Students at a vocational school study practical electronics in Handan, Hebei province, in April. (Photo: Xinhua)Institutional barriers must be shattered to improve the status of vocational education in China since it has long been stigmatized as an option reserved only for failing students, a politi[More]
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) - A mainland spokesperson on Tuesday slammed Taiwans Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority for banking on external forces to embolden itself in seeking "Taiwan independence," saying such acts would only hasten its destruction.Taipei 101 (File photo:[More]
File photo: APKIEV, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that he wants to hold negotiations with Russia over its military operation.Zelensky made the remarks in a televised address, according to a statement published in the presidents official website.On Thursday, R[More]
File photo of Wang Wenbin (CGTN)BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China has always stood on the side of peace and justice and will continue to promote a political settlement of the Ukraine issue, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday.Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a news briefing in r[More]
A reader is intrigued at a bookstore in Qingzhou, Shandong province. Physical bookstores face serious challenges posed by the pandemic since most activities went online and visitor numbers declined.[Photo provided to China Daily] Psychology, history and comics were the topics that drove China'[More]
A screen displays the SSE Composite Index, Shanghai, China, January 12, 2022. /CFP Foreign investors are piling into China at the start of 2022, seeing it as a haven from the inflation, growth and pandemic problems plaguing most other markets.Despite seeing returns last year h[More]
A screen displays the SSE Composite Index, January 12, 2022. (Photo: CFP)Foreign investors are piling into China at the start of 2022, seeing it as a haven from the inflation, growth and pandemic problems plaguing most other markets.Despite seeing returns last year hurt by Beijings regulatory moves,[More]
Russia will seek security guarantees from the U.S. at the talks in Geneva on January 10, Sputnik reported, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry. A Ferris wheel stands on the Mont Blanc Quay, Geneva, Switzerland, June, 15, 2021. (Photo: CFP)Spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday that [More]
This handout photo taken on December 21, 2021 and received from the Office of the Philippine Vice President on December 22 shows Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo (front 2nd L) inspecting an area hit by Super Typhoon Rai in Bais city, Negros Oriental in the central Philippines. (Photo: AFP)The [More]