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A China-donated statue of German philosopher Karl Marx was unveiled on Saturday in his birth town on the 200th anniversary of his birth.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reset Pyongyang time to GMT+09:00, 30 minutes earlier than previous time, starting from May 5.
Saturday marks the day of "Lixia", the beginning of summer in the Chinese lunisolar calendar.
Champion team China celebrate with trophy on the podium during the awarding ceremony for the Women's group event at the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden, May 5, 2018.
Over 3,200 people visited the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.. on Saturday as the embassy opened its doors to the public for the first time as part of the Around the World Embassy Tour, a signature cultural event held annually in the U.S. capital.
Villages hit hard during the 2008 magnitude 8 earthquake in Southwest China’s Sichuan province find ways to recover from the disaster and improve local lives by developing the rural economy.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left Beijing Sunday for official visits to Indonesia and Japan, and the 7th China-Japan-ROK leaders' meeting in Japan.
Restaurant owner Xiao Meiying lives in Wengding village in Southwest China's Yunnan province, a village consisting of people from the same small ethnic group, the Wa, who lived in isolation for centuries.
Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on China-U.S. relations on the phone late Saturday.
Scholars from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have been asked to do more to promote national reunification.
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum is expected to start its expansion project this year after recently receiving government approval for its plan.
China is reflecting on Marxism as the country observes the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth Saturday, when the Second World Congress on Marxism opened in Peking University, where Marxism started to spread in China.
Talks on economic and trade issues between China and the United States have made a good start. The question now is can both sides stay on the right track, remain candid and make progress.
Consulate General of China in Los Angeles issued an alert message Saturday morning, warning Chinese citizens not to stay in dangerous zones in Hawaii's Big Island, which has been suffering strong volcano eruptions and earthquakes since Thursday.
China on Saturday proposed four steps that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) could take to further promote inclusive development in the Asia-Pacific region.
U.S. billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that the world depends on the United States and China for progress, dismissing concerns that the two countries' trade tensions could potentially escalate into a trade war.
Saturday is the first day of Lixia, or the beginning of summer, in accordance with China's traditional "solar terms." The 24 solar terms, including Lixia, were added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2016.
Ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's official visit to Indonesia next week, experts said stable ties between the two major developing economies will also enhance China's cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
China may have five to eight million pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients, but only 10,000 to 20,000 have been treated, said a PH expert in Beijing Saturday.
New green cars drew wide attention at the 15th Beijing International Automotive Exhibition.
China's largest trade fair concluded its 123th session Saturday in Guangdong Province, reporting more foreign buyers and deals.
China's tracking ship Yuanwang 6 departed from a port in East China's Jiangsu province Saturday to monitor Queqiao, the Chang'e 4 relay satellite.
The rates of myopia, or nearsightedness, have increased in all age groups of children in Taiwan, the island's health care authority said Saturday.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent off InSight, its robotic lander, from the central coast of California at pre-dawn on Saturday to explore the deep interior of the red planet.
China will work with Indonesia to further enhance the complementarity between their development strategies, and work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to develop a joint vision, said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday.
Beijing will soon set up a platform to inform the public about the credibility of people, enterprises, social groups and institutions.
The National Museum of China on Saturday opened an exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth.
President Xi Jinping stated China's hope for ensuring long-lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula during separate phone conversations with Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday.
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi wrapped up his two-day visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, during which he met with DPRK’s top leader Kim Jong-un and Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho.
China and the United States have reached a number of trade agreements and agreed to set up a work mechanism to continue communicating with each other and to sort out unsolved problems and disputes, after high-level trade talks in Beijing this week.
The 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth falls on May 5, 2018.
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii's Big Island on Friday night as eruptions at the Kilauea volcano continued, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has reported.
Egret fly in a forest in Luoshan County of Xinyang, central China's Henan Province, May 4, 2018.
Saturday marks Lixia, or “Start of Summer” in English, the seventh solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar. In Chinese, the character “l(fā)i (立)” means “begin”, so Lixia is also the first solar term that kicks off the hot summer days in China.
Photo taken on May 4, 2018 shows the reading room of the Marx Memorial Library and Workers' School in London, Britain.
Eight people have been killed and another remains missing after a minivan rolled over and fell into a river in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
China is speeding up completion of a national surface water quality monitoring system.
