Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 2nd China-Central Asia Summit in Astana and deliver a keynote speech. He is also scheduled to hold separate meetings with the leaders of Central Asian countries.

Official data shows China's value-added industrial output expanded 5.8 percent year on year in May.

Contactless fare payments using JCB cards and American Express cards are now available in Beijing's urban rail transit system.

Iran says it has what it calls solid proof that the United States supported Israel's airstrikes this week.

Former Chairman Ma Ying-jeou of the Chinese Kuomintang party says no political force can stop people-to-people exchanges between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

Latest customs data shows China's total imports and exports with the five Central Asian countries more than doubled the amount in 2013 to over 674 billion yuan (94 billion U.S. dollars) last year.

The Chinese foreign minister has expressed firm opposition to Israel's use of force against Iran. Wang Yi also stated that Beijing supports Tehran in safeguarding national sovereignty and defending its legitimate rights and interests.

Israel has targeted Iran's air defenses and missile launchers, aiming to dismantle its military power after the two sides traded attacks.

Local meteorologists say the first typhoon of the year has made a second landfall in Southern China as a severe tropical storm.

Iran and Israel continue to target each other with airstrikes, following one of Israel's largest assaults on Iranian soil to date. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed that the country will not show any leniency towards Israel.