Chinese military to recruit twice a year since 2021
China's military will shift its conscription from once a year to twice a year, starting from 2021, a military spokesperson said at a press conference Thursday. Approved by the State…
Political figures vow all-out efforts to safeguard Hong Kong’s prosperity, stability
Political figures sanctioned by the United States for the national security legislation in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) have vowed all-out efforts to safeguard the prosperity and stability…
20 people sentenced for smuggling meat from animal epidemic-affected India, Argentina
20 people in Wenzhou, a trading hub in East China's Zhejiang Province, were sentenced to prison and fined on Thursday for smuggling more than 487 tons of frozen meat products…
Former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co. Lai Xiaomin executed on Friday in accordance with legal procedures
Former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co. Lai Xiaomin executed on Friday in accordance with legal procedures Former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co. Lai Xiaomin executed on…
Beijing beefs up entry restrictions ahead of New Year holiday
Beijing will strengthen its entry restrictions during the Lunar New Year holiday break, requiring even people from low-risk areas to hold seven-day valid nucleic acid tests when coming to the…
China moves up Transparency International’s 2020 anti-corruption list
The Berlin-based NGO Transparency International (TI) on Thursday released its 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index, in which China ranks 78th out of 180 countries and regions. China's ranking in the list…
Man to be prosecuted for allegedly dismembering and dissolving ‘missing’ wife
The case in which a Chinese man, who murdered and dismembered his wife but reported to the police the "missing" of the woman in Hangzhou of East China's Zhejiang Province…
New dataset with improved coverage indicates increased global warming trend since 1850s: research
An international team lead by Chinese scientists using a newly merged temperature dataset which is able to cover almost the entire surface of the globe found that there has been…
China sees plunge in trips on first day of 2021 Spring Festival travel rush
On Thursday, the first day of China's yearly Spring Festival travel rush, which is usually the world's largest human migration, 551 flights carrying 37,600 passengers are scheduled to depart from…
‘China has no genocide,’ FM spokesperson repeats three times, urges prudence from Biden admin on Xinjiang issues
"The most important thing should be repeated three times - China has no genocide; China has no genocide; China has no genocide, period," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at…