Southwest China’s Guizhou Province is well-known for its picturesque scenery, yet some areas have suffered from environmental problems such as soil erosion. What has been done to restore the ecosystem in these areas?

China's second orbiting space lab, Tiangong-2, has been delivered to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Specialist equipment will be installed aboard the Tiangong-2 for conducting experiments once it is in orbit. China also plans to launch the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft, which will carry two astronauts, in the fourth quarter of this year to dock with Tiangong-2.

The 1994 revised edition of the Illustrated Atlas of The World, published by the Chicago-based Rand McNally, clearly shows that Huangyan Dao, Nansha Islands and Xisha Islands fall under China's jurisdiction, Chia-Chi Tsui, a retired Chinese-American professor, told Xinhua on Friday. ‪#‎SouthChinaSea‬

Dallas police headquarters on lockdown, SWAT teams deployed after anonymous threat received

The Dallas police headquarters and surrounding blocks were reportedly under lockdown on Saturday, as SWAT teams were deployed across the area after the department received an anonymous threat against officers citywide. This comes two days after a gunman killed five policemen during a protest march.

‪#‎SouthChinaSea‬ is one of the most popular topics that CCTVNews covers. Every time we cover the issue we receive a wealth of comments and questions. It is also one of the topics that the international news media love to cover. But despite all the coverage it is still an issue that is often shrouded in myths, half-truths and misunderstanding.

A collection of photos taken by underwater photographer Rino Sgorbani has brought the world’s deepest swimming pool under the spotlight.

Located west of Venice in Italy, the swimming pool, dubbed Y-40, is 40 meters in depth, which is equivalent to the height of a 14-story building.

It has four underwater caves for divers to explore, as well as a horizontal tunnel through which visitors could walk like at an aquarium. The swimming pool currently now holds the world record for the deepest thermal water filled pool.

Diplomatic relations between the US and Russia have begun to unravel after Moscow said on Saturday it had expelled two American diplomats, after the US had revealed it had removed two Russian diplomats in response to an attack on one of its personnel in Moscow. The Russian Foreign Ministry claimed the two US diplomats were CIA agents.

It's a bird. It’s a plane. No, it's a bird riding a bike in the sky. Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. A unique kite was flown at the opening of a Children's Folkgame Festival in northeastern Taiwan, wowing spectators.

Floods caused by heavy rainfall have wreaked havoc across Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei Province, for the last few days. The city has seen historic levels of precipitation and many areas have been heavily affected, with transportation network disrupted as subway stations were submerged and streets waterlogged.

At least three people were killed and over 300 injured as Typhoon Nepartak landed in Taiwan on Friday, according to authorities from the Island’s disaster center. The total loss in agriculture and public infrastructure due to the extreme weather brought by the typhoon has already added up to over 700 million New Taiwan Dollars (21 million US dollars). Nepartak has also led to electricity outage in over 540,000 local households and interrupted water supply in 24,000 households.

While the US has repeatedly refused to play by international rules, it has been quite vocal when it comes to urging China to accept the upcoming ruling by the Hague-based arbitration tribunal which was put forward by the Philippines. China, on the other hand, has made it clear that neither the US, nor any other country have the right to force their opinions when it comes to maritime delimitation.

The US has convinced the UN to tweak the treaty to many of its specifications with years of complaints, but "yet even after amendments, the great power's legislature prioritizes protectionist sentiment over respect for global rule of law".

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Torrential rainstorms brought by Super Typhoon Nepartak continued to sweep across Xindu county, east China’s Fujian Province, for the last few days, with rainfall levels reaching up to 250 millimeters. Floods inundated some low–lying areas while relentless downpours battered large swathes of land wreaking havoc to many buildings and roads. A newly released video captured the dramatic scene of a waterlogged old house collapsing completely on Saturday. Fortunately, no casualties were reported in the incident.