President Xi arrived Samarkand to pay tribute to the ancient Central Asian civilization. This is the only sightseeing trip he has planned for his 11-day tour.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed "grave concern" over Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga's remarks on the Diaoyu Islands, stressing that China will not tolerate actions that violate its territorial sovereignty.
"Mission Action 2013 A", the first phase of the "Mission Action 2013" military exercise, began in some of China's country's eastern and southern areas on Tuesday.
A Chinese fleet patrolled the waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands on Tuesday, marking the country's 59th Diaoyu Islands patrol in the past year, the State Oceanic Administration said.
China's Supreme People's Procuratorate has decided to put Wang Suyi, former senior official of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, under investigation for alleged bribery.
China called on parties concerned to further improve their relations so as to create conditions for restarting the Six-Party Talks.
China and Russia on Tuesday pledged to continue cooperation in flood control and disaster relief, with regard to floods that hit Russia's far east region and northeast China.
A six-member delegation of the opposition Syrian National Dialogue Forum started its visit to China on Tuesday at the invitation of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.
China and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations will hold meetings on implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea this weekend.
Jiang Jiemin, head of a Cabinet commission that supervises major state-owned enterprises, has been removed from office because of suspected serious disciplinary violations, authorities said Tuesday.
A former senior railway official pleaded guilty to corruption on Tuesday morning during his trial at a Beijing court.
Central Asian nations should take a host of measures to attract more Chinese travelers, according to a leading figure in China's tourism industry.