. It is part of an effort to explore ways to support life in extended missions on extraterrestrial bodies such as the moon and Mars.
Home to Tsingtao Beer and home appliance giant Haier, Qingdao is becoming a more attractive place to run important multilateral events. In June, the coastal city will host the 18th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Facebook on Tuesday unveiled for the first time a transparency report that shows an increasing number of posts identified as containing graphic violence in the first of quarter of 2018.
China's steady economic momentum continued in April, with more vitality released and efficiency enhanced, although the impact of China-U.S. trade tension has not yet shown itself in the economic data.
At least 16 people were killed and many others trapped Tuesday after an under-construction flyover collapsed in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, local media reported.
Two Chinese Bitcoin mining equipment makers plan to raise up to $1 billion each from Hong Kong listings this year, riding on strong global interest in cryptocurrencies, IFR reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the plans.
A new rapid-test kit for Ebola could help contain an outbreak of the deadly virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to latest Australian research.
A Chinese city bordering DPRK is cracking down on housing speculators who have been flying in from other cities around the country to snap up properties in anticipation of a breakthrough in the Korean Peninsula denuclearization talks.
Chinese police have cracked down more than 90,000 economic crimes since 2017, recovering losses of 100 billion yuan (15.8 billion U.S. dollars), the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday.
Substantial growth in China's fiscal revenue during the first four months of this year and the rapidly improving financial climate are expected to give policymakers more leeway to issue policies that can sustain growth momentum in the second quarter.
Nigeria on Tuesday signed an agreement of 6.68 billion U.S. dollars with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for a major segment of rail line linking the economic capital Lagos with Kano, northern Nigeria's commercial hub.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch a pair of next-generation Earth research satellites later this month to continue the legacy of the first Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission in recording the Earth's climate data, including the key movement of water.
More elderly Chinese are saying they live a happy life, according to a survey on the living conditions of China's urban and rural older persons, published Tuesday.
Shanghai has launched a research center focusing on brain science and brain-inspired intelligence, fields closely linked with artificial intelligence (AI).
A political settlement is essential to solving the Syria issue, and its people should be the ones to decide the country's future, Xie Xiaoyan, the Chinese government's special envoy, said at a discussion in Shanghai on Monday.
China's national political advisory body held a special consultative conference Tuesday on improving the system for the prevention of systemic financial risks.
U.S. businesses are voicing their strong opposition to the proposed tariffs on $150 billion worth of Chinese imports as announced by the Trump administration.
An experimental small satellite captured the first global picture of small frozen particles inside ice clouds, the United States space agency NASA said on Tuesday.
European top diplomats on Tuesday agreed to follow through the landmark Iran nuclear deal despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw last week, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told reporters on Tuesday.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday that the SAR government will leave no stone unturned in promoting the development of innovation and technology.
The Communist Party of China Central Committee's centralized and unified leadership over foreign affairs should be strengthened to open up new prospects of "major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics".
A degree from a university overseas was once regarded as the calling card for better employment opportunities. However, graduates returning to China are now realizing that studying abroad no longer guarantees a well-paid job.
The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem officially opened on Monday despite international criticism. Many Israelis and Americans celebrated the event at the temporary venue of the mission in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona.
China's door of opening up will open even wider, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during his meeting with Ban Ki-moon, chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), in Beijing on Tuesday.
An investigative group set up by the Civil Aviation Administration of China has arrived in Chengdu, Sichuan province, to look into why the front windshield of an Airbus A319 blew out on Monday morning.
China called on Tuesday for both sides, especially the Israelis, to show restraint and avoid further escalation of tensions after more than 50 Palestinians were killed and over 2,700 injured on Monday.
China is "entirely confident in, and capable of, winning the battle to prevent and resolve financial risks", Vice-Premier Liu He said on Tuesday as the country's top political advisers called for strengthening measures to prevent financial risks.
A "condition red" air quality alert was issued Monday after the Hawaii Fire Department reported that fissures in the southeast area of Lanipuna Gardens near Kilauea volcano are releasing high levels of sulfur dioxide gas.
In view of recent provocative acts such as the Republic of Korea (ROK)-U.S. joint military exercises, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has no choice but to suspend high-level talks with the ROK, the official KCNA news agency said on Wednesday.
