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The H7N9 bird flu virus has not been detected in poultry farms, with positive samples mainly coming from live poultry markets, China's Ministry of Agriculture said Thursday.

AmRest HK Limited, a HK Company, recently celebrated the grand opening of its second La Tagliatella Italian restaurant in Shanghai, China.

Century Cruises of China has added yet another ship to its now seven-vessel Yangtze River fleet.

Scientists have completed the first assessments of how readily the H7N9 flu virus in China can pass among ferrets and pigs.

A Chinese businessman who allegedly killed a man 16 years ago and went on the run, setting up a new life as a university professor, has been held after the victim's brother found him, reports said Thursday.

A special envoy from North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un told one of China's top officials Thursday that Pyongyang wants peace and is willing to pursue dialogue with key countries, state media reported.

A Chinese Long March 2F rocket launches on the Shenzhou 9 mission, China's first manned space docking flight and first flight of a female astronaut, on June 16, 2012 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Yesterday, I testified before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China at the "Food and Drug Safety, Public Health, and the Environment in China" hearing.

"A FEW clouds in the sky cannot shut out the brilliant rays of our friendship": on his first foreign trip as China's prime minister, Li Keqiang was determined to make his visit to Delhi, India's capital, a success.

China may impose higher quality standards for imported and locally traded coal to cut air pollution, two sources said, in a move that could slash imports while boosting the fortunes of a faltering domestic industry.

Chinese factory activity shrank in May for the first time in seven months, overshadowing signs that the euro zone's downturn tempered slightly in May, business surveys showed on Thursday.

Local governments in China are making a push to build more airports in their cities in hopes of boosting economic activity.

President Xi Jinping has asked local governments in southwest China's Sichuan Province, which was hit by a strong earthquake last month, to shift their focus to rehabilitation.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang receives a bouquet from a girl, while Pakistan's President Asilf Ali Zardari looks on as Li arrives at Chaklala air base, in Rawalpindi, yesterday.

The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.

Swissotel Hotels & Resorts has signed a new management contract with Shaanxi Puyu Industrial Co., Ltd for a 350 room hotel in Xi'an. Scheduled for completion in 2016, Swissotel Xi'an will be nestled in the core business area in the Xi'an National Civil Aerospace Industrial Base within proximity to two Metro lines.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, not pictured, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Qihoo 360 Teams Up with Alibaba for Shopping Search Qihoo 360 Technology Co , the developer of China's most used antivirus software, has put online a shopping search domain at 360.etao.com, which is linked to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's shopping search engine Etao.com. Cooperating with e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba is part of Qihoo 360's strategy ... (more)

The value of China's offshore acquisitions climbed to a record $65.2 billion in 2012, representing a five-fold increase in the past five years, according to a report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Manufacturing Tipped to Lose Steam China's manufacturing will probably slow further in May as a gauge of factory activity dipped to the lowest level in seven months.