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Samsung unveils Gear 2 along with Galaxy S5

World champions pose for wedding photos

Consul general meets former US diplomat

Media Digests

China Heavyweight hopes to be trailblazer

Wanda buys Picasso painting for $28 million

Chinese original TV show has long way to go

Virtual telecom operators business nears reality

No imported GM rapeseed oil in the state reserves

Real estate companies go where Chinese go

Divorce cases rapidly up, property tax to blame

Suning eyes new telecom market

Across America

ZTE, Houston Rockets blast off promo deal

Chinese arcade games on display

Art Video Games in China - a month-long free exhibition displaying a collection of works by Chinese video game designers - debuted this weekend at the Ace Hotel in New York and will run through March 31.
Creating a whole new Chinese art history

Cohen's sentiments on the vast interests and shifting landscape of contemporary art in China were shared with more than 40 artists, journalists, scholars, curators and gallery owners from around the world.

Planting forests on barren hills

Yunnan vice governor sacked

Vice governor of southwest China's Yunnan Province Shen Peiping has been removed from his post for suspected severe violations of disciplines, authorities said Wednesday.
CPPCC concludes annual session

China's top political advisory body wrapped up its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Govt urged to introduce soil pollution control act
Top political advisor stresses 'rule of law' in Tibet
Harsher laws proposed for drug crimes

Considering the increasing number of drug smuggling cases and addicts in border areas, deputies to the NPC have proposed stricter laws.

Here comes the bride

Call to protect users from online theft

As much as we hail the benefits of a 3G/4G era of mobile-phone Internet in China, evidence of personal information becoming public is piling up, raising serious questions over privacy and security.
Alliance of Tencent, JD a giant slayer

Tencent Holdings Ltd is buying a stake in the country's second-largest online retailer in order to boost its competitive advantage in mobile Internet against its rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
China's Q1 economy to rise about 7.5%

China's economy is expected to grow by about 7.5 percent in the first quarter, said the State Information Center (SIC), a government think tank.

Shanghai hosts new charity park

Children's way to welcome Year of Horse

The Spring Festival this year marks the beginning of the Year of the Horse, according to the Chinese zodiac that assigns one of 12 animals, either real or mythological, to each year.
Seasonal flu prevention tips

Flu season arrives during the coldest months of the year and is never easy to cure. However, a few simple tips may help you keep the flu at bay.
In the game

A passion for classic video games brought two entrepreneurs together, and now a work of their own delivers both a look back and a taste of the future.

Tea with heart

Tea growers pick spring tea in Sichuan

Tea growers select spring tea at a tea producing base in Yibin city, southwest China's Sichuan province, Feb 19, 2014. Tea gardens in Yibin started picking spring tea in recent days.
An ode to good food

Fresh flavors and artful kitchen skills combine to make the food of the Yangtze region a universal favorite even among Chinese gourmets stubbornly faithful to their home cuisines.
Traditional Suomian in Zhejiang province

A villager lines up Suomian, traditional stretched noodles, in Shuguang village in Dongyang city, east China's Zhejiang province.

Decorative dots speak volumes

Exhibition makes trunk call to times past

Louis Vuitton is one of the most recognizable luxury brands in China. Its trademark LV logo stamped on countless handbags can be seen on the arm of many fashionable women across the country. What began as a French manufacturer of stackable trunks in the 1860s has grown into today's most iconic status symbol seen all over the world.
Colorful wonderland

Croatian-born artist Ana Tzarev's solo exhibition Wonderland engages viewers with an immersive experience combining nature and technology, reality and illusion.

Jason Wu shows luxurious coat designs

Taiwan-born actor stars on US TV series

Esther Chen just made her television debut in the US as a police officer in the crime series Redrum.
Traditional wedding of Cheng Sicheng, Tong Liya

Actor Chen Sicheng and actress Tong Liya, who have held their wedding ceremony in Tahiti on January 16, 2014, got the present of a traditional Chinese-style wedding ceremony from Hunan TV.

Malaysia Airlines plane still missing

A Malaysia Airlines jetliner disappeared on March 8, about an hour into its flight from Kuala Lumpur.

Deputies persevere on winding road to change

Turning two sessions proposals into reality can be a long but rewarding process.

Landing scare grounds homemade planes

Scientists search for clear answers on smog

Safeguarding China's sunken riches

Banknote buys new vision of history

Death of panda spurs concerns

Public shows concern with zoo's actions and comments, and questions its responsibility.

Another one on the way

Recent relaxation of the one-child policy has huge demographic implications for China and the world.

Life after glory of victory

The Beijing-based Champion Foundation set up by China's first Winter Olympics champion Yang Yang is helping retired athletes to find new directions.

Dongguan bids to clean up its act

Dongguan has been said that the city has set the gold standard for the world's oldest profession - prostitution.

Games bid to boost winter sports

The sentiment behind the Olympic ethos can apply just as much for the bidding to host the Games as it does for the actual events, it seems.

Sochi Olympics

The two-faced stance of US on terrorists

Eco-road to human salvation

Go to forum

Crimea declares independence

Crimea's parliament has adopted a declaration of independence from Ukraine ahead of a March 16 referendum, according to Russia Today.

Vietnam partially suspends search

Vietnam said on Wednesday it was scaling back the search by ships for a Malaysian Airlines jetliner missing for four days pending Malaysia's response to its enquiries. Live report since March 8

Lenovo guarantees IBM strikes

Lenovo, the world's biggest producer of personal computers, vows to absorb all ex-IBM employees, as a labor strike at an IBM factory in Shenzhen continues.

Snowden defends his NSA leaks

Edward Snowden, via live video conference, told audience at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival that he believed the US Constitution had been "violated on a massive scale".

Chinese Community Leaders

Linda He: Giving back to society

Stepping up to challenges as they come

Charles Lu arrived early at the annual conference of the Roundtable of Chinese American Organizations (RCAO) with other volunteers to move tables and chairs, set up the stage and get everything ready.
A businessman with a passion

Chao attributes his success to his cross-culture background, having partners very involved in China, close ties with local partners.

Charles Foster: knot to China

HK, NYC will be magnets for wealthy

Call it a trans-oceanic changing of the guard.
Ford to expand China R&D: report

A reported plan by Ford Motor Co to expand its research and development operation in China by boosting its workforce by 50 percent to about 2,000 people by 2018, would help Ford "anticipate and react faster to consumer and market changes in China.
US puts big 'effort' into China ties

A former US national security advisor said that the US has put enormous effort into building such a relationship with China.

NSA reforms vindicate his data leaks: Snowden

FBI checking thumbprints of impostors

The FBI is analyzing thumbprints of two men who used false passports to board the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared en route to Beijing.

China goes all-out to search for missing flight
Obama to meet Ukrainian PM

The visit will highlight the "strong" support of the United States for the people of Ukraine, the White House said in a statement.

Beijing calls for dialogue on Ukraine
M6.9 quake strikes off N California

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Northern California early on Monday at a relatively shallow depth of 4.3 miles.

S Korea, Canada signs comprehensive FTA

DPRK wraps up parliamentary election

The parliamentary election in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) whas been wrapped up with all the candidates elected to the top legislature.
Austrian neo-nazi website active again

An Austrian neo-nazi website that was shut down in 2011 and had its creators sentenced to prison is online once again.
Crimea would offer choice of passport

Speculation grows US mercenaries in region after video clips released

3 Chinese short trackers into men's 500m quarters

'Minister for Bobsleigh' rules roost

Dubbed the 'Minister for Bobsleigh' after a brief foray into politics back home in Siberia, Alexander Zubkov proved ditching a smart suit for figