Category China

BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — A senior Chinese official met on Saturday with international media leaders in Beijing as they gathered for the sixth World Media Summit. Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of…

Chiang Mai, Thailand’s northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding Saturday as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall. Authorities ordered some evacuations and said they were working to pump water out of residential…