China is set to achieve its annual economic growth targets despite the weak global economy, Premier Li Keqiang said at a news conference on Wednesday.
Rao Geping, a Basic Law adviser to the country's legislature, said Hong Kong alone cannot withdraw from the UN Convention against Torture.
Cash-strapped Asia Television (ATV) has received two offers to provide up to HK$800 million in two days after a fourth mainland firm announced a bid to help save the city’s oldest television station just weeks away from its final free-to-air broadcast.
China is exploring the creation of a mechanism that would use a band to guide the country's interest rates, an approach aimed at giving the market a greater say in the financial system, a senior monetary official said on Sunday.
Premier Li Keqiang’s latest annual government work report has put emphasis on the "distinctive strengths" of the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao to advance the country's economic development and opening up.
A glimmer of hope may flare for ride-sharing companies in China to gain legitimacy and see further growth after Chinese ministries vowed to encourage the popular means of transport.
China has set a target of building around 30 nuclear power units in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative routes by 2030, according to Sun Qin, president of China National Nuclear Corp.
A foreign fishing boat stranded on a Chinese reef in the South China Sea for several months has been towed away, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Despite booming real estate prices in Beijing, Wang Ke, a 32-year-old bank clerk, recently bought a 98-square-meter flat off the Third Ring Road.
Tests by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) show controversial e-cigarettes pushing hard for admission into the Hong Kong market contain deadly chemicals.
The United States and China have agreed on a proposed UN resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and will not accept Pyongyang as a nuclear weapons state, the White House and United Nations diplomats said on Wednesday.
The Supreme People's Court responded on Tuesday to a new urban planning guideline issued by the central government saying that roads in new residential communities should be open to the public rather than reserved for the private use of a community's residents.
Young Chinese planning to study in the United States are being advised to seek alternatives to the Scholastic Assessment Test, as a recent overhaul has made it more challenging for non-English speakers.
Ahead of Foreign Minister Wang Yi's US visit this week, Beijing has noted the US defense deployment in Hawaii, hitting back at the latest US criticism that China's presence on its South China Sea islands is boosting "militarization".
Liu Shiyu, the newly appointed head of China's securities watchdog to replace Xiao Gang, faces a daunting task in making the equity market more market-oriented and in cracking down on illegal activities.
GPS sport watches, compression leggings and hydration packs are the new must-haves for wealthy Chinese, pumping up the multi-billion dollar sportswear industry at a time when China's elite are reining in spending on more traditional luxury brands.
High demand for medical services has provided golden opportunities for unscrupulous gangs to fleece unsuspecting patients at some of the nation's major hospitals. Despite an official crackdown, the law-breakers continue to operate, as Zhang Yi and Wang Xiaodong report.
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