BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Song Zhiyuan, former board member of Dongfang Electric Corporation, has been placed under investigation for suspected severe violations of Party discipline and the law, according to an official statement released on Saturday. The case of Song, who also served as deputy s»»»

Giant panda Xiao Xiao is seen at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 25, 2025. (Xinhua-Yonhap) TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese panda fans are gathering Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China. Their departure Tuesday will leave Japan with no pand»»»

Add TNIE As A Trusted Source TOKYO: Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China this week. Their departure on Tuesday will leave Japan with no pandas for the first time in half a century, and the chances of »»»

BEIJING – China has charged that Japan’s expanding nuclear ambitions under its right-leaning Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi are threatening world peace and stability, amid a deepening diplomatic stand-off between the neighbours. Beijing has in recent days rolled out export bans and a trade probe, ti»»»

Around the start of January 2026, a video (archived) circulated online that claimed to show martial artist and actor Jackie Chan saying he cried over a video of a Palestinian child saying children in Gaza don't grow up. According to reports in Turkish news outlets CNN Türk and TRT World and the U.K»»»

Enoch YiuPublished: 12:25am, 31 Dec 2025Updated: 12:29am, 31 Dec 2025Mainland China will cut or waive value-added tax (VAT) on the resale of homes by individuals from Friday, in its latest move to shore up a property market that has been stuck in a prolonged slump. Under the new rules, individuals »»»

BEIJING, Dec 12 — Jiang Hui remembers his mother waving him goodbye as she left for her Malaysia Airlines flight, a bag slung across her shoulder and promising to return with souvenirs from her trip. Jiang Cuiyun, then a 72-year-old retiree, was one of 239 people aboard flight MH370 when it vanishe»»»

A court in Beijing delivered the first-instance judgment on Monday on the compensation claims lawsuits filed by some families of the missing passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 — awarding eight families 2.9 million yuan ($409,813) each in damages. The disappearance of MH370 occurred on Mar»»»

Chinese tourists are the largest source of visitors to Japan, with almost 7.5 million visiting in the first nine months of 2025. (EPA Images pic) BEIJING: Around 500,000 air tickets to Japan are thought to have been cancelled by Chinese passengers, an aviation analyst told AFP Tuesday, after Beijin»»»

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is escorted into a hall by monks holding his hands at his Himalayan residence in Dharamshala, India, Dec. 20, 2024. Reuters-Yonhap China hopes the Dalai Lama can "return to the right path," and is open to discussions about his future as long as certain cond»»»