China has announced a slew of new measures to further open up its financial markets, according to the office of financial stability and development committee under the State Council, the cabinet.

More than 300,000 Hong Kong residents braved rains for rallies on Saturday afternoon to voice their strong opposition to violence and firm support for police.

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan on Thursday called for efforts to mobilize all sectors of society to promote public health and health intervention in a bid to improve the people's health.

Brendt Christensen, who kidnapped and killed Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017, was sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment without the possibility of release and spared the death penalty.

Brendt Christensen, the kidnapper and killer of Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017, was sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment without possibility of release, Judge James Shadid announced the verdict in a federal court of Peoria in the U.S. state of Illinois.

The death toll of an anime studio blaze in Kyoto, Japan, on Thursday has risen to 33, with 36 others injured, some suffering from severe burns or bleeding, local police and rescuers said.

According to the latest statistics released by the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau on July 17, currently there’re about 83,400 expats living in Guangzhou, an increase of 1.6 percent compared with last year.

The Peking Opera The Grand Mansion Gate, adapted from a renowned Chinese TV drama of the same name, will be staged at the Guangzhou Opera House at the end of July, marking a grand finale of the 2019 Guangzhou Art Festival.

The Information Office of Guangdong on July 17, held a press conference to issue several policies and measures on supporting the financing of SMEs in Guangdong. The policies include 22 specific measures to solve financing problems for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).