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Beijing reopens 30 percent of its major tourist sites

Beijing has reopened 73 major tourist sites, or 30.7 percent of the total in the municipality, as the novel coronavirus epidemic wanes. All of them are outdoor landsca

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Mutianyu Great Wall in spring

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) --Enjoy visitingthe well-preserved Mutianyu Great wall in this floweryspringtime. Mutianyu is one of the famous sections of the Great Wall in

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Boeing mulling plan to cut 10 pct workforce: media

U.S. airplane giant Boeing Company is mulling a plan to cut about 10 percent of its workforce amid the fallout caused by COVID-19, U.S. media reported Thursday. The pl

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5 dead in construction site accident in northwest China

Five people were killed and two others injured after a wall they were painting collapsed at a construction site in the city of Xianyang, north China's Shaanxi Province

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Dow rallies 780 points amid hopes in virus battle

U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday with the Dow closing up about 780 points amid growing hopes in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 779.71 points, or 3

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Great Wall to release blacklist of rowdy visitors after damage video goes viral

The Great Wall of Badaling, the most visited section of the iconic Great Wall of China, will now release a blacklist of rowdy visitors regularly. The decision comes aft

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Great Wall reopens more sections to visitors as COVID-19 crisis wanes

Beijing's scenic spots including the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs will reopen to the public from Saturday after two months of closure in the

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China to launch communication satellite for Indonesia

China is preparing to launch a communication satellite, Palapa-N1, for Indonesia at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The sate

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Dow jumps nearly 700 points after U.S. extends social distancing policies

U.S. stocks finished Monday's session noticeably higher with the Dow up nearly 700 points after the country extended measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

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Stocks shoot upward as ‘Phase Three’ stimulus passes Senate and unemployment skyrockets

Stocks soared on Thursday even as the U.S. reported its worst unemployment numbers in 50 years of tracking data.The pain felt on main street was offset for investors by the federal government opening

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How are New Yorkers living under the influence of COVID-19

02:34 With its confirmed cases of COVID-19 rising to more than 15,000, New York State has issued a state of emergency. Businesses have shut down, schools have closed, and people are li

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U.S. stocks open higher ahead of Senate vote on stimulus bill

VCG Wall Street stocks jumped early Wednesday as markets awaited a vote on a two trillion U.S. dollars package agreed by congressional leaders to boost the U.S. economy ravaged by the coronavi

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Moscow Blasts US Statements About Russia's Alleged 'Energy Weapons' as Insinuation

The US recently reiterated its criticism of Russia's sale of energy resources, calling its actions "malign" amid the ongoing dive in oil prices caused by the collapse o

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Futures slide again as stimulus high fades

U.S. stock index futures tumbled on Wednesday, pointing to another volatile session for Wall Street on fears that even dramatic stimulus measures would not be able to avert a deep coronavirus-driven

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China approves new national asset management company

Chinese regulator has greenlighted a new national asset management company (AMC), the first approval since 1999 when the country set up four AMCs to deal with distress

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First clinical human trial of potential coronavirus vaccine set to start Monday

A human clinical trial of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus will begin on Monday, the AP reports. The trial, which will test the effects of an experimental vaccine shot developed by the Nati

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U.S. stocks plunge after Trump speech

U.S. stocks plunged on Thursday with all the three major indexes declining more than 7 percent shortly after opening as an address from U.S. President Donald Trump failed to calm markets on potential