Xi meets model civil servants

President Xi Jinping met with representatives of model civil servants who were in Beijing to attend a national awarding ceremony Tuesday.

30-day cooling-off period eyed as divorce rates soar

China plans to introduce a 30-day cooling off period for couples who apply for divorce, according to a new draft of the marriage and family section of the civil code.

Desperate car buyers resort to fake marriage

An increasing number of people in Beijing are faking marriages in order to get a local license plate, just as what many home buyers have been doing to avoid high mortgage rates and taxes in an "unspoken rule" of the real estate market in cities that have property purchasing restrictions.

Zhihu closes user's account over outrageous comments on woman's beating

Chinese social media platform Zhihu has shut down a user's account after he wrote comments supporting a video of a man brutally assaulting a woman, claiming the man set a "good example" for people with antisocial personalities.

China-Japan relations back on normal track

Sino-Japanese relations are back on track since hitting their lowest point in 2012, with Japanese companies' investment in China moving away from “taking advantage of cheap resources” to responding to a path of organic growth, Masashi Iwanaga, general manager of the Beijing Office of the Japan-China Economic Association (JCEA), told the Global Times in an interview on Wednesday.

Xi urges Chinese, Japanese youth to promote bilateral ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged young people in China and Japan to make contributions to a bright future of bilateral relations.

US response to China's top air-to-air missile should not be underestimated: experts

China should not underestimate the new long-range air-to-air missile being developed by the US Air Force, Chinese military experts said on Wednesday after the development of the new US weapon was revealed.

Suspension of Canadian meat imports, China's 'legitimate' and 'legal' recourse: analysts

China suspending meat imports from Canada is in accordance with the law, which will exert significant pressure on the Trudeau government ahead of the G20 summit as the case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou continues to casts shadow over the China-Canada ties, analysts said Wednesday.

Chinese embassy slams Canadian media for hyping death of Chinese citizen Nurmuhemmet Tohti in Xinjiang

Chinese embassy slammed Canadian media for hyping the death of Chinese citizen Nurmuhemmet Tohti, saying some forces wantonly hyped and distorted the Xinjiang related issue with sinister intentions.