Chinese volunteers have completed a one-year test living in a simulated space lab in Beijing, setting a new record for the longest stay in a self-contained cabin.
Morgan Stanley raised its forecast on the pace of China's economic expansion for this year and 2019 in its latest research note, saying growth had become more sustainable and less reliant on credit.
A high-level delegation from Pyongyang is visiting China, and the trip is expected to help the visitors better understand China's domestic economic buildup and achievements reached through its reform and opening-up, Beijing said on Tuesday.
China's island province of Hainan will control the number of new cars by setting registration quotas.
PLA navy flotilla recently conducted live-fire drills for ship-borne helicopters in the South China Sea to test attacking targets at sea, with a military expert saying that the exercises show an improvement in the PLA's ability to attack hostile ships.
President Xi Jinping vowed on Tuesday to implement the opening-up measures he announced at this year's Boao Forum for Asia as a way to bring more opportunities for the development of Asia and the world.
The U.S. Midwest state of Iowa on Monday published a letter sent to U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer, in which the farm belt state urged swift actions on the U.S. side to resolve the Section 301 trade dispute with China in a way that does not hurt the state's economy.
China continued to see the job market remain stable in April, with the unemployment rate at a relatively low level, official data showed Tuesday.
In light of the proposed tariffs on Chinese imports worth about 50 billion U.S. dollars, an East West Bank senior official has called on local businessmen to act to avoid a trade war between the world's two largest economies.
The diverse economy of Washington state on the U.S. west coast is deeply tethered to liberalized trade policy, which stands to raise its overall prosperity, an industry expert said Monday.
Chinese stocks closed higher on Tuesday after global index provider MSCI released the final list of A-shares to be partially included in its widely tracked indexes starting June.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on China, and Trinidad and Tobago to enhance the synergy of their development strategies and plans.
More elderly Chinese are saying they live a happy life, according to a survey on the living conditions of China's urban and rural older persons, published Tuesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, hoping that the forum would provide new methods for solving development issues and improving economic governance.
Two Palestinians died Tuesday of wounds they sustained during the anti-Israel protests along the Gaza-Israel border on Monday, bringing the death toll to 61, medical sources said.
The West Bank and the Gaza Strip observed a general strike on Tuesday, after at least 59 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in mass rallies on Monday.
China's economic activity held largely stable in April, with strong momentum in the industrial sector buffering impacts from slowing retail sales and fixed asset investment, data showed Tuesday.
China is seriously concerned about the violent clashes in the Gaza Strip and has called on both Israel and Palestine to exercise restraint, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on Tuesday called for enhancing the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee over foreign affairs and opening up new prospects of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.
Traditional Chinese dancers arrived in Sydney on Tuesday to prepare for the first ever Dunhuang performances in the country.
It was a strange sight: a group of monks from the Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese kung fu, walking through the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (ALVT), producer of China's Long March carrier rockets.
The equipment, developed by the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health and the Chinese Academy of Science, passed review and was accepted on Tuesday. The research is listed as a key state science and technology project.
The entire body of a 49-year-old woman from Shandong Province has now been stored in a container filled with liquefied nitrogen for a year, reports Xinhua News Agency.
Two original manuscripts by Karl Max and Friedrich Engels will be put up for auction on May 21, said Beijing Council International Auction.
China's farm produce prices continued to fall in the week ending May 13, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce.
Laos has pledged to enhance across-the-board practical cooperation with China and further deepen Laos-China comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation.
Models present creations by We Are Kindred during the Australian Fashion Week at Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia May 15, 2018.
U.S.-China Innovation and Investment Summit (UCIS) is a platform for entrepreneurs of both countries to engage in B2B matchmaking, according to a Peking University official in an interview with Xinhua on Monday.
A delegation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) ruling Workers' Party started its visit in China on Monday, Lu Kang, spokesperson of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed during the daily presser.
File photo shows Amedeo Modigliani’s ‘Reclining Nude’ on display.
Britain on Monday made it clear that it has "no plans" to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move that distances itself from its closest ally the United States.
The Djibouti Logistics Support Base of the People's Liberation Army conducted a live-fire exercise at high temperature on May 12 to enhance their counter-terrorism capability, Chinanews.com reported on Monday.
