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.
According to the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom released by the U.S. Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong scored 89.3, well above the global average of 59.6, making the city become the freest economy in the world for the 19th consecutive year.
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang expressed the hope that France will continue to create conditions for high-tech exports to China, in a meeting with French Minister of Economy and Finance, Pierre Moscovici, in Beijing.
The latest on a territorial dispute between China and Japan over an island chain in the East China sea.
The U.S. Department of Agricultural (USDA) Wednesday designated 597 counties in 14 states as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought and heat.
Singaporeans and permanent residents here seem to be more tolerant of gays and lesbians, according to a study by the city-state's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) released on Wednesday.
Venezuela's Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the government's decision to delay the inauguration of ailing President Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from surgery in Havana, Cuba.
Beijing residents have been stunned by a news report revealing a couple working in the public health department haven't drunk tap water for twenty years, calling into question the safety of their drinking water.
Coca-Cola China's Vice President Bai Changbo has defended the company's product safety, after rumors that its orange juice contains toxic fungicide.
Due to China's sovereignty dispute with Japan, China's Marine Surveillance had one of it's busiest years on record in 2012...Officials say patrols found 35 developments had broken laws related to island protection...While some sailors weren't able to take a break for months.
China's usually warm south is being gripped by extreme cold - without the protection of a heating system, unlike their counterparts in the north...Now, many southerners are asking for the the same heating as the north... which could strain the country's energy supply.
U.S. President Barack Obama can take executive action in response to gun violence, said Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
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.
Philippine and Japanese foreign ministers agreed Thursday to enhance maritime security cooperation.
Firefighters are battling 126 bushfires in Australia's state of New South Wales (NSW), with 15 of those remaining uncontrolled, the authorities said on Thursday.
Zhang Xiaoming, the new director of Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong spoke with the local media for the first time on Wed, saying that his office would fulfill its given responsibilities and never "rule Hong Kong".
China is now the world's third-largest film producer and second-biggest film market. However, ticket sales for imported movies totaled 8.8 billion yuan, or 51.54 percent of gross ticket revenue, ending domestic films' nine-year dominance at the box office.
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