Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Friday, according to a government press release on Saturday.
South Korea's President Park Geun-hye delivers an address at Tsinghua University during her state visit to China in Beijing June 29, 2013.
South Africa's ailing anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela is doing much better in hospital, his ex-wife Winnie said on Friday, as US President Barack Obama arrived for a visit that will pay homage to a man he calls his "personal hero".
US President Barack Obama was scheduled to fly to South Africa on Friday to pay homage to his hero Nelson Mandela, who is fighting for his life in a hospital.
China's will continue to implement prudent monetary policies, but will conduct preemptive adjustments and fine-tuning in an appropriate way when necessary.
When the Philadelphia Orchestra performed in China in 1973, the musicians found the audience's enthusiasm muffled. Forty years later, they felt like they were performing for a crowd at a football game.
Two imperial bronze sculptures that were looted from Beijing's Yuanmingyuan Garden were handed over to the National Museum of China.
A small NASA telescope was launched into orbit on Thursday on a mission to determine how the sun heats its atmosphere to millions of degrees.
Canadian troupe Cirque du Soleil is working with Michael Jackson's former music and dance partners to bring the King of Pop's spirit and energy to the Beijing stage in August.
An index measuring employers' hiring intentions for the third quarter on the Chinese mainland will drop to 51.5, the lowest since the beginning of 2010.
Huge crowds were cheering as US Supreme Court struck down a federal provision that denies the benefits of legally married gay and lesbian couples.
Dancing has become a trendy antidote to stress among young Chinese, especially urban female white-collar workers, in the past three years.