The trade dispute with the United States has not shown an impact on China’s economy so far, said Liu Aihua, spokeswoman for the National Bureau of Statistics, on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environmental has launched a comprehensive campaign against all kinds of illegal development in protected natural reserve land along the Yangtze River, China’s longest river.
After one year of living in the “Yuegong-1” or “Lunar Palace” in Beijing, four volunteers stepped out of the simulated space cabin with cabin-grown vegetables in their hands. The success of this research project, "Yuegong-365," set a new world record for the longest stay in a self-contained cabin.
Africa's integration process in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative will provide more opportunities for cooperation, said a senior Chinese diplomat.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) invited eight South Korean journalists to witness the dismantling of its northeastern nuclear test site, Seoul's unification ministry said Tuesday.
China called for restraint on the Palestinian-Israel conflict on the Gaza border following the move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem on Monday, Lu Kang, spokesman of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
China on Monday issued its first road test license to a foreign automobile firm granting BMW China Services Ltd. permission to test its self-driving vehicles.
36 designers and workers spent more than 120 hours on the unique display area, including a 15-meter-tall tree and various animals such as flamingoes, orangutans and owls.
Two people have been sentenced for killing a Mishmi takin, an endangered goat-antelope species, authorities in southwest China's Yunnan Province said Tuesday.
Lertviroj Kowattana, permanent secretary of the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (C), dressed in a traditional costume, throws rice grains during the annual royal ploughing ceremony in central Bangkok, Thailand, May 14, 2018.
A commuter looks at ancient Roman discoveries on display in the new subway station 'San Giovanni' part of the Line C of subway during its opening to the public in Rome, Italy, May 12, 2018.
China's industrial production grew 7 percent year-on-year in April led by rapid growth in high technology and equipment manufacturing sectors, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday.
An investigation to find out how a windshield of Sichuan Airlines' flight 3U8633 from Chongqing to Lhasa got blown-out was launched, thepaper.cn reported.
An exhibition in Suzhou is displaying more than 40 oil paintings and watercolors created by 10 local artists, including Zhang Xi, Yi Zhongtian, Sun Yawen and Lai Wen.
Beijing Automotive Group Co and Beijing Shunyi district signed an agreement to build a high-end new energy Mercedes-Benz vehicle production base with the most advanced production standards in the world on May 12.
China's population has been rapidly aging, and the parents of the first generation "only child in the family" are getting old. But many an only child is finding it difficult to take care of their parents, especially those who migrate from villages to cities and towns in search of better livelihoods and higher studies.
A photo taken by Joseph Anthony of the United Kingdom shows the lava lake at the summit of Kilauea near Pahoa, Hawaii. At great risk, the photographer documented the 17th active fissure on Hawaii's Big Island.
The Djibouti Logistics Support Base of the People's Liberation Army conducted a live-fire exercise at high temperature on May 12 to enhance their counter-terrorism capability, Chinanews.com reported on Monday.
On May 7, a dog attacked eight persons one after another in Chaoyang district of Beijing. Some of the victims, such as a 5-year-old boy who suffered facial injuries, had quite bad wounds.
The Royal Kitchen at Windsor Castle begin preparations for the wedding banquet for the marriage ceremony of Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, in Windsor, Britain, May 10, 2018.
Authorities in northeast China's Jilin Province have found signs of a critically endangered leopard subspecies.
An image taken by an infrared camera shows a snow leopard in Qiangtang Nature Reserve in Tibet.
He Chunjin's mouth fell open and his eyes widened when he first caught sight of Strong Pig, the sow that survived for 36 days trapped under the rubble of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.
A touring exhibition centering around the U.S. innovations of that period is showing in several Chinese cities dozens of paten models from the Hagley Museum of Library in Wilmington, Delaware.
British defense secretary Gavin Williamson announced an investment on Monday of 3.4 billion U.S. dollars to give the country's nuclear submarines a major boost.
Chinese volunteers have completed a one-year test living in a simulated space lab in Beijing, setting a new record for the longest stay in a self-contained cabin.
A trade war between the United States and China will also hurt Africa, because it will undermine growth not only in those two countries, but also in Africa as an emerging market, where Washington and Beijing both are competing for trade and investment.
The new leadership of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) said Monday that the forum would firmly support globalization to help achieve mutual development in Asia and beyond.