China urged the U.S. to stop making wrong remarks on the issue of the Diaoyu Islands sovereignty after U.S. defense secretary James Mattis reportedly said the U.S.-Japan mutual defense treaty applies to the islands.

China on Friday reiterated its opposition to the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea, after the U.S. defense secretary reaffirmed the deployment in Seoul.

A Chinese army surveyor named Wang Qi was taken prisoner in India just weeks after the Sino-Indian war broke out in 1963, but he remains eager to reunite with his family in China.

Beijing will invest 33.31 billion yuan (US$4.85 billion) this year in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development, according to the municipal finance bureau.

The United States on Friday announced sanctions on multiple entities and individuals involved in Iran's ballistic missile program and providing support to a military force in Iran.

The No. 11 jersey belonging to former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming was retired on Friday.