BEIJING - China's total exports and imports surpassed $4 trillion for the first time to reach $4.16 trillion in 2013, up 7.6 percent year on year, customs data have shown.The growth rate, however, is slightly lower than the government's full-year target of 8 percent, published in the beginning of 2013.China's exports rose 7.9 percent year on year t......

China and Central and Eastern European countries are considering building a new international railway artery linking the regions, according to a cooperation outline released on Tuesday.  [Special coverage]They will encourage the setting up of bonded areas and distribution centers along the proposed railroads, the outline said.As part of the si......

High-speed railway link to be built with Chinese technologyRomania is planning to build a high-speed railway using Chinese technology, the two countries announced on Monday.[Special coverage]The move is part of the cooperation plans being signed in Bucharest, the Romanian capital, as Premier Li Keqiang visits the country.Working groups were to cont......

Every time I've met friends from China in my three years in Europe, I've been asked: "How did such a beautiful place get into such debt?" This is usually followed up with: "Is EU getting weak?"My answer is always a big fat "no". The difficulties the European Union is experiencing are simply growing pains as it works to rebalance consumption and pro......

LIVERPOOL, Britain, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A dark chapter in Britain's maritime history was remembered in the port city of Liverpool when tributes were paid to thousands of Chinese merchant sailors on Monday.A commemorative plaque was fitted to the wall of a restaurant in Liverpool's Chinatown, the oldest Chinatown in Europe. In the 1940s, the buildin......

BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on Thursday suggested think tanks should help cooperation between China and Central and Eastern Europe.Yang was speaking at the 1st High-level Symposium of Think Tanks of China and Central and Eastern European Countries, noting that the symposium is the result of the Bucharest summit ......

Establishing diplomatic relations with China signaled France's reemergence and the awakening of the 'sleeping giant'Fifty years ago, amid the tensions of the Cold War, the move by then-French president Charles de Gaulle to establish a diplomatic relationship with China was a brave and, to some observers, surprising move. Being the first major power......

BERN, Switzerland, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The completion of free trade talks between China and Switzerland is a historic event in China-Switzerland economic and trade cooperation, Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said here Friday.Gao, who just signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on concluding the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with......

BRUSSELS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- A coalition of over 580 European solar companies on Friday protested in a dramatic way against looming anti-dumping duties against Chinese-made solar products.FUNERAL MARCH SOUNDING ALARMSA symbolic funeral march was held earlier Friday in Brussels to commemorate the more than 200,000 jobs that are expected to be lost a......

State Councilor Yang Jiechi and British Foreign Secretary William Hague held the China-UK strategic dialogue in London on Friday and exchanged views on the long-term issues involving bilateral relations and the crises in Syria and the Ukraine.This year marks the 10th anniversary of the partnership between China and the UK, said Yang, who added that......