Agencies Beijing China’s labour market is sending out mixed signals. Headline growth has held up, but beneath it, the pressure is building where it matters most politically and socially among the young. Official data released by the National Bureau of Statistics shows the urban jobless rate for the»»»

Beijing has rolled out a series of targeted measures to reduce airborne pollen levels this spring, as cypress pollen entered its peak dispersal period in mid-March, according to authorities. The measures include water spraying, pruning of male cypress branches and the application of pollen-fixing a»»»

TAIPEI – Shortly after American climber Alex Honnold completed the historic ascent of the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Jan 25 – done entirely without ropes or a harness in a live spectacle broadcast on Netflix – Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te weighed in. “Thank you to every unsung hero behind the sce»»»

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 — The Sessions Court here was informed today that former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng assured the late businessman Datuk Ewe Swee Kheng that his company, Ewein Zenith Sdn Bhd (EZSB), would receive Lot 702 in Bandar Tanjung Pinang, Penang, for development. Malaysian Anti-C»»»

Mongolian Prime Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar is pushing a more conservative economic policy, resisting calls for progressive taxation. (AFP pic) BEIJING: Mongolia’s top court ruled that a parliamentary vote to oust the prime minister was unconstitutional, a move analysts say could lock the coal-r»»»

A scandal that has gripped China in recent days poses the question in a different way. It revolves not around safety, but rather around food quality FEW SCANDALS IN China provoke as much outrage as those related to food. This is perhaps only natural in a country that takes immense and justified pri»»»

BEIJING: Billy Koh is a familiar name in the Singapore and Chinese music scenes. He started his career in the 1980s with Singapore's Xinyao music movement, banding with a group of musicians to establish music company Ocean Butterflies. The record label went on to groom homegrown talents like Kit Ch»»»

by Xinhua writers Zhang Yunlong, Wu Wenxu and Luo Xin BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- On the quiet, suburban edges of Beijing, firefighters -- more accustomed to battling flames and responding to accidents -- arrive with snake hooks and capture bags as an unlikely drama unfolds. On July 21, firefighte»»»

River overflows in southern China, stranding people, turning streets into canals (Image: AP) BEIJING: Rescue workers used rubber dinghies to evacuate people and deliver food and water Wednesday after floodwaters overwhelmed towns in southern China's Guangdong province.About 30,000 people have been »»»

Beijing: Hopeful parents accompanied their teenage children to the gates of a busy Beijing test centre on Saturday, among millions of high school students across China sitting their first day of the highly competitive university entrance exam. Nationwide, 13.35 million students have registered for »»»

BEIJING: Hopeful parents accompanied their teenage children to the gates of a busy Beijing test center on Saturday, among millions of high school students across China sitting their first day of the highly competitive university entrance exam. Nationwide, 13.35 million students have registered for »»»

BEIJING, June 7, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Hopeful parents accompanied their teenage children to the gates of a busy Beijing test centre on Saturday, among millions of high school students across China sitting their first day of the highly competitive university entrance exam. Nationwide, 13.35 million stud»»»

Hopeful parents accompanied their teenage children to the gates of a busy Beijing test center on Saturday, among millions of high school students across China sitting their first day of the highly competitive university entrance exam. Nationwide, 13.35 million students have registered for the multi»»»

In a pre-mission briefing of his men from the special CoBRA force, Manoranjan, a newly-inducted young officer, had declared, “It’s a do or die mission, and mine will be the first CoBRA blood to be shed if it came to that.” During his pre-induction interview, I had observed his readiness to give his»»»

Justice and constitutional development minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has dismissed claims that her former department spent R16m on travel expenses during her tenure as human settlements minister. In a reply to a parliamentary question by Action SA, the human settlements department said R16m was spent o»»»

Moments after registering their marriage, Zhang Gang and Weng Linbin posed in front of a red backdrop adorned with a Chinese government emblem, fanning out the wad of cash they had received as an incentive to wed. Zhang's home city of Luliang in northern Shanxi province is one of many places in Chi»»»

Moments after registering their marriage, Zhang Gang and Weng Linbin posed in front of a red backdrop adorned with a Chinese government emblem, fanning out the wad of cash they had received as an incentive to wed. Zhang's home city of Luliang in northern Shanxi province is one of many places in Chi»»»