Located on the banks of the Nile, in the cradle of civilization, Sudan was home to several ancient Nubian kingdoms - from the Kush in about 1000 BC through to the Kerma, the Meroe, the Makuria and Nobatia, and lastly the Alodia, which endured until the early 16th century.
Visiting Sudan was my first trip to Africa, and I was more than a little surprised when one of the first things I saw after touching down at Khartoum International Airport was the Chinese flag.
Inspections have exposed violations by companies illegally discharging pollutants and falsifying monitoring data, despite emergency responses to the ongoing air pollution in northern regions, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Four female students who appeared in a viral video of an assault on two young girls in Sichuan province have been forced to apologize and their families ordered to pay compensation, police said on Wednesday.
A man left paralyzed after being crushed by fellow passengers on a Beijing subway train has been awarded 260,000 yuan ($37,700) in compensation, a court said on Wednesday.
Draft regulations aimed at protecting good Samaritans and their families in Henan province would block companies from firing employees, including those unable to work due to injuries sustained in an act of bravery.
Beijing, Tianjin and cities in Hebei and Henan provinces are covered by heavy air pollution that started on Monday and was forecast to last through Saturday, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Monday.
Police in central China's Henan province have arrested 11 people on suspicion of involvement in the raping of minors.
On April 5, several refined examples of imperial porcelain from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) will be auctioned in Hong Kong. They feature a variety of patterns and methods of applying glazes, and indicate the varied tastes of collectors of Chinese art in different continents.
The Physeter macrocephalus, which is better known as the sperm whale, or cachalot, is the largest toothed predator and lives in deep seas.
"To make deceased bodies look better, to bless them with eternal beauty, it requires the morticians to be calm, to be precise, to be sentimental." - Quotes from Departures (2008).