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Profile: Nicholas Burns, Biden's pick for ambassador to China

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to appoint Nicholas Burns, a veteran diplomat and Harvard University professor, to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to China, the White

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Graphics: A view on Ningbo joining the one-trillion-yuan GDP club

East China's coastal city of Ningbo is one of the country's key gates to converge in global economic activities. Despite turbulent external factors over the past decade

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Data: The trends accelerating Biden's $6t domestic ambitions

Joe Biden, president of the United States for a little under four months of a four-year term, has already put forward $6 trillion spending plans that would be among the most transformative in his cou

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Six takeaways from China's seventh national population census

China released key indicators from the seventh national population census on Tuesday. The data provides fresh insights into China's latest demographic trends and reveal

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Graphics: How has Biden performed in his first 100 days?

Thursday marks Day 100 of U.S. President Joe Biden's presidency. The 100-day mark offers a window into the priorities of the president's agenda.The circumstances have been particularly high-stakes fo

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Invasive alien species are threatening China's biosecurity

Chinese customs authorities have beefed up measures to counter the smuggling of alien species, with the national Biosecurity Law taking effect on Thursday to protect th

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A sight at a time: 12 shichen (24 hours) in S. China's Hainan Part I

Traditional timekeeping system in China is called "Stem-and-Branch" or "Ganzhi," developed by the observers of Jupiter thousands of years ago and also underlying the Ch

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9-year-old Dai Yuyang makes history finishing Fs double cork 900

01:47 Nine-year-old Dai Yuyang made history on Thursday as she became the world's youngest to finish frontside double cork 900 of snowboarding. Like the sport itself, t

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China-India cooperation vital for multipolar world

08:29 Given the ongoing and evident shift of global power from West to East and predictions of an Asian Century, China and India – despite their recent border crisis – are seen as two

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'China, India must rebuild mutual trust, prioritize border resolution'

23:47 With the frosty Himalayan frontiers between China and India showing evidence of thaw following recent troops disengagement, both sides now need to work on mutual trust with recip

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Graphics: Big rebound at Chinese New Year box office

Going to the movies during the Spring Festival holiday has become a popular activity in recent years. Last year, new releases were postponed due to the COVID-19 epidemi

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Graphics: What's the cost of 'vaccine nationalism'?

While the biggest vaccination campaign in human history is underway, vaccine nationalism – where countries push to get more jabs, is fueling the gap in global access. As of Thursday, more than 180

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Graphics: Mars orbit insertion, a make-or-break step for Mars journey

Having traveled about 475 million kilometers from Earth, China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft finally entered orbit around Mars on Wednesday.The probe, consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, acti

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Graphics: Keywords from Xi Jinping's 2021 New Year address

2020 is "an extraordinary year," said Chinese President Xi Jinping in his New Year address on Thursday evening."People," "Pandemic," "Development," "Poverty Alleviation

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China's demand-side reforms could sustain long-term economic growth

Editor's note: Ken Moak taught economic theory, public policy and globalization at the university level for 33 years. He co-authored the book "China's Economic Rise and Its Global Impact" in 2015.

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China's strong economy is giving the world support

A magnifying glass focusing on currency bills. /Getty Editor's note:Chen Jiahe is the chief investment officer at Novem Arcae Technologies. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not

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How is China coping with coronavirus imported through cold chain food?

Cold chain food has frequently been brought to public attention as a carrier of the novel coronavirus from abroad.On Wednesday, the Center for Disease Control and Preve