China fought back from a 14-point halftime deficit to beat Japan 87-80 here on Thursday, securing their first win in the Asian qualifiers for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

A comeback victory often carries more weight than one achieved in control from the outset.

Industrial park in Tianjin supports growth of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

By the end of 2025, Chinese courts had concluded over 27,000 first-instance telecom fraud cases linked to northern Myanmar, sentencing more than 41,000 individuals, as announced by the Supreme People's Court on Thursday.

The number of babies born in Japan in 2025 fell from a year earlier to 705,809, the lowest since records began in 1899 and marking a 10th consecutive year of record lows, health ministry data showed on Thursday.

China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has released two regulatory documents aimed at improving the approach to child welfare and assistance for minors, both of which are set to take effect on April 1, 2026.

The year 2025 witnessed robust growth in China's civil aviation market, which achieved record highs across three major operational metrics last year, according to official data released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on Thursday.

Foreign trade of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in north China has surged 25.7 percent since the launch of a coordinated development strategy 12 years ago, customs statistics showed on Thursday.

Slow train serves as 'mobile market' for villagers in SW China