Shanghai once implemented a differentiated personal income tax policy for real estate transactions. According to a 2006 directive issued by the local tax bureau, sales of ordinary housing were taxed ...

BEIRUT, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah has mourned the party's media chief, Mohammad Afif, who was killed on Sunday in an Israeli raid targeting the office of Syria's Ba'ath Party in the Lebanese ...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Nimul said here on Monday that regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) have played a crucial role in promoting market ...

HONG KONG, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Yang Yang, China's first Winter Olympic champion, received an honorary doctorate from Hong Kong Baptist University during its graduation ceremony on Saturday.

"China is a very big economy and is also promoting more equitable global governance, therefore its role in this group is significant for other members," said Ali Oguz Dirioz, an associate professor of ...

JAKARTA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) warned on Monday that cold lava floods could occur following recent eruptions from Mount Lewotobi ...

BANGKOK, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's economy expanded 3 percent in the third quarter of 2024 from a year earlier, driven by exports of goods and services, government spending and public investment, ...

ANKARA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Turkish authorities have detained 1,644 irregular migrants and 51 human trafficking organizers in nationwide operations, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Monday ...

KIEV, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A Russian ballistic missile attack killed at least 11 people and injured 89 others in Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy on Sunday evening, the State Service for Emergencies ...

BANGKOK, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's rice export soared 20 percent year on year to 8.37 million tons in the first 10 months of this year, official data showed on Monday. The Southeast Asian country ...

YIWU, Zhejiang, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A China-Europe freight train departed from the city of Yiwu in east China's Zhejiang Province on Monday morning heading for Madrid, Spain, marking the 10th ...

HANGZHOU, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The inaugural direct passenger air route connecting Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, was launched on Sunday, according to sources with ...