Qingming, a traditional Chinese Festival to pay respect to the deceased, falls on April 4th this year. Local residents in Dujiang Dam, Sichuan, held a ceremony to offer sacrifices to "water god" to pray for favorable weather in the coming year. Duilt in 256 B.C. by local governor Li Bing during the Warring States (475-221 B.C.), Dujiang Dam is the world's oldest irrigation project.
The fifth BRICS summit is underway in South Africa's coastal city of Durban - the first time for the meeting to be held on African soil.
Australia is ranked the second-best human development rating in the world, a latest UN report said on Friday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the proposed transatlantic free trade talks Thursday, pledging to strengthen economic ties with the European Union (EU).
The whole world economy is very mixed still with a lot of storm, but Chinese economy has pretty sunny outlook comparing with other countries.
As much as 50 percent of all food produced around the world ends up as waste, a new report said on Thursday.