The State Council has approved draft regulations for implementing China’s new value-added tax (VAT) law, which is aimed at governing the country’s largest source of tax revenue and set to come into effect early next year. The regulations, released for public consultation in August and approved on Friday, outline detailed rules for enforcing the VAT…
A nightclub in eastern China has teamed up with local authorities to offer a marriage registration service, with electronic music festival tickets as a special gift. The Huangpu district civil affairs bureau in Shanghai has partnered with the nightclub INS Land to offer marriage registration and appointment services during two weekends starting on November 14….
A man in eastern China who lavished chunks of a 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million) lottery win on a woman live-streamer but gave his wife nothing has captivated mainland social media. The man’s wife, surnamed Yuan, exposed his scandal to Henan TV in mid-October after filing for divorce. The couple, who live in Dezhou, Shandong…
CHONGQING — As dusk settled over Songgai ancient town in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, the scent of roasted rice cakes and steaming tofu pudding mingled with the lively hum of visitors wandering beneath rows of oil-paper umbrellas and glowing snack stalls. “Having explored the town by day, I returned to experience its nighttime charm. The…
Super Typhoon Ragasa may have resulted in billions of Hong Kong dollars in economic losses to the city, but its overall impact may have been less severe than past storms, with more people working from home and the stock market trading despite the adverse weather, experts have said. But they warned on Thursday that as…
Tourists visit an alley in Yuzhong district, Southwest China”s Chongqing municipality, June 8, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – With policy support and improving environmental awareness and growing health consciousness of the public, a green and healthy lifestyle revolution is gaining momentum in China, driving the growth of eco-friendly and healthy industries and unlocking new economic potential….
A live streaming session in China during which the teeth of black dogs were extracted on air “raw and without anaesthesia” in an apparent attempt to ward off evil spirits has sparked public outrage. The online controversy began to unfold on June 12 when an online viewer surnamed Meng, from Jiangsu province in southeastern China,…
TOKYO — China’s retail sales expanded more than expected in May, boosted by holiday spending at the beginning of the month and the early start of the “618” online shopping festival. The gauge of household spending rose 6.4% last month, the fastest pace since December 2023, according to data published by the National Bureau of…