Premier Li Keqiang called on Monday for further efforts to drive agriculturalmodernization and manufacturing upgrades amid China's economic transformation.

French "centrist" presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, who is mere 39-year-old, won by a landslide over Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Front, to become France's youngest president.

China on Monday denied urging the US to fire its Pacific Command chief in return for pressure on North Korea, calling it "pure rumor and no need to refute."

Of the 11 children killed, five were Republic of Korea nationals and six Chinese nationals.

The Royal Thai Navy has signed a contract with a Chinese company to procure a S26T diesel-electric submarine, a move experts believe will promote China’s export of conventional submarines.

Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen claimed that "health issues don't stop at the border," but experts said she was playing politics to gain sympathy.