China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Wednesday called for strong confidence in the "one country, two systems" principle and Hong Kong's future.
A spokesperson with China's national political advisory body on Wednesday denounced mob violence in Hong Kong's Mong Kok during the Lunar New Year holidays last month.
Russia will hand over the first batch of the S-300 defense missile system to Iran on Thursday, local media reported here on Wednesday.
As China develops its own smartphone operating systems to beef up security, cellphone users must also provide feedback to help develop the homegrown products, industry players said.
New Zealand's central bank is looking to bolster the regulatory oversight of payment systems to guard against the effects of hacking, outages and other risks, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) deputy governor Grant Spencer said Tuesday.
The white paper detailing the "one country, two systems" practice in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has great significance as it clears up confusion over the policy and contributes to unity, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung said on Tuesday that the white paper on "one country, two systems" practice in Hong Kong will help both local and international communities to better understand the "one country, two systems" policy.
The Chinese central government on Tuesday published a white paper detailing the "one country, two systems" practice in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), stressing the policy as a basic state policy despite new circumstances.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has dismissed reports Kiev is allegedly in talks with the United States over a possible deployment of missile defense systems in Ukraine.
Russia is upgrading its short-range Pantsir-S air-defense systems to improve its capability to intercept unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday that hacking incidents cannot be condoned as they are malicious and harmful.
The ultimate aim of political system development in Hong Kong is implementing universal suffrage, Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said on Tuesday.
Russia must take into account the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike against its interests and include it in its defense strategy, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.