The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Winter Solstice (Chinese: 冬至), the 22nd solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 21 and ends on Jan 4. On the first ...
BEIRUT, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, was named Lebanon's new prime minister and tasked with forming a new government on Monday, the ...
At the time of writing, the devastating earthquake in Dingri County (定日县), Tibet, has claimed 126 lives and left 188 injured, including 28 in critical condition, according to China Daily . The ...
BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Finance on Wednesday earmarked 80 million yuan (about 11 million U.S. dollars) in disaster relief funds to support agricultural production in the Xizang ...