The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said Tuesday, Jan. 12, that the country had the warmest year on record in 2015, partly due to a powerful El Nino, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
If there is a fairy tale of an old woman who lives inside a giant show with her children, in Taiwan, there is a real glass slippers church built to attract female churchgoers.
By posting photos of themselves at the Great Wall of China, Beijing residents are helping an 8-year-old American boy with cancer realize his dream to become famous in the Asian country. The photos must show people holding a sign with the hashtag #D-STRONG.
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) fined Liu Qintao 150,000 yuan ($22,800) for a stock market advice based on speculations. He advised the public on June 2, 2015, to take a short position on shares of a rail company.
The head of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is leading in Taiwan's presidential election held on Saturday. As of Wednesday, Tsai Ing-wen enjoys a substantial lead.
The Rwandan government is set to establish a garment factory in the capital Kigali which it plans to undertake by starting a joint venture with Chinese investors, according to a government official quoted by the Global Times.
The governments of Beijing, Shanghai and Shandong Province are eyeing to implement this year an increase in their respective maternity leave periods. The first to amend this policy is Guangdong Province.
Parents protested outside of the headquarters of the NHFPC on Thursday, calling for fines to be cancelled for their second children. Their children were born before Jan. 1, when the two-child policy officially took effect.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said on Tuesday, Jan. 12, that concerned parties should work closely to bring the Korean nuclear issues to the negotiating table.
China has innovated the fabricating techniques for a key part to be utilized on its extremely heavy rocket that should comply the country’s manned missions to the moon.
Although China is in the middle of a transition, the Seattle-based company Starbucks will continue with its planned expansion in China. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz shares that the company plans to open 500 more outlets in the Asian giant over the next five years.
The photos of a Hong Kong TV host with a Chinese bride that was posted on Weibo had gone viral.
While the United States welcomed the decision of the Philippine Supreme Court to declare as constitutional the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), the ruling angered China.
If how unmarried Chinese spent money during the Nov. 11 Singles' Day in 2015 is an indicator, online shopping is expected to further boom in China in the coming years. Easily putting the sales figure of Amazon and eBay to shame, Double 11 sales in the county hit $19 billion (or 123 billion yuan).
China took a big step on Tuesday, Jan. 12 to provide medical insurance for all.
