China's manufacturing sector has expanded for the sixth month in a row, a sign the economy is stabilizing amid an uncertain global outlook.

China's Consul-General in Sabah Chen Peijie requested Malaysian authorities to consider the possibility of seeking victims of the sunken boat underwater, as the search operation enters into its sixth day.

Mexican authorities announced Wednesday that Chinese automaker JAC would soon begin producing cars in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo.

It follows a row over the original rooms found to contain books which denied Japan's history of aggression, including the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.

China's transport system saw rising traffic Wednesday as millions of people started to return to work after the week-long Lunar New Year Holiday.

A Chinese language exam is likely to be introduced in Russian schools from 2018, according to a national-level education body in Russia.