13th National Games of China open in Tianjin

Dubbed China's "mini-Olympics", the curtains were raised for the 13th National Games of China here on Sunday evening at the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, nicknamed the "Water Drop".

Hurricane lashes southeast Texas with heavy rain, wind

Category 4 Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport, Texas shortly after 11 pm on Friday with wind gusts of up to 135 miles per hour. It gradually weakened to a tropical storm, retreating southwesterly, where it sits along the coast in southeast Texas.

Students prepare for new school semesters

With the school season coming, students around China face new time in their lives — some are busy with military training and others are donned in Chinese traditional costumes engaging in the rituals of ancestors.

IOC chairman gives thumb up to National Games innovations

The upcoming National Games won praise from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach with its innovation of inviting the masses to compete for medals.

Chinese naval fleet stages live-fire drill in Indian Ocean

A Chinese naval formation consisting of the destroyer Changchun, guided-missile frigate Jingzhou and supply vessel Chaohu conducted a live-fire drill in the waters of the western Indian Ocean, military sources said Friday.

Moving closer to an 'intelligent society'

How far away are we from becoming an "intelligent society"?

How do foreigners view govt's push against desertification?

After Chinese government's decades-long endeavor to ensure environmental protection and resource conservation, Saihanba has become a model for China's green development. Different from the past barren desert, modern-day Saihanba is often called" the Green Lung of North China".

Volunteers ready for 9th BRICS Summit

How robots are shaping tomorrow's world

Robots are increasingly taking part in the real world.

Hoh Xil pilots environment protection reform

Hoh Xil's recent listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site bodes well for the source of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, which was established as China's first national park to pilot environmental-protection reform.

Highlights from Xi's speech at a high-level workshop

Here, we share some notes taken from the speech, hoping to help you better understand the future of China through Xi’s wisdom of governance.

Martial arts through lens of Ukrainian photographer

Roman Pilipey, a photojournalist from Ukraine, uses his lens to record martial arts practitioners in China. Here are the editor’s picks of some of his works.