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Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China will work with Saudi Arabia within the framework of the G20 to make COVID-19 vaccines affordable and available to all countries and all people.
Foreign ministers from the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have reaffirmed their commitments to promote cooperation both within the bloc and with its partners in response to COVID-19, according to a joint communique released Thursday.
China urged the United States to stop slandering and lying, discard bullying acts and respect the freedom of the press with practical actions, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.
The All-China Journalists Association Thursday issued a statement voicing strong condemnation and firm opposition to Australia's gross violation of the rights of its journalists by searching and seizing items from the residences of four Chinese reporters.
China looks forward to enhancing high-level communication with the European Union (EU) to send a positive signal for the development of the post-pandemic world economy, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Thursday.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued the Position Paper of the People's Republic of China on the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations (UN), expounding on China's position and proposals on various issues, including the UN's role, the international situation, sustainable development and cooperation on COVID-19 response.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor visited temporary air-inflated laboratories at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre Wednesday to learn more about their operation.
Sales of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) in China posted robust growth in August, as the world's largest auto market steadily expands its recovery, industry data showed Thursday.
When the Greek philosopher Aristotle posited "Man is by nature a social animal", he certainly couldn't have foreseen the COVID-19 pandemic that would traumatize the world and keep billions locked indoors over two millennia later.
Wuhan, once hit hard by COVID-19, has returned to its normal rhythm as the provincial capital of Hubei has seen its passenger volume surge following the dialing back of its epidemic lockdown five months ago.
China is a fast growing winter sports market in the world, with the market size expected to reach 800 billion yuan ($117 billion) by 2022, and will realize a target of 1 trillion yuan by 2025, said Li Yingchuan, deputy head of the General Administration of Sport of China, at the World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo 2020.
China will take policy steps to boost new types of consumption by supporting new business forms and models, with a view to promoting economic recovery. The meeting also outlined plans to advance medical education in an innovative way to build a talent pool for protecting people's health.
China's sustained efforts to promote international trade in services will foster better relations between nations and promote a faster recovery of the global economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, a Commerce Ministry official said on Wednesday.
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday lowered its coronavirus alert by one notch on its four-tier scale as weekly infections have marked a downward trend.
Lebanon's civil defense teams succeeded in controlling around 70 percent of the massive fire that erupted in Beirut's port earlier on Thursday, al-Jadeed local TV channel reported.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor visited temporary air-inflated laboratories at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre Wednesday to learn more about their operation.
White supremacist extremists will present the gravest terror threat to the United States through 2021, a draft document from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has shown.
Three people have died from a large wildfire in Butte County of California, the United States, local media reported on Wednesday.
The Chinese mainland registered seven new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, all from overseas, the country's health authorities said on Thursday.
Chinese college students returning to campus have found uninvited guests in their dorms, which have been unoccupied for eight months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A 407-year old pear tree in Northwest China's Gansu Province that was hollowed out by fire was found to still be full of life and able to bear fruit, media reported on Monday.
"We found evidence that Conospermum plants have adapted the biochemistry of their pollen grains to cope with the antimicrobial properties of the ants," Delnevo said.
A fan has won the chance to have dinner, or work out, with NFL superstar Tom Brady as well as a pack of Tampa Bay Buccaneers opening-game tickets and memorabilia after a making winning bid of $800,000 at a fundraising auction.
A new China body image trend is sweeping Chinese social media after a Chinese actress launched a new collarbone challenge, which is standing a lipstick container on her collarbone, on her Sina Weibo account.
Lots of Chinese netizens have uploaded numerous photos of delicious dishes and recipes on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo that they have come up with while staying at home amid the ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
The Chinese military will send personnel to take part in the Kavkaz-2020 counter-terrorist military drills in Russia between September 21-26, according to a statement released by China's Ministry of National Defense on Thursday.
The Chinese military was "forced to take countermeasures" to maintain stability on the border with India after Indian troops trespassed at the southern end of Pangong Tso Lake on Monday and fired warning shots at Chinese border patrols.
The Chinese military was "forced to take countermeasures" to maintain stability at the China-India border after Indian troops trespassed via the southern bank of Pangong Tso Lake on Monday and fired warning shots at Chinese border patrols.
China's and India's defense ministers have met in Moscow in an effort to lower tensions along their border in the eastern Ladakh region and seek ways to enhance exchanges.
A "small number" of sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier tested positive for the novel coronavirus while underway in the Pacific region, the U.S. Navy announced on Friday.
The last two destroyers in the Type 051 class, the first generation of guided-missile destroyers developed and built by China, have recently been decommissioned in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province.
Huawei Technologies Co said on Thursday that its in-house operating system HarmonyOS will be used in Huawei's smartphones next year, marking an important breakthrough in its efforts to build its own software ecosystem for the internet of things era despite the mounting US government restrictions.
Australian researchers have developed a new tool to help tackle the problem of mutations in COVID-19, which could render prospective vaccines ineffective.
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) said on Wednesday that the clinical trials of a nasal spray vaccine for COVID-19 jointly developed by the university's Department of Microbiology and mainland institutions have been approved.
Beijing has become the second Chinese city to be fully covered by ultrafast 5G signals, as the country moves full steam ahead on 5G mobile networks rollout, barely slowed down by U.S. government's harassments or the coronavirus pandemic.
China's largest and most powerful private carrier rocket is scheduled to make its maiden flight next year, according to its developer.
American scientists have expressed concerns about their government's crackdown on foreign interference at universities, which may drive away scientists of Chinese descent, according to a report by British journal Nature.
Music is needed now more than ever, for it is a means of consolation for people enduring the plight caused by the coronavirus pandemic, world-renowned Chinese pianist Lang Lang said Tuesday.
Chinese war drama film "The Eight Hundred," which has generated over 2.4 billion yuan (350 million U.S. dollars) at the box office to date, is slated for release in Britain on Sept. 16.
After its premiere in theaters was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney's highly anticipated Mulan, a live-action update of the media giant's 1998 animated classic, finally hit Disney's streaming platform on Friday.
As the high-altitude winds make for a brisk morning, Tibetans in Goyang Village offer the ceremonial hada scarves at a monument erected beside streams that flow into a major origin of China's Yellow River.
"What drew me to this project was Mulan herself, her journey from village girl to soldier, to warrior, to hero," said director Niki Caro, explaining why she decided to helm Disney's 200-million-U.S. dollar live-action remake of "Mulan."
The historic Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles County, U.S. state of California, announced on Thursday that it planned to open the outdoor areas of the expansion of its renowned Chinese Garden on Oct. 9.
China is a fast growing winter sports market in the world, with the market size expected to reach 800 billion yuan ($117 billion) by 2022, and will realize a target of 1 trillion yuan by 2025, said Li Yingchuan, deputy head of the General Administration of Sport of China, at the World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo 2020.
As September 21 marks the 500-day countdown of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Game, International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach said Wednesday that preparations for Beijing 2022 are "on track and going well".
He's the world No 1 and the all-time money leader in men's professional tennis with career winnings of $144 million－but Serbia's Novak Djokovic wants more.
As the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games approach its 500-day countdown, Olympic family members spoke highly of the Beijing 2022 preparations despite the COVID-19 pandemic this year.
The United States could face sanctions if they cut off funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Leo Messi published a video message on Friday afternoon confirming that he will remain at the Barcelona club for the 2020-21 season to see out the remaining year of his contract.
A 3-year-old panda named Fu Xing, or Lucky Star, at the Beijing Zoo has attracted public attention recently because it's losing fur on its head.
Mei Xiang's cub, who was born earlier this month, is "growing nicely," Michael Brown-Palsgrove, curator of Asia Trail and giant pandas with the Smithsonian's National Zoo here, said on Monday.
An infrared camera in a nature reserve in northwest China's Gansu Province has captured wild pandas urinating on a tree to attract spouses.
Mei Xiang and her new cub appear to be "very healthy," Laurie Thompson, assistant curator of giant pandas with the Smithsonian's National Zoo here, told Xinhua on Saturday.
Mei Xiang, a 22-year-old giant panda who came to the United States in 2000, could deliver a cub－or cubs－in the next few days, the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington has announced, after imaging revealed what appeared to be a fetus.
A birthday party was held at a zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Sunday for a celebrity "granny panda" named Xinxing, who turned 38 this year.
