Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday China and France should properly implement the Hinkley Point C nuclear project in Britain, the first new nuclear power plant in Britain for two decades.

China still exercises jurisdiction over Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, a spokesperson said Monday, following media reports that Chinese coast guard had recently allowed Philippine fishermen to fish nearby.

The reactors are able to withstand a level 17 typhoon, a magnitude 9 earthquake and the force of a collision with a commercial airplane.

The façade of a century-old bridge in Dalian, Liaoning province has been severely damaged and covered in a layer of lime after an illegal restoration.

China has granted an export license for the CH-5 reconnaissance/combat drone, which is believed to be one of the most powerful unmanned combat aircraft in the world.

China's civil law draft adds a provision that minor victims of sexual assault be able to sue offenders as late as one year after they turn 18.