China and Iceland inked a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Monday after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with his Icelandic counterpart Johanna Sigurdardottir.
Confucius Institute of Kabul University re-opened Sunday after a halt of one year and a half since October 2010, marking the enhanced Sino-Afghan cultural exchanges.
Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, pushed for tourism cooperation when addressing the opening ceremony of the Year of Chinese Tourism in Russia on Friday evening.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev pledged to promote trade ties between the two countries during their meeting in Moscow Saturday.
China and Russia are expected to strike deals on boosting oil trade and building a natural gas pipeline during President Xi Jinping's forthcoming state visit to Russia, Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said.
Premier Li Keqiang on Monday met with CY Leung and Chui Sai On, chief executives of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, praising the regions' roles in boosting the country's overall development.
Myanmar will allow exchange of local currency Kyat with two more foreign currencies -- Chinese yuan and Thai baht -- at Myanmar banks and money exchange counters legally set up in the country, official media reported Thursday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's top leader Kim Jong Un and former NBA star Dennis Rodman sat together and watched a basketball game between U.S. and DPRK players Thursday, witnesses said.
Director of the Liaison Office of the Chinese Central People's Government in Hong Kong, on Thursday urged the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong to make concerted efforts to boost mutual respect and trust and deepen exchange and cooperation between the two regions.
Japan has now temporarily suspended its annual whale hunt after anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has accused the Nisshin Maru of ramming two of its vessels in an act of "road rage" as the protesters tried to prevent the whaler from refuelling, Australian Minister for Environment Tony Burke said in a ABC news program on Thursday.
Regulators have hit Moutai and Wuliangye, two of China's liquor giants, with record penalties of 449 million yuan (71.9 million U.S. dollars) for price fixing, a punishment hailed by Chinese netizens.
One of two people confirmed by the Ministry of Health to have contracted avian influenza H5N1 died in a hospital in southwest China's city of Guiyang Wednesday morning.
Chinese and Nepali writers have highlighted the importance of literary and cultural exchanges in strengthening the friendly relationship between their two countries.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Tuesday decided to set a two percent inflation goal and pledged to ease monetary conditions "decisively" at the conclusion of a two-day policy meeting.
China and Russia have pledged to deepen security cooperation during a meeting between Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev in Beijing.
Indian army's General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC) Northern Command, Lt. Gen. K T Parnaik Wednesday briefed Governor of Indian- controlled Kashmir N N Vohra on the prevailing situation on line- of-control (LoC), a government spokesman said.
The new U.S. Congress convened on Thursday to swear in members and face those old challenges lingering over the country, including a gridlock at the Capitol Hill.
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