China is willing to continue to cooperate with Russia at the U.N. Security Council and make efforts to cool down the Middle East situation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call, state agency Xinhua reported Sunday.
China confirmed on Sunday the execution of a French national sentenced to death in 2010 for drug trafficking, saying it did not discriminate against defendants on the basis of nationality, a day after Paris criticised the court handling of the case.
Beijing-based rocket developer Space Pioneer said on Friday that the maiden flight of its reusable rocket Tianlong-3 failed, highlighting the challenge China's rocket developers face in catching up to Elon Musk's SpaceX.