An earthquake early Thursday killed at least four people in a remote area of northwest China’s Xinjiang region, state media reported. The shallow 5.4-magnitude quake struck at 5:58 am (2158 GMT Wednesday) 213 kilometres (133 miles) south-southwest of the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar, the US Geological Survey said. Xinhua news agency said four … Read more
China takes free trade zones (FTZ) up to 11, with seven new FTZs starting operation on Saturday. After an unveiling ceremony Saturday morning, contracts for 60 major projects totaling 80.2 billion yuan (11.7 billion U. S. dollars) were signed in southwest China’s Chongqing FTZ, according to sources with the Chongqing Commerce Commission. The signed projects … Read more
The Qinghai Art Museum formally opened to the public on Nov. 12, after three years of construction. Covering an area of 11,000 square meters and with an investment of nearly 100 million yuan (US$14.68 million), the museum has become one of the largest multi-functional cultural projects in northwest China’s Qinghai Province. Located in Xining, capital … Read more
President Xi Jinping greets two Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong II space lab during a video call on Wednesday afternoon. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday talked with the two astronauts in the space lab Tiangong-2, at the command center of China’s manned space program in Beijing. The two astronauts, Jing Haipeng and Chen … Read more