Xi Jinping led other Chinese leaders on Saturday to attend a national mourning for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims.

With the epidemic situation largely contained in China, many overseas Chinese students and citizens are looking to make the journey back home. However, they should pay attention to the following points when looking for shelter back in their home country.

China's top respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan has won the University of Edinburgh's first-ever "Being Edinburgh" award, the university said in a statement on Thursday.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has risen above 1 million, according to the new tally from Johns Hopkins University on Thursday afternoon.

"In the next few days we will reach 1 million confirmed cases, and 50,000 deaths," World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a daily briefing on Wednesday.

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continued to accuse China on Monday. With the push from Washington, some British officials have also begun complaining about so-called China's disinformation campaign.

Heavy rain to hit Guangdong during the tomb-sweeping holiday

To this day the city of Guangzhou memorializes the people and the events crucial to the city’s development. Here are some of the unique memorials and parks in Guangzhou that are worth a special visit.

Guangzhou has launched a campaign to collect handprints of both frontline medics and people who have made great a contribution to the fight against this epidemic from across the globe.