The master plan for the Xiongan New Area 2018-2035, recently approved by the State Council, sets out to develop a futuristic region, according to experts.
Confrontation, stalemate and imbalance best describe the situation in the Middle East in 2018. The US withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in May and moved its embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in June.
With a fresh set of shared concerns over an economic slowdown and market turmoil, Chinese and US trade officials are set to make another attempt at striking a trade deal to defuse an increasingly bruising trade war that has rattled global markets and presented mounting challenges to both economies.
China's central bank announced on Friday that it will cut banks' reserve ratio by 1 percentage point to boost the economy while keeping monetary policy prudent in 2019.
US travelers made 2.3 million trips to China during the first 11 months of 2018, which means 70 out of 10,000 people in the US traveled to China during the period, Lu Kang, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told a Friday press briefing.
China's central bank announced on Friday that it will cut banks' reserve ratio by 1 percentage point to boost the economy while keeping monetary policy prudent in 2019.
A fresh round of negotiations on the code of conduct (COC) in the South China Sea between China and ASEAN will be held in the first quarter of 2019. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has appealed to complete the negotiations before 2021.
2018 will be remembered as a tumultuous year in the history of China-U.S. relations. Now, that it has drawn to an end, we have entered another year of historical significance for bilateral relations as 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of China-U.S. diplomatic ties.
Chinese scholars predicted on Thursday that there will be three major ways to realize the reunification of the island of Taiwan with the Chinese mainland - war, peaceful negotiation and brinkmanship without actual violence, with brinkmanship the most likely option regarding the current situation across the Taiwan Straits.
On January 1, 1979, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations. Today, with China's rising economic prowess, China-U.S. relations seem to have come to a crossroads.
Some Chinese universities refuted a US media report on Wednesday that claimed China thwarted on-campus American Cultural Centers (ACC), saying that their relevant institutes remain open and active.
Editor's note: 2018 was more dramatic than many other years in recent memory, and as we move into the new year, it's time to look at the major ups and downs of the past 12 months and consider how they will impact the future. Among them is the DPRK nuclear issue which has witnessed impressive progress in 2018. Wang Peng, an associate research fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies under Renmin University of China and Charhar Institute, offers a pragmatic solution to untangle the complex on the Korean Peninsula.
Despite mounting growth pressure and external headwinds, China has made notable progress in defusing financial risks compared with a year ago, when international organizations warned the country of emerging "tensions" in the financial sector.
The Korean Peninsula has taken the world’s centre stage in 2018. In the first half of the year, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has broken its long-term silence, frequently appearing on international occasions, carrying out reforms at home and seeking reconciliation with its neighbours. Its relations with South Korea, China, Japan, the United States, and Russia have been improved. However, the DPRK nuclear issue remains unresolved.
China-US relations are the most important bilateral ties, and more Chinese listed the trade friction between them as the most impressive international event in 2018, according to a latest survey report on how Chinese people view the world.
China's industrial firms cooled during the first 11 months of this year. Earnings for November alone decreased 2 percent to 600 billion yuan (87.4 billion U.S. dollars), the first contraction in three years, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Newly released data from China's National Bureau of Statistics revealed the producer price index (PPI) for November rose 2.7 percent from last year, yet was 0.6 percentage points lower than October's PPI.
China will encourage commercial banks to replenish capital by issuing perpetual bonds, offering a new tool for lenders facing pressure to improve capital ratios amid a slowing economy and tightening regulation.
A narrow or even closed urban-rural gap is an outstanding feature of a developed society compared to a developing one. Nonetheless, France's "yellow vest" protest marked a reversion. The gap that was bridged is widening again and causing social instability.
The US-China technology war hype started after the ZTE case came to surface. There has been no doubt that US intention of starting trade war is beyond trade frictions. It means China has to prepare for more US hostilities.