The Chinese peacekeeping engineering contingent in Darfur was awarded medal of honor for peace by the joint UN-AU peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) in Nyala, capital of South Darfur State of Sudan, on Saturday.

Rescuers recovered three bodies from Sunday's coal mine explosion in southwest China's Sichuan Province, a provincial work safety bureau official said on Monday.

Hong Kong stocks shed 1,372.03 points, or 8.17 percent, to close at 15,431.73 on Wednesday amid the worsening global financial turmoil, ignoring boost measures by the United States and European authorities.

The fourth Tokyo-Beijing Forum will involve dialogue between China and Japan at the highest level.

Reforms have brought about a world of change at the national and individual level, but the government has to help many rural residents lead a better life and enjoy the success of economic growth.

Archaeologists recently found five pottery figures of wig-wearing musicians in an ancient tomb built some 1,500 years ago.

Two Americans, one of Chinese origin, and a Japanese won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on a glowing jellyfish protein that revolutionized the ability to study disease and normal development in living organisms.