Taobao in Miniature

A Beijing resident uses Pinduoduo's WeChat mini app to make an online purchase (WEI YAO) 　　Social e-commerce, a form of online retail which relies on social networks to assist in the buying and...

A City's Legend

The Qianhai bay area in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, on July 31, 2017 (VCG) 　　Evolving from a fishing village bordering Hong Kong, Shenzhen, in south China's Guangdong Province, is now one of ...

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Participants attend the 10th U.S.-China CEO and Former Senior Officials' Dialogue in Beijing on May 15 (XINHUA) 　　After months of rising tensions between the United States and China due to an e...

Boosting Ecological Advancement

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks at a meeting on environmental protec...

Steering a Middle Course

Workers assemble Chevrolet's new generation of Cruze at the factory of a Sino-U.S. joint venture in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province (XINHUA) 　　On May 19, China and the United Stat...

DPRK Confirms Demolition of Nuclear Test Site

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has confirmed the demolition of its nuclear test site at Punggye-ri on May 24, saying that all the tunnels have been collapsed by explosions and t...

Trump Cancels Singapore Summit with Kim after Exchanges of Accusations

U.S. President Donald Trump on May 24 sent a letter to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s top leader, Kim Jong Un, to cancel their planned meeting in Singapore on June 12. 　　The...

China Gears up for Employment of 8.2 Million College Graduates

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on May 24 instructed a national government meeting to work for stable employment of college graduates this summer. 　　It will be a tough task to help the record 8.2 mi...

Putin Meets Chinese Vice President on Ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan in St. Petersburg on May 24, and they agreed to further boost bilateral cooperation for the benefit of both countries ...

Chinese FM Criticizes Disinvitation From U.S. Military Drill

The Chinese Foreign Minister on May 23 blasted the U.S. for excluding China from a multinational military exercise to be held in June, noting that the decision was “imprudent and unconstructive....