Taikonauts reach space station
THE nation launched a Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early yesterday as part of Beijing's ambitions to send humans to the Moon by 2030, state media said.
‘Talks moving in the right direction’
PRESIDENT Xi Jinping met with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing, state media reported, as diplomatic efforts by several countries to formally end the Iran conflict drag on.
Anxious families await news of missing coal miners
A man nervously smoked a cigarette as he sat by a checkpoint, waiting for news of his older brother caught up in the country's worst mining disaster in nearly two decades.
New space mission to launch with HK astronaut aboard
A Hong Kong astronaut will join a Chinese space mission for the first time, as Beijing edges closer to its goal of landing people on the Moon.
At least 90 dead in coal mine blast
A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 90 people, state media reported yesterday, the country's biggest mining disaster in 17 years.
Villager’s madcap 10-storey home demolished
Authorities have razed a ramshackle 10-storey home that for years defied demolition notices and building restrictions to become an off-beat tourist attraction in southwestern China, footage from the owner showed.
Putin, Xi hail ‘unyielding’ ties during fruitful talks
PRESIDENT Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia's "unyielding" ties in talks with Vladimir Putin. As the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump's own visit to Beijing.
Over 20 dead in historic downpour
The death toll from heavy rains across central and southern China since the weekend has risen to 22, state media reports showed, with 20 more people still unaccounted for.
Keep our people safe, Tokyo tells Beijing after stabbings
Tokyo has asked Beijing to ensure its citizens' safety after a stabbing in a Shanghai restaurant in which two Japanese were injured, Japan's consulate in Shanghai said.
Fugitive sweep nets over 880 suspects
Police have arrested more than 880 economic fugitives who fled abroad, including 38 individuals listed as Interpol Red Notice fugitives, according to the Public Security Ministry
