Chinese president pledges closer EU cooperation This year's China-EU Summit is set to get underway later on today here in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission head Jos...
P5+1 talks to kick off again in Geneva Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling on Iranian negotiators to be flexible in their forthcoming nuclear talks with the P5+1, which will resume later today in Geneva. As part of a telephone conversation with I...
Five Chinese tourists killed in bus accident in Indonesia Five Chinese tourists have been killed in a bus crash in Indonesia. A group of 13 Chinese tourists, all from Henan, were on a bus which went down a ravine while on their way to a temple in Bal...
Plane crash in Russia's Kazan kills 52 people onboard A plane crash in Russia has left 52 people dead. The Boeing 737 crashed while making an approach at an airport in the city of Kazan, which is about 800-kilometers east of Moscow. 46 passangers and...
China ready to send rescue teams to typhoon-hit areas in Philippines China says it is ready to send rescue and medical teams to the disaster-stricken areas in the Philippines hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei says China...
China reform details More details on the planned reform have been released by authorites in China. A landmark policy document says China will open up the banking sector even wider, on condition of strengthened regulations. It says qualified private c...
Typhoon relief work update Typhoon survivors in the eastern Philippine city of Tacloban have been flocking to the local airport, hoping to find relief in other cities. Foreign aid teams are working to provide assistance in the country, with villagers...
Communist Party of China rolls out grand plan to deepen reforms, vows free market after key session CPC Party leaders have unveiled a new reform blueprint for the development of China. The document has been issued following the conclusion of a key pl...
Typhoon Haiyan kills 5 in China Authorities in southern China are reporting at least 5 people have been killed in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. The massive storm, which cut its way into Guangxi yesterday morning, is now burning out across the region. T...
Haiyan makes landfall in SW China, Vietnam Typhoon Haiyan has made landfall in southern China. The massive storm, which is estimated to have killed some 10-thousand in the Philippines, has curled through the South China Sea, and has hit the southern...