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Mamnoon unveils chandelier at Mazar-e-Quaid gifted by Beijing

The vessel's seizure comes amid continued tensions in the South China Sea

2,500 websites were prosecuted or shut down and more than 3 million 'harmful' posts deleted, statement says

The app has over 456 million monthly active users, primarily females, who use it to retouch selfies

The hangar-style gates, each weighing around 30 tonnes, are to reinforce the so-called 'Ring of Steel'

Talks are under way with China Merchants Port Holdings to transfer an 80 percent stake in the Hambantota port

United States feel they must not be bound by the policy unless it gets something in return from China

Trump's comments came after he prompted protest from China over accepting a telephone call from Taiwan President

China lodged a diplomatic protest over the call and blamed Taiwan for what it called a "petty" move

President Xi Jinping saus institutes of higher education must serve the rule of the Chinese Communist Party

Record-setting wave of investment abroad has fuelled concern in Beijing

Shanghai exchange and two others intend to jointly buy 40% stake

The paper is not part of the official state media, but has close ties to the ruling Communist Party

There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties from the quake

The basketball star won a long-running trademark case against a sportswear firm using the Chinese version of his name

Some borrowers also promise to repay loans with sexual favours, according to screen captures posted on social media

The nationalist Global Times newspaper also ran a page-one story on Trump's "inability to keep his mouth shut"

In another stumbling block for the deal, the US Congress last week voted to renew longstanding sanctions

The taunt came two days after Trump risked offending Beijing by accepting a call from the Taiwanese president

Beijing is entering the space created by the likely withdrawal of the US from a leadership role in international trade

Urbanisation induces knowledge diffusion and economies of scale in production

China regards self-ruling Taiwan as part of its own territory awaiting reunification under Beijing's rule

There has never been a family of women with such diverse and dissimilar approaches to life, literature and politics

Chinese courts have a conviction rate of 99.92 per cent

The minibus was travelling from Ezhou to Wuhan in the central province of Hubei with around 20 people on board

The new service is said to reduce the transport cost by more than half

WeChat censors content for all users registered with Chinese phone numbers

Indian news outlet reported that Chinese security forces were patrolling in Afghanistan's far northeastern region

Pakistan’s equity markets continue to beat China and India’s markets by a wide margin

Total investment in pollution prevention is expected to reach 8-10 trillion yuan over the 2016-2020 period

Pakistan will suggest ways to reduce trade losses caused by extreme weather

These projects will be built over the years to 2020, and are part of a wider plan that will stretch to 2030

Air force described exercises as part of normal annual planned drills which accord with international law and practice

Ties between communist China and Cuba warmed especially following the collapse of Soviet Russia

A tower crane collapsed, triggering the collapse of the entire construction platform

The death toll is likely to rise because an unknown number of people are still trapped under the debris

The official acknowledges sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in fighting terrorism and extremism, assures support

Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has supported the effort to build the tool for censoring posts

Facebook blocks access to items in Pakistan due to blasphemy laws

The accident happened in snow and rainy weather in the northern province of Shanxi

Mongolia, India, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan are observers, while Belarus, like Turkey, is a dialogue partner

The apps most popular "muser" is a 15-year-old Ariel Martin hails from Florida, has more than 14 million followers.

Moscow to host watershed trilateral meeting that will also discuss how to deny Da’ish foothold in the region

China's Xi is selling an alternate vision for regional trade by promoting Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Dan Zhong was denied bail after prosecutors argued that he posed a flight risk

Beijing aims to capitalize on the Trump-induced coma of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

China warned iPhone sales could suffer if President-elect Donald Trump imposed new tariffs

Sales of US autos, aircraft and iPhones threatened

Trump had lambasted China throughout the US election campaign

Yu Xu, a member of the Chinese air force's aerobatic display team, ejected from her aircraft