People's Bank of China, Beijing, China. /Reuters Chinese lenders could post flat or even falling profits in 2020 despite earnings growth in the first quarter, as the coronavirus outbreak bring
Rescue crews have retrieved the data recorder from the Pakistan International Airlines plane that crashed on Friday, killing at least 97 passengers and crew members. /REUTERS. Rescue crews hav
China and Russia will take the Year of Scientific and Technological Innovation as an opportunity to enhance exchanges and cooperation in fields including medical and health care and disease con
Unequal access to education and disparate distribution of academic resources are tied to social and economic inequality – and China has been turning to classrooms to eradicate poverty in the country,
Members from various sectors of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) have registered for the top political adv
Cameroonian President Paul Biya on Tuesday evening expressed gratitude to Jack Ma and the Alibaba Foundation and other partners for their support in the fight against COVID-19. "We have also had the
The chorus of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) performs at a special concert marking International Museum Day at the NCPA in Beijing, May 18, 2020. [Photo courtesy of the NCPA]
The People's Sports Publishing House recently published Intangible Cultural Heritage Sports for Better Health (Feiyi Tiyu Jianshen Fa), a handbook on 27 popular traditional Chinese exercises for
Eight art institutions across China are jointly organizing open online classes from May 16 to June 6 that center on epidemic prevention and control.Initiated by the National Academy of Chinese Theater
Portuguese Council of Ministers extended the "state of calamity" in the country until May 31, according to a resolution published on Sunday. The decision formalizes va
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) is targeting a liftoff time of 9:14 AM EDT (6:14 AM PDT) today for an Atlas V rockets carrying the Boeing-built X-37B orbital test vehicle on behalf of the U.S. space
Participants at the starting point of the 2019 Beijing Marathon in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 3, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)Chinese Athletics
Several thousand people gathered in numerous German cities on Saturday to protest against restrictive measures to fight COVID-19, prompting counter-protestors who voiced their disapproval of conspir
In the first half of May, most of the domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 on the Chinese mainland came from clustered infections, said a Chinese health official
Zhejiang Business Association Kenya, an association of Chinese business owners in Kenya, on Thursday donated 70,000 face masks to the government to help combat the COVID-19 outbreak. Chen Jianbin, s
China faces increasing downward pressure on foreign trade this year as the novel coronavirus pandemic has caused huge shocks to the world economy and global supply cha
Over 10,000 Thai nationals have returned home so far from neighboring countries and been immediately put into quarantine, a government official said on Tuesday. Center