Foreign Minister Wang Yi is calling his two-day visit to France that wrapped up on Thursday a prelude to closer high-level exchanges and dialogue between Beijing and Paris as they aim to further strengthen relations.
The Chinese government urged the United States to clarify and explain its reported espionage activities in China on Thursday.
Chinese cities victim of US spying scheme
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday underlined the importance of gender equality, calling for full play to be given to the role of women in order to help achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
China on Thursday reiterated its firm opposition to terrorism and its resolution to fight terrorism in all forms.
China strongly opposes disclosure of an interim World Trade Organization report that disfavors the nation's claim in its rare earths disputes with other countries.
China said Thursday it is gravely concerned over reported US tapping of phone calls in China and has demanded an explanation from the United States.
A Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday the Chinese army will fight various terrorist activities according to government instructions when responding to the Tian'anmen car crash.
The Chinese Defense Ministry on Thursday urges "some people" to stop looking at China's arms sales through "colored glasses."
Xu Jiong, former Party chief of Wenhui-Xinmin United Press Group, has been appointed as director of Shanghai Press and Publication Bureau and Shanghai Copyright Administration, according to an announcement on the bureau's official website.
Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman said Japan's surveillance of a zone used by the Chinese navy for drills is "a highly hazardous act of provocation."
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday called for inaugurating a new phase of all-round cooperation between China and Italy.
China would continue to support and participate in United Nations peacekeeping operations, a Chinese envoy to the UN said Wednesday.