The National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp parliament, will pass the changes at its annual session which opened on Friday and will last a week

Absolute poverty has been eradicated in the world's most populous country, Xi announced while addressing a gathering held in Beijing to mark the country's accomplishments in poverty alleviation and honour its model poverty fighters

On a caucus call on Tuesday, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer discussed his push to direct Senate committees to draft a legislation to protect American jobs and outcompete China

The BBC already is generally not viewable in China outside of some hotels, businesses and residential compounds for foreigners

On Thursday, Biden told a bipartisan group of US senators at a meeting on the need to upgrade US infrastructure the United States must raise its game in the face of the Chinese challenge

China had received flak from a lot of quarters, including the then US President Donald Trump, for not informing the world about the virus and trying to cover up deaths in the Hubei province.

Yellen, 74, was confirmed by the Senate in a broad bipartisan support of 84-15 votes on Monday

Chinese state media and officials are sowing doubts about Western vaccines and the origin of the coronavirus in an apparent bid to deflect the attacks and renewed criticism of its early COVID response

Pai was named US FCC chairman in January 2017 by ex-president Donald Trump. He stepped down on Wednesday

Now that he has resurfaced, netizens heaved a sigh of relief and went on their daily business of making memes. Some are still questioning whether Ma made that address voluntarily

Ma, on Wednesday, addressed hundreds of teachers at an online conference. The conference is part of an annual event Ma hosts to recognise the efforts of rural educators

Growth in the three months ending in December rose to 6.5% over a year earlier, up from the previous quarter's 4.9%, according to official data released Monday

The moves will further increase tensions with China, Washington's strategic rival in Asia, days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Wednesday

Chinese government-run newspapers used the events to step up its war of words against the United States, with bilateral relations already at a low ebb amid tensions over trade, human rights and the COVID-19 pandemic

Xi said the PLA must be ready to \"act at any second\" as the armed forces kicked off the year's military training and exercises on Monday

The move is aimed at curbing the threat to Americans posed by Chinese software applications, which have large user bases and access to sensitive data

Ma's disappearance has fuelled speculations that he is either arrested or placed under house arrest. China has a track record of not revealing information on arrests of big personalities, so under 'supervision' could well mean jail

As per a report, companies where alleged Communist Party of China's members are working as employees are Pfizer and AstraZeneca, ANZ, HSBC, Boeing and Volkswagen

The move, which could come as soon as Monday, will target officials from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as President Donald Trump's administration keeps up pressure on Beijing in his final weeks in office

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the restrictions would apply to Chinese Communist Party officials or any individual taking part in propaganda or influence campaigns linked to the United Front Work Department