United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres (left) talks with Volkan Bozkir, president of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, before a highlevel meeting at UN headquarters in New York on Monday to commemorate the UN’s 75th anniversary. Guterres urged the international community to work together to improve global governance.Eskinder Debebe / Un Photo Via Xinhua
China offers path for UN's future
The 75-year-old United Nations is in dire need of more wisdom and tangible efforts, and China has played a powerful role in this regard in helping to bolster the organization against the lingering headwinds of unilateralism, officials and experts said.
Emergency rescue mission saves the day as caves yield cultural riches
Braving drilling and blasting, and with rocks occasionally falling over their heads, archaeologists raced against time as they worked outside a village in Sanming, Fujian province.
Plan devised to treat depression
Mo Qing, a university lecturer in Zunyi, Guizhou province, was first diagnosed with depression when he was a 19-year-old college student in 2006, although he started to suffer from conditions such as desperation and extreme pessimism years before that.
Officials take on academic misconduct
Postgraduate students who commit fraud in their graduation dissertations will be recorded in the national social credit system, a new guideline said on Tuesday as the country aims to further strengthen the quality of its postgraduate education to cultivate more high-level talent.
Investment flows hit as US, China ties sour
Two-way capital flows between the United States and China declined to a nine-year low in the first half of 2020 even though the level of direct Chinese investment in the US rose because of tech giant Tencent, a recent report said.
CBZs to spur services trade
China will encourage the use of innovation, testing and maintenance processes at its comprehensive bonded zones, or CBZs, to bolster the development of the services trade, a Customs official said on Tuesday.
Fintech creates better environment for SMEs
China's efforts to make financial services more accessible and affordable for small businesses via technological innovations have made headway since the nation released its fintech development blueprint a year ago, officials and experts said.
UN faces biggest challenge in holding true to its course
"Never in modern history have we gone so many years without a military confrontation between the major powers", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the summit meeting commemorating the world body's 75th anniversary.
UN at a crossroad
The United Nations is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Seventy-five years ago, 51 countries on the verge of victory in the war against fascism decided to establish a new universal international organization with the aim of preventing another devastating world war.
Let's talk about it
It is 6 pm, Tuesday, and it's getting dark outside. Sixteen people of various occupations and ages gather at a small rehearsal room located in the capital's downtown and they didn't know what to expect.
