YANGON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted central Myanmar at about 11:10 a.m. local time on Friday, the country's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) reported. According ...

NANJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- About 230 kilometers west of the estuary of China's Yangtze River, there is a service station on water for cargo ships. The station, providing convenience for passing ...

BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with foreign guests attending the China International Friendship Conference and conference marking the 70th founding anniversary of the ...

Debt owed by households to deposit-taking banks expanded 5.7 trillion won (4.2 billion U.S. dollars) from a month earlier to 1,135.7 trillion won at the end of September, according to the Bank of ...

Ms. Xing Huina, deputy director general of the Press Bureau of the State Council Information Office (SCIO) and spokesperson of the SCIO Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to this press ...

BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Beijing has launched new supporting measures on strengthening service guarantees for its elderly citizens aged 80 and above, said the municipal civil affairs bureau.

ULAN BATOR, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Voting for local elections began in Mongolia on Friday. The vote kicked off at 8 a.m. local time and will last until 8 p.m. at 2,230 polling stations in the national ...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The 19th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in the Lao capital Vientiane on Friday, with focus on strengthening cooperation under the EAS framework to foster mutual ...

The Lao She Theater Festival, an annual cultural event in Beijing, celebrates renowned Chinese playwright and novelist Lao She (1899-1966).

TOKYO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The chief of Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) has called on officers across the country to thoroughly protect important figures in the upcoming general election, local ...

Art lovers in China may not be aware of this, but a museum in Paris houses an important collection of Asian and Chinese art. The ongoing exhibition The Journey of Ink: Modern and Contemporary Chinese ...

The Makara is a dragon-headed, fish-bodied mythical animal first introduced into China along with Buddhism. The latter was also believed to be a female shaman, her identity indicated by, among other ...