Chinese President Xi Jinping called for safeguarding ethnic unity, and reinforcing solidarity between the military and government, soldiers and civilians, police and the public.
China is considering attending the meeting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership scheduled to take place in Chile next week, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang on Friday
China's southern island province of Hainan will run regular cruises to the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea by 2020, according to a local government paper on tourism.
Yao Ming urged the country to shift its sports focus from winning medals to cultivating a mature professional league system as China vows to become a strong sporting nation.