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Capital market must support sci-tech innovation: securities chief

Shanghai World Financial Center is located in Pudong, Shanghai. /VCG China's securities chief said Monday that the country's capital market needs to better fulfill its role of supporting scien

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Syria says it intercepts 'barrage of missiles' launched by Israel

Syrian air defenses intercepted Israeli missiles over the western province of Hama early Friday and "downed most of them," Syria's Defense Ministry has said in a statement."At 12:40 this morning, the

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Mexico expecting high influx of visitors over holidays

02:44 With the holiday season upon us, countries around the world are bracing for surges in COVID-19,​ triggered by family gatherings andtraditional festivities.Mexico is among them, a

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American children ask Santa for a COVID-19 cure and gifts

01:19 With Christmas just a few days away, children in the U.S. are making their lists and checking them twice.But this holiday, Santa Claus has his work cut out for him.Some of the wi

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Show celebrates major figures of car industry

A sculpture exhibition displaying international figures from the automotive world has opened in Beijing.The exhibition consists of 20 figures who played an important role in the development of the aut

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Friendship and respect marked by sold painting

At 91, Qi Baishi painted Lotus in Fall to show a vibrant, tranquil scene of booming lotuses. [Photo provided to China Daily] The lotus is a recurring subject favored by generations of Chinese p

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German activists call for insect protection

Environmental activists staged a protest in Berlin on Wednesday to call for more insect protection. /CFP Activists from the environmental campaign group Campact laid out about 200 overs

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Japan protests against Russian missile deployment on disputed islands

Japan’s government has lodged a protest after Russia’s military deployed a number of its new S-300V4 missile defence systems for combat duty on a disputed chain of isla

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Police deploy tear gas as Indian farmers march to New Delhi

Thousands of Indian farmers from the country's northern states of Punjab and Haryana are marching to the capital city New Delhi, in protest against the recently passed farm laws, according to loca

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Canceled camels

00:31 What happens when vendors can’t be reached to tell them one of the world’s largest camel trading fairs has been canceled due to COVID-19?Check out The China Report, our new weekl

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HK and Macao Affairs Office condemns 'Five Eyes' countries' statement

The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of China's State Council on Friday strongly condemned the joint statement by foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand,

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Kenya's exports rise to $4.4 billion: government official

FILE PHOTO: Kenya's Mombasa port is East Africa's busiest, handling imports that include grain, fertilizer, cement and oil as well as exports of coffee, tea and sugar. /Getty Images Kenya's to

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See how many Trump tweets got flagged

00:38 Twitter is labeling many of the U.S. president's tweets as 'disputed' facts. Here's all of them in just the last day.Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter.Subscri

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U.S. brands lose favor with Chinese consumers on Singles’ Day sales

02:17 This year marks Alibaba’s 11th Singles Day in China, an annual shopping event that has become the biggest in the world.Held on November 11th, or 11/11, Alibaba transformed an occ

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How Trump's policies cost him the Arab-American vote

01:51 From the so-called 'Muslim-ban' to his administration's visa restrictions, this is how some Arab-Americans feel Trump's first term led them to vote for Joe Biden and why some are

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Apple places supplier Pegatron on probation over labor conditions

Apple has suspended new business with supplier Pegatron after the Taiwan-based original equipment manufacturer misclassified student workers. Apple also said Pegatron broke its Code of Conduct for s

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New art institute in Shanghai welcomes first students

A century ago, it took young Chinese artists around 50 days to sail from Shanghai to France to pursue their dreams of art. Many of them later became esteemed figures of the 20th-century Chinese art, s