The United States will continue to advance US-China relations and the world will benefit from a "stable and prosperous" China, a senior US diplomat said in Hong Kong Wednesday.
A mainland spokesman Wednesday demanded the Philippine government to conduct thorough investigation into a shooting that killed a Taiwanese fisherman.
China on Tuesday urged all parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina to take practical initiatives to enhance mutual political trust, promote national reconciliation and work towards accelerated progress in all areas.
Environmental protection was an entire chapter for the first time in the central government's white paper on human rights progress. 
Full text of white paper
Progress made in protecting workers' rights
China ensures citizens' right to know
China protects cultural rights of ethnic groups
China expressed shock and indignation at a Japanese politician's statement that the Japanese military's WWII-era sex slaves served a "necessary" role by keeping troops in check.
The punishments handed down by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in several cases involving pollution and unlawful practices are not strong enough.
Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng met with Irish parliamentary leaders Sean Barrett and Paddy Burke in Beijing on Tuesday.
Top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang held talks with Irish parliamentary leaders Sean Barrett and Paddy Burke on Tuesday.
Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will conduct a criminal investigation into its former Commissioner Timothy Tong.
Top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng said Tuesday that more attention should be attached to the steady promotion and overall development of relations between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.
Visiting Myanmar delegates expressed their willingness to have more exchanges with China to advance mutual understanding and trust during a one-day conference in Kunming on Tuesday.
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Mikhail Babich, a Russian presidential representative, on Tuesday co-chaired a forum on the cooperation of regions along the Yangtze and Volga rivers.
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