Jiaolong, China's first manned deep-sea submersible, on Friday embarked on a scientific expedition in the Pacific Ocean.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) will complete its new plan for disciplinary inspection reform by 2017, establishing a practical and effective anti-graft system.
Australian police will use lightweight spy-type cameras to patrol Brisbane during the G20 world leaders' summit in November in an effort to be more transparent in controlling crowds, local media revealed on Friday.
Up to 75,000 Australian mining jobs will be lost in the next couple of years as the industry's 450 billion Australian dollar (427 billion U.S. dollar) investment on new capacity slows, according to research by the ANZ bank released on Wednesday.
Cairo, the overcrowded capital city of the most populous Arab country Egypt, will be cleaner and more orderly within two months, Cairo governor Galal al-Saeed told Xinhua in an exclusive interview, speaking of a massive campaign to clean the capital city, reduce traffic congestion, eliminate slums and restore order after three years of political turmoil.
The State Council, China's cabinet, dispatched eight inspection teams on Wednesday to check the implementation of its policies nationwide, in a process which will last 10 days through to July 5.
China will step up efforts to purchase and store grain and build more granaries as its grain output rises, according to an official statement on Wednesday.
Former NBA star Yao Ming and his wife, Ye Li, will feature in a forthcoming reality TV show that will challenge teenagers to team races.
Chinese mainland chief of Taiwan affairs Zhang Zhijun will embark on his trip to Taiwan on Wednesday. To paraphrase Neil Armstrong's moonwalk quote: one small step for Zhang, one giant leap for cross-Strait relations.
A draft revision to China's Food Safety Law had its first reading on Monday and pledges tough sanctions for offenders, promising the strictest food safety supervision system.
Kasikorn Research Center, a renowned think tank in Thailand, on Monday announced that it had raised its forecast for Thailand's economic growth in 2014 from the earlier 1.8 percent to 2.3 percent.
China will pilot a much-debated house-for-pension eldercare program in four cities next month as the country seeks an alternative to cope with rising pressures from an aging population, according to the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC).
The ban follows violence between Muslims and Buddhists in the country last weekend which saw four people being killed and nearly 80 injured and many others displaced owing to loss of property.
China's filmmakers received a boost on Thursday when the government announced support for the industry.
Japan's ruling coalition confirmed Thursday that the current cabinet session, which will end Sunday, will not approve Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempt to make Japan exercise the collective self-defense rights, saying they need more time to continue discussion.
Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold talks on Pyongyang's abduction of Japanese citizens, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday.
The northeast New Territories development plan is one of the Hong Kong government's essential long-term measures to increase land supply and resolve Hong Kong's housing shortage, CY Leung, chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said here Tuesday.
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