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted 56 km NNW of Pandan, Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Overseas scholars applauded China's creative practice of Marxism by adapting the theory to its changing reality, which ensures its vigor and vitality.
Four officials in central China's Henan Province have received punishments after poppies were found in a government courtyard.
China's banking regulator has limited commercial bank's risk exposure to avoid systemic risk.
China's foreign exchange regulator is maintaining a firm stance on freeing cross-border capital investments amid the acceleration of financial opening-up, while remaining cautious about potential shocks from external financial instability.
Four South Korean ministers planned to visit border islands to discuss with residents over the maritime peace zone with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Authorities in south China's Guangdong Province are looking for a tourist who reportedly took a dolphin away from a local beach.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's official visits to Indonesia and Japan from May 6 to 11 is expected to inject fresh impetus into regional cooperation and reset China-Japan relations.
China's electronic information industry posted double-digit growth in output in the first quarter of this year.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in planned to visit Washington to talk with U.S. President Donald Trump about the summit between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States.
Karl Marx, a great German philosopher and pioneer of the international communist movement, topped the list, leading Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton and even Charles Darwin with a clear margin.
Two centuries on, despite huge and profound changes in human society, the name of Karl Marx is still respected all over the world and his theory still shines with the brilliant light of truth, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Friday.
A seismometer controlled with Swiss-developed electronics will be aboard NASA's Mars lander InSight, which is scheduled to be launched from California on Saturday.
The 2018 China Internet Conference will be held from July 10 to 12 in Beijing.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday at 23:30 local time (15:00 GMT) adjusted country's clocks 30 minutes forward to midnight as to be in the same time zone as the Republic of Korea's (ROK).
The inspectors of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) finished their work in inspecting alleged chemical attack in the Syrian capital Damascus' eastern Douma district, the OPCW said in a statement on Friday.
China's agreement on a mutual visa-free regime with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will take effect on May 29, 2018, Chinese Embassy in BiH told Xinhua on Friday.
On the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth and 170 years since the publication of the Communist Manifesto, a series of high-profile events in Europe is bringing the revolutionary philosopher's legacy into the spotlight again.
A tweet of three photos of 18-year-old American student Keziah Daum wearing a qipao as a prom dress was enough to create an international storm.
A Chinese American, who had worked for a U.S. government agency and had been falsely accused of economic espionage for foreign interests, on Friday lashed out at the U.S. government's unfounded prejudice against naturalized Asian people like her.
U.S. billionaire investor Warren Buffett has expressed his interest in expanding investment in big markets including China.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a particular bridge toward better relations between the United States and China, experts said at the 2018 California-China Business Summit, which was held in Los Angeles on Thursday.
A Long March rocket launched an advanced communications satellite on Friday for a Hong Kong-based operator.
Tajinisa is proud of her deep purple hands. The indelible dye stains on the 51-year-old craftswoman's hands are testament to her decades of toil dyeing and weaving Atlas silk, a national intangible cultural heritage.
Electronic and internet platforms will be more widely applied in governance to ensure that the time required for business registration in 36 cities and regions will be reduced to within 8.5 days by the end of 2018, senior official said.
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale jolted 16km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii at 22:32:55 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
China's first deep-sea fish farming facility, Shenlan 1, will be put into use later this month for salmon cultivation in the Yellow Sea, which will enable the country to achieve large-scale breeding of fish in the warm open seas.
The final research paper submitted by Stephen Hawking days before his death suggests our universe might be one of an endless supply of very similar universes created by the Big Bang.
China took another step to further open up its financial and capital market, as foreign investors began trading in domestic iron ore futures at the Dalian Commodity Exchange on Friday.
The Communist Party of China will continue to learn from Karl Marx, the greatest thinker of human history, and practice Marxism in the new era, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.
Xu Shaoqing stood in front of a large screen as a picture of a golden earring the size of a basketball appeared.
Chinese researchers discovered that a widely-used osteoporosis drug might prevent the spread of a particular aggressive form of breast cancer that typically affects younger, premenopausal women.
Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming trip to Indonesia and Japan is of great importance to cementing the China-Indonesia comprehensive strategic partnership, deepening China-ASEAN relations and trilateral cooperation among China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), and bringing China-Japan ties back to a normal development track, said Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou.
China and Japan should properly manage their contradictions and differences to bring bilateral relations back on track and strive for new developments, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday in a telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba said Friday that its net income for the fiscal year ending March 2018 rose 47 percent year-on-year to 64 billion yuan (10.2 billion U.S. dollars).
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in talked about bilateral ties and peace development on the Korean Peninsula during a phone talk on Friday.
Foreign investors began trade in domestic iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) Friday, another step in financial opening-up.
Unilateralism and protectionism are an act of self-isolation and inconsistent with the law of the market and international rules, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
China saw a current account deficit in the first quarter of 2018 due to seasonal factors and rapid growth in goods imports.
China's Ministry of National Defense Friday refuted the allegations that its base in Djibouti had pointed lasers at U.S. military aircraft there, saying it was in "complete contradiction to the facts."
Two centuries on, despite huge and profound changes in human society, the name of Karl Marx is still respected all over the world and his theory still shines with the brilliant light of truth, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday.
China has lodged solemn representations with the United States concerning the ZTE case during the China-U.S. economic and trade consultations from Thursday to Friday, a spokesperson with China's Ministry of Commerce said Friday when answering questions from the press.
Russian soldiers march toward Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade on Thursday, May 3, 2018.
Firms on China's National Equities Exchange and Quotation (NEEQ), also known as the "new third board, saw steady revenue growth in 2017.
China and the United States reached agreements on some issues in their economic and trade consultations in Beijing from Thursday to Friday, and agreed to set up a work mechanism to keep close communication.
Research vessel Dayang Yihao, or Ocean No 1, returned to its home port in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Thursday after finishing a 45-day scientific expedition.
One of the U.S.’s biggest agricultural companies has claimed China is “deliberately not buying” American soybeans, with data showing Brazilian farmers are already taking advantage of Washington’s stance on trade.
World leading sneaker giant Nike's CEO Mark Parker Thursday apologized to employees at an all-staff meeting for a "boys-club culture" at the company that disparages women employees, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Frameless festive lanterns are on show in Xianju County, East China's Zhejiang Province, May 3, 2018. Wang Rulan, 81, has been working with the distinctive lanterns since the 1980s, making many creative patterns and styles.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming official visit to Indonesia, the first stop of the first overseas tour since the new cabinet took office, shows the great importance China attaches to bilateral relations with Indonesia, Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xiao Qian said in a signed article.
Data provided by a travel service platform indicates that air tickets to Bangkok saw the largest number of bookings when compared to other overseas destinations during the three-day May Day holiday.
Hundreds of U.S. students had a taste of Chinese culture by learning the art of paper cutting and knot-making at an open day event held on Thursday.
An SUV was knocked over by a following vehicle when the former suddenly changed lanes at the Gujiaba section of the Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway on May 2.
The Swedish Academy has decided it will not award the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2018, and instead will announce the winner next year, along with the 2019 laureate.
A brown bear was captured roaming freely in a pasture in Gonghe County, Qinghai Province on May 2. Herdsman said the bear didn't hurt any people or livestock.
Students and teachers from the New York area intrigued by the Chinese language and culture got a treat on Thursday evening.
American students participate in a Chinese culture and cuisine event at China's Consulate General in New York City, U.S., May 3, 2018.
China's opening-up was brought up in a massive meeting of entrepreneurial minds in Silicon Valley this week.
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) member countries can capitalize on new regional and international development dynamics, including China's Belt and Road Initiative, to strengthen regional infrastructure, boost trade, and reduce poverty, according to participants at a high-level Asian Development Bank (ADB) seminar held on Thursday.
More than 1,100 economists on Thursday warned President Donald Trump and U.S. Congress not to repeat the mistakes made in the 1930s by adopting trade protectionism policies.
A grand gathering to commemorate the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx was held in Beijing on Friday.
You may recall vividly, the time when we met. No matter how time flies, never fades our sweet memory.
Foreign investors began trade in domestic iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) Friday, another step in the country's financial opening-up push.
A conference to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx is held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 4, 2018.
The international foreign exchange service provider WorldFirst submitted an application to China's central bank to enter the country's booming third-party payment industry. But insiders think the market landscape dominated by Alipay and WeChat cannot be changed easily.
Following the capture of a one-horned rhino on Thursday, Nepal finalized all four baby rhinos which will be gifted to China as part of enhancing friendship between the two neighbors.
A view of the newly restored Victorian Temperate House which has been re-opened to the public following a five-year restoration project in Kew Gardens, London, Britain, May 3, 2018.
