China's unemployment rate has hit its lowest point in multiple years at 3.95 percent by the end of September, but employment still face challenges as the economy pushes ahead with structural reforms, China's labor ministry said Sunday. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security ...
In this summer's "Wolf Warrior II," Chinese action star Wu Jing portrays a tough superpatriot who rescues both fellow countrymen and oppressed Africans with help from the People's Liberation Army. Audiences loved what became China's biggest-grossing movie ever. Some reportedly sang the national anthem as ...
Marx might struggle to recognize his heirs among the billionaires, skyscrapers and stock exchanges of modern China. But as the country's ruling Communist Party meets for its twice-a-decade congress, it boasts an 89 million-strong membership that still attracts people motivated by ideology — and self-interest. "When ...
China's ruling Communist Party continues to hold talks and maintain contacts with its North Korean counterpart, a senior official said Saturday, describing the two countries friendship as important for regional stability. While the United States and its allies, and many people in China, believe Beijing ...
France and China's space agencies unveiled their first joint satellite in Beijing Friday, which will be used to improve forecasting of ocean storms and cyclones. The satellite, named CFOSAT (China-France Oceanography Satellite), is due to be launched next year by China and will primarily be ...
Australia's prime minister on Friday dismissed an extraordinary letter from North Korea to the Australian Parliament and other countries as a "rant" against President Donald Trump and a sign that Pyongyang is "starting to feel the squeeze" of escalated sanctions. The letter from the North ...
Ordinary young Chinese may not have paid close attention to Xi Jinping's 3½-hour speech on Wednesday, but they are happy to "applaud" the president in the newest viral phenomenon to sweep China's internet. Tencent, the internet giant behind the WeChat messaging app, rolled out a ...
A senior figure in China's Communist Party has accused a dismissed regional leader of plotting to "usurp party leadership," adding to accusations against the former rising star. Sun Zhengcai was dismissed in July as party leader in the western city of Chongqing and was among ...
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to pressure China's president when they meet next month in Beijing to do more to rein in North Korea out of a belief that Xi Jinping's consolidation of power should give him more authority to do so. Trump leaves ...
She was flying Lucky Air, but that wasn't enough for an elderly Chinese woman who tossed coins at the jet's engine to wish for a safe flight, prompting authorities to detain her and ground the flight. The incident occurred on Wednesday at the airport in ...
Lab experiments on a new strain of the H7N9 bird flu suggest the virus can pass easily among animals and can cause lethal disease, raising alarms that it has the potential to create a global human pandemic. The H7N9 virus has been circulating in China ...
Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. More than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. One out of every 6 premature deaths ...
