The sides expressed concern over the serious degradation of the situation on the Korean Peninsula

Positive outlook as consumer demand improves

China and Russia completed the formal registration of a joint venture to build a proposed wide-body jet, kickstarting the full-scale development of a program that aims to compete with market leaders Boeing (BA.N) and Airbus (AIR.PA)

The delegation, which consists of around 100 delegates from the All-China Youth Federation (ACYF), was invited by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and the Russian Union of Youth

China's small home appliances exports to Russia via Dongning, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, jumped 258 percent year-on-year to 511 million yuan (74 million) during the first four months of the year

The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation wrapped up in China's capital of Beijing. Alexei Maslov, one of the leading Russian scholars and expert in East Asian studies, talked to Sputnik about what the summit achieved and the true aims of China's ambitious One Belt, One Road project