Shenyang

There were no casualties reported

Beijing-based Zhang Yexing, one of the most prominent artists of his generation in China, makes his European debut in an exhibition which is set to launch at the Bernier/Eliades Gallery in Athens on Thursday, September 28 (8 p.m.).

Trucks carrying hi-tech car components rumble in and out the gates of an American industrial zone in the heart of China's rust belt -- using roads that the city especially renovated for the complex.

U.S. and German medical experts who examined Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo said on July 9 it was safe to transport him abroad for cancer treatment, contradicting the assertions of Chinese doctors.

China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo was granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last month, his lawyer told AFP on Monday.

China launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier on April 26 amid rising tension over North Korea and worries about Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea.

State media has quoted military experts as saying the carrier, China's second and built in the northeastern port of Dalian, is not expected to enter service until 2020, once it has been kitted out and armed.