9+ hour ago   (159+ words) Genta Koja, the candidate backed by Japan's ruling coalition, is set to win today's Okinawa gubernatorial election, defeating incumbent Denny Tamaki, according to projections by public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News. Koja, 42, a former deputy Naha mayor and central government…...

13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (263+ words) HAIKOU - Authorities in China's southern island province of Hainan have suspended classes in parts of the province and closed 27 tourist attractions as a tropical depression over the South China Sea unleashes torrential rain across the region. Heavy rainfall is expected…...

23+ hour, 27+ min ago   (465+ words) Rolling up his sleeves and extending his arm to donate blood has become a familiar ritual for Neeraj Punhani. For 12 years, the 49-year-old Indian has regularly joined blood donation drives in Keqiao district of Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, where he has…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (409+ words) South Korea will not attend a memorial ceremony to be hosted by Japan on Saturday at the Sado Island Gold Mines, a UNESCO World Heritage site associated with victims of wartime forced labor from the Korean Peninsula, according to the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (320+ words) China's auto exports continued to surge in August, with monthly shipments exceeding 1 million vehicles for the third consecutive month, underscoring the growing role of overseas markets in supporting the country's auto industry. China exported 1.01 million vehicles in August, up 65.3 percent…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (301+ words) Wang's stark black-and-white compositions of Huangshan — celebrated for its unique granite peaks, twisted pine trees, and seas of sweeping clouds — appear solemn, mysterious, and ethereal. To many Chinese viewers, they also readily evoke the millennia-old tradition of Chinese ink-wash landscape…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (97+ words) China Daily Global Edition US, Chinese students gather in Chongqing for Flying Tigers summer camp More than 40 students and teachers from the United States and China gathered in Chongqing this week for a summer camp marking the 85th anniversary of the…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (358+ words) URUMQI — For about nine hours a day, Altyn Magzina sells clothes to customers through livestreams from Horgos, a border city in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region facing Kazakhstan. The Kazakh livestreamer runs the business with a Chinese partner and…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (216+ words) Teenage Chinese-language enthusiasts from over 100 countries touched down in China on Tuesday for the start of the global finals of the Chinese-language competitions under the Chinese Bridge brand, which will run until Sept 22. These young cultural messengers are gathering in…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (245+ words) Digital and green occupations dominated China's latest official job classification update, with nearly three-quarters of the 11 newly added professions falling into the two groups as China works to shift the economy toward high-tech and low-carbon growth. The Ministry of Human…...