Floods caused by heavy rains have driven hundreds of thousands of people out of their homes on Monday in the middle and south of China. At least 33 people died because of the heavy rainfall, fifteen people are missing.
Carrie Lam is sown on Saturday by Chinese President Xi Jinping as new leader of Hong Kong. The ceremony, associated with any protest, took place twenty years after the British crown colony was transferred to China.
Chipmaker Intel is working with the International Olympic Committee. Intel wants to use drones, live virtual reality and 360 degree cameras to portray the sports.
Former basketball player Dennis Rodman is back in North Korea for a visit to dictator Kim Jong-un, with whom he has been friends for several years.
Panama has joined diplomatic relations with China and at the same time broke with Taiwan. Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela announced China's choice during a television speech Monday (local time).
The US state of California and China agreed on a climate conference in Beijing on Tuesday to establish closer cooperation in developing cleaner technologies.
Cheick Tioté died on Monday at the age of thirty. The midfielder broke down during the afternoon training of the Chinese Beijing Enterprise. He died later in the hospital, confirming his case lawyer Emanuele Palladino to Squawka News. There is nothing known about the cause of his death.
The United States does not accept China to place weapon systems on artificial islands in the South China Sea. US Secretary of State Jim Mattis (Defense) warned Saturday that Washington continues to resist the 'militarization' of the islands.
The EU and China are going to intensify their cooperation significantly. The two trade forces are 'determined' to counter global warming. Politically, economically, technically and scientifically, they get the tires.
Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb of Rotterdam leads a delegation of companies and institutions that will visit China and Indonesia next week. That made the municipality known on Friday.
The development of North Korea's nuclear program should not be used as an excuse to trigger the US missile defense system already. This opinion is granted to Russia and China, according to the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, Friday.
Two Chinese fighter aircraft have intercepted an American military device over the East China Sea. A US Air Force spokesman told CNN on Friday that one of the two Chinese aircraft approached the US device to about 45 meters.
China has set rocket launchers on a reef in the South China Sea to keep Vietnamese invaders like divers and fishermen at bay. This reported state media Wednesday in Beijing. The government emphasized that she can do Chinese islets and leave what she wants and only defensive military installations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised more than 110 billion euros on Sunday for projects to unlock new trade routes between Asia, Europe and Africa. He did this Sunday in Beijing at the start of a two-day summit, which is a sign of his initiative 'Belt and Road', which is also called the 'New Side Route'.
After a sixteen-day train journey in Chengdu Central China, a freight train arrives with 26 tons of pork from the Netherlands. It seems a slow ride, but Xinhua said on Saturday that the train is forty days faster than a freighter. The plane is also not a serious option on the route. The train from or to 'The main logistics center of the Netherlands' is more than 1000 kilograms of freight over 1000 euros cheaper than a freight plane.
North Korea is prepared to speak with the United States under the right circumstances. This said a North Korean top diplomat, Choe Son-hui, Saturday in Beijing according to the South Korean press office Yonhap.
The upcoming chief of the South Korean intelligence service finds it too early for a summit between North and South Korea. Suh Hoon said Wednesday that the right conditions should be present before the new president, Moon Jae, can meet in his North Korean equality.
At least eleven children were killed in China when their vehicle flew into a tunnel. The driver also did not survive, according to Yonhap, the South Korean embassy in Beijing reported.
North Korean state media have taken out to China on Wednesday. According to the KCNA press office, the relationship between the countries can deteriorate through messages in Chinese state media calling for stricter penalties for the Pyongyang nuclear program.
Chin has greatly doubled its investments in Europe last year. Contrary to the record number of transactions, there is a growing resistance to Chinese acquisitions.
The missile defense system (THAAD) that the Americans have stationed in South Korea to defend the country against enemy projectiles is operational. That's what a military spokesman announced on Monday.
China is not the key to solving the problem North Korea. That said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry on Friday against media in Beijing.
The United States Army began Wednesday's further installation of the THAAD missile defense system. At a planned location in the south of South Korea, new parts of the racket shield, which has to protect the country from North Korea, are prepared for use. The missile defense system must be fully operational by the end of this year, according to the South Korean Ministry of Defense in a statement.
An unknown woman has become the symbol of the violent protests in Venezuela by defying an armored police vehicle. The images strongly reflect those of the Tank Man, who in 1989 alone opposed a column of tanks at the protests at Tiananmen Square.
South Korea is in a state of readiness in the run-up to another major celebration in North Korea, the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the national army next Tuesday. It comes after the recently held military parades. On both sides of the border there are high concentrations of military equipment while there is great concern about a new nuclear test by Pyongyang.
China must be persuaded to play a bigger role in dealing with North Korea. That Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US Vice President Mike Pence agreed, said a senior Japanese government official.
The Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, believes that diplomatic means should be used to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. That Wang said Tuesday at a press conference in Beijing.
The management of a city park in the Chinese city of Chengdu sits with hands in her hair by the widespread theft of toilet paper. The park provides public toilet cubicles since the month of free loo roll, but it shows the newspaper Global Times to act as a magnet for thieves.
A North Korean attempt to launch a ballistic missile, seems to have ended in failure. 'The projectile exploded almost immediately,' said a US military spokesman Saturday (local time). 'There is still selected for some type of missile it went.'
The Chinese flag carrier Air China Friday apron traffic between Beijing and Pyongyang. One reason for the decision is not given, reported the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
