US scholar suspected of spying
Foreign ministry of China confirmed the arrest of Min Zin, a US citizen who leads a think-tank focused on Myanmar, saying the American was suspected of spying and endangering Chinese national security.
‘Extreme floods’ could hit deserts
Communities in the nation's northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions were warned to prepare for "extreme floods" this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall and rapid glacier melt
Young people snap up cheap apartments
The "Life in Venice" housing development, a multibillion-dollar replica of the Italian city on the coast, stands silent. Many of the tens of thousands of homes are hollow husks of concrete and alabaster.
Xi: Ties with Pyongyang at ‘new historical stage’
Chinese President Xi Jinping said he and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reached an "important consensus" and agreed to safeguard regional and global peace, in a message of thanks following his visit to Pyongyang, North Korean state media KCNA said.
Charges filed over deadly blaze
The nation charged seven people and two companies over the world's deadliest residential building fire in decades, which killed 168 people at a public housing estate last year.
HK mulls expanding national security law reach
THE Hong Kong government has proposed legislation that would allow the city's leader to designate certain criminal acts as national security offences, stepping up its efforts to stamp out challenges to its rules in the city.
Gaokao season kicks off
Hundreds of young Chinese students clutching pens and their IDs shuffled into a testing centre in blue-skied Beijing, swarmed by parents, joining millions sitting for the national high-stakes university entrance exam.
Xi to visit North Korea next week
President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week, state media said, his first trip abroad this year after hosting a series of leaders.
Fewer varsity entry candidates
The number of students sitting the national university entrance exam, due to begin tomorrow, has dropped sharply by 450,000 to 12.9 million from a year earlier, as more teenagers opt out of academic degrees.
Mountain link bridges past and present
For tourists, a massive new suspension bridge in southwestern China is a new selfie spot and social media attraction.
