Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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Shanghai International Online Literature Week opened on Monday, bringing together online authors from 16 countries. The event highlighted the role of new technologies in increasing the global reach of Chinese online literature. More
The highly anticipated Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-speed Railway is counting down to its launch and operation. Once open, the railway will connect Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station to Suzhou South Railway Station in just 20 minutes, while the journey from Shanghai to Huzhou will take just 42 minutes. The travel time from Songjiang to Nanxun will also be cut to around 30 minutes. More
The festive season of Christmas and New Year is here, and film enthusiasts in the city are in for a treat with a lineup of eagerly awaited films. China's box office revenue for the season, including presale movie tickets, has already exceeded US$206 million, as reported by box office tracker Dengta Data. More
China's job market remained generally stable in the first 11 months of 2024, as the surveyed urban unemployment rate on average edged down on a year-on-year basis, official data showed on Monday. More
China's Ministry of Commerce on Monday reiterated its opposition to the US Section 301 tariff hikes on some Chinese goods. More
North China's Tianjin Municipality issued a license for medical services on Monday to a wholly foreign-owned, third-grade general hospital, the first of its kind in the country. More
China's economic recovery gained momentum in November, fueled by a series of recent pro-growth policies that have contributed to an accumulation of positive factors. More
China on Monday released its latest home price data, indicating that the property market of the world's second-largest economy is on stronger footing for recovery, supported by a raft of policy measures. In the country's 70 large and medium-sized cities, the decline in the prices of commercial residential homes narrowed on a year-on-year basis in November, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. More
China's retail sales of consumer goods went up 3 percent year on year to hit 4.38 trillion yuan (US$608.82 billion) in November, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. More
South Korea's constitutional court kicked off proceedings on Monday over the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who has been suspended from office over his failed bid to impose martial law. More
South Korea's constitutional court said Monday that it will prioritize the case on whether to uphold or reject an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol that was passed by the National Assembly last Saturday. More