Military helicopter Z-20 makes its first flight The nation's most advanced military helicopter, the Z-20, made its maiden flight at an airport in northeastern China on Monday, a report on the military channel of sina.com said. It has similarities to the US Army's Black Hawk helicopter, and will impr...

A girl works with her family at a dump in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province. Lin Jian / for China Daily...

Talks under way with Iceland for peration on projectsChina is increasing its presence in the resource-rich Arctic, with its second-largest domestic oil company acknowledging ongoing involvement in oil exploration and development in the far north.A source from Sinopec Group, Asia's top refiner, conf...

Another underground treasure is its hot springs, a geothermal resource with a temperature between 57 and 75 C, and which contains many elements beneficial to health. The springs can compete with the more famous minerals springs in Vichy, France, in quality, so they are ideal healthcare spots. This r...

"My time has always been divided into two parts," says Lederhandler, chairman of President Sodexim Sino-Belgian Trade SA, an export agent specializing in selling steel, chemicals and machinery to China.He devotes half his energy to his business, which started after shaking hands with Mao, and the ot...