China's urbanization rate, which measures the ratio of permanent urban residents relative to the total population, rose by 55.52 percentage points from the end of 1949 to 66.16 percent by the end of ...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a message to Anura Kumara Dissanayake to congratulate him on his inauguration as president of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday encouraged personnel in China's space industry to continue to work hard and accelerate progress in space endeavors.

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has so far raised 21 million U.S. dollars from charitable people for border infrastructure development, Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Monday.

Chen Wenqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, will attend the first meeting of ...

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- China has sound fundamentals to reap a bumper autumn grain harvest following the summer harvest this year, despite severe disasters triggered by extreme weather in parts ...

HARBIN, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Chefs de Mission Seminar of the ninth Asian Winter Games opened here on Monday, with representatives from 32 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in attendance.

ISTANBUL, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- One police officer was shot dead and three people, including the attacker, were injured in a gunfire exchange here on Monday, local media reported. The incident occurred ...

MONTREAL, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- China will be prominent when the Junior Presidents Cup tees off on Monday in Quebec as three of the country's top amateur golfers are competing on the International Team ...

ISTANBUL, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two pilots were killed when a training plane crashed on Monday in the Turkish northwestern province of Bursa, local authorities said.

TOKYO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Unprecedented rainfall has left seven people dead in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture as of Monday afternoon, with several others remaining unaccounted for as rescue work ...