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Human rights representatives from developing countries expressed strong opposition to moves that politicize human rights issues or that smack of double standards, and they called for a more just and reasonable global human rights governance system.
Macao's development achievements over the past 20 years has demonstrated the vitality of "one country, two systems," a senior Chinese diplomat said here Wednesday.
Polling stations opened in 650 constituencies across Britain at 7 a.m. Thursday as voters head to the polls in the country's general elections.
Voting for the UK general election began on Thursday.
China and South Sudan have vowed to promote ties between the people and governments of the two countries.
The Taliban outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack on the main U.S. military base in Bagram 50 km north of Kabul on Wednesday that left eight dead including six attackers, two civilians and over 70 civilians injured.
China would work with other economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to advance regional cooperation under the chairmanship of Malaysia in 2020, a Chinese official said on Wednesday.
Americans for Free Trade, a coalition of more than 150 associations united against tariffs, on Wednesday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to reach a "phase one" deal with China.
U.S. equities finished Wednesday's session higher after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady and signaled no intention of raising them soon.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged after cutting rates at each of the last three meetings, as officials assessed the effect of rate cuts on the U.S. economy.
Economic and trade cooperation between China and related economies under the Belt and Road Initiative has flourished over the past six years, boosting China's highlevel opening-up and further opening up of the global economy.
China's rising consumer inflation, driven by higher food prices, will not obstruct the monetary authority's efforts to counter economic sluggishness, as companies still need credit and adaptive liquidity to sustain investment.
Steve Dickson, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), said Wednesday that aviation regulators won't likely clear Boeing's troubled 737 Max airplanes for flight until 2020.
The number of Australians among the victims of the New Zealand volcano eruption has risen on Thursday.
China is expected to host 500,000 international students in 2020, according to a report released in Beijing on Wednesday.
About 90 percent of the parents of primary and middle school students in China believe it is natural for teachers to punish students who have made mistakes.
China will step up efforts to manage and serve patients of endemic diseases, such as Kashin-Beck disease, Keshan disease and skeletal fluorosis, according to the latest regulations issued by the National Health Commission (NHC).
All of Macao students are required to know the national flag and national emblem, understand their basic meaning and sing the national anthem when at their primary schools.
Ge Fengjin, son of Ge Daorong, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, held a testimony meeting here on Wednesday night to convey the truth about the Nanjing Massacre in 1937 and remind people to never forget history.
Firefighters are often called to help someone in an unusual predicament and now they have a new tool invented by one of their own that will safely and quickly cut a small object stuck on a person's body, such an imbedded wedding ring.
A firefighter who thought he was alone in the yard of his fire station doing his regular exercises, could never have imaged he actually had an audience of 4.6 million, after a surreptitiously-shot video of his routine went viral on social media.
Archaeologists in Southwest China's Sichuan province said Monday they had found a jar of rice and unbroken eggs that date back more than 500 years.
Both are black and white and thrive in the cold: One is a bird and has feathers, the other a bear with a heavy coat of fur.
A curious chimpanzee at a zoo in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality seems to have learned to wash clothes with a bar of soap and a scrub brush after watching a zoo keeper do her laundry.
On the first day of the last month of the decade, adult Chinese netizens were asked to recall what they imagined 2020 would be like when they were children.
Brazilian and Chilean rescue teams said Wednesday that they have possibly found remains of the Chilean Air Force plane that vanished on Monday over the Antarctic.
It has provided free medical services for more than 230,000 people, performed over 1,400 surgeries and helped more than 500 cataract patients regain their sight.Peace Ark visits Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, where it provides medical services to 22,456 people and 212 surgeries are performed.
At least five people were wounded after a suicide bomb exploded on Wednesday outside the United States' main military base of Bagram in Afghanistan, local and NATO officials said.
Officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army Macao Garrison said they always strive to improve their combat readiness and operational capability to better implement missions and duties.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is training jet fighter pilots to sail and command warships, a move that aims to create more capable commanding officers for aircraft carriers, according to military experts.
President Xi Jinping has stressed cherishing the glorious history and preserving political integrity while pooling positive energy for strengthening the country and revitalizing the armed forces in a set of instructions on the work related to veteran military officers.
China's first private 5G satellite is expected to be put into orbit via Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rocket by the end of December.
China's lunar rover Yutu 2 sets the record for the longest operational period for a rover on the Moon.
China's first low-Earth 5G broadband satellite with a high capacity to meet international competition will be launched by Chinese commercial aerospace company Galaxy Space at the end of December.
Chinese enterprise GalaxySpace is set to launch its first 5G internet satellite by the end of 2019, the company said in Beijing.
Scientists studying ice loss on the world's largest island, Greenland, have issued a stark warning about the consequences for global sea levels after it was revealed that the current rate of depletion is seven times what it was a generation ago.
High-resolution images captured by Chinese earth observation satellites are helping with relief work in disaster-hit areas of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
A group of ancient brick-chambered tombs built on a ramp was recently unearthed in the Tianshan Mountains in the eastern part of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Baishiya Karst Cave in Xiahe county, Northwest China's Gansu province, was recently recognized by Archeology magazine in the U.S. as one of the top 10 archeological discoveries in 2019.
The Beijing Spring Musicale, an annual concert that serves as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, is set for the evening of Xiaonian Festival, Jan.
Two cliff paintings featuring images of human faces and over 100 tower-shaped cliff paintings have been discovered in the Tongtian River basin in northwest China's Qinghai Province, local authorities said Wednesday.
Treasures from China's Shenyang Palace Museum on Tuesday met visitors in Seoul at the National Palace Museum of Korea, telling stories about the rise of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
A rare pair of silver dragons discovered in Mongolia by local and Chinese scientists has been added to a prestigious list of archeological discoveries.
The key witness in the Sun Yang case has explained why he was absent from a public hearing, saying that he was willing to give testimony but nobody contacted him.
"Amazing", "totally cool", "awesome"－the superlatives keep coming for Beijing's Big Air ramp as the world's top snowboarders and skiers test-ride the newly built Olympic venue this week.
15 months after a nightmarish evening that led to a series of court cases against him, China’s Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang still has difficulty processing that day’s events.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Tuesday that its verdict over the case brought by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang is not expected before mid-January 2020.
By contrast, Germany successfully offset the impact of a declining trade surplus with the US by building a bigger trade surplus with other EU states.The US used to be ASEAN's biggest source of FDI, but China has also been catching up fast with it in recent years.
A foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday that China opposes politicizing sports events and advocates protecting the legitimate rights of innocent athletes from all countries.
The twin panda cubs born at Zoo Berlin, the first-ever panda cubs born in the city, got names on Monday, 100 days after their births.
China plans to release one or two giant pandas into the wild in a nature reserve in east China's Jiangxi Province, the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas (CCRCGP) said Thursday.
East China's Jiangxi Province decided to release its pandas to the wild, making it the second province to do so after Southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Qizai, a rare brown and white giant panda, is seen at Qinling Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding of Shaanxi Academy of Forestry in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Dec. 3, 2019.
Good news for the Australians -- the two giant pandas from China will stay in South Australia for another five years.
The pandas are now the zoo's "biggest stars", said Svetlana Akulova, general director of the zoo. She said the pair are healthy, and full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
