China

News Hour: Four people have been confirmed dead after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China’s Hunan Province on Sunday, according to local authorities. The explosion at about 3 p.m. in a Shaodong...

News Hour: UN Environment launched today a decade-long (2016-2025) flagship programme on Climate, Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CEL), supported by China and designed to assist countries in the Global South with effective delivery of the Sustainable Development...

News Hour: China’s Dalian Wanda has agreed a $1 billion takeover of Dick Clark Productions, the company that runs the Golden Globe awards and Miss America pageants, extending the Chinese property-to-entertainment conglomerate’s buying spree in Hollywood....

News Hour: China will have 58 million kilowatts of installed nuclear power by 2020 as it expands its clean energy network and pursues green growth, the country’s energy regulator announced on Monday. The government will have...

News Hour: Rescuers are working around the clock to search for 20 miners who have remained trapped in a colliery in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality for nearly 24 hours following a gas explosion. Altogether 33 miners...

News Hour: Factory activity in China expanded at its fastest pace in more than two years last month, official and private measures both showed on Tuesday, boding well for the world’s second-largest economy. Investors closely watch...

News Hour: Video footage of a man who wrestled with a giant panda bear after breaking into a zoo enclosure in southern China went viral over the weekend. The video, taken last Thursday, showed the man sneaking up to Meiling,...

News Hour: The winners of Huawei “Seeds for the Future 2016” have left Bangladesh for China on October 22. The 10 winners are students of BUET, CUET and University of Dhaka. Five team, each consisting of...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan for a rural road project that will boost local incomes and cut poverty in Liupanshan, Ningxia—one of the poorest areas of the People’s...

News Hour: Chinese aviation and shipping conglomerate HNA Group said on Monday it would buy about 25 percent of hotel operator and manager Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc from biggest shareholder Blackstone Group LP for $6.5 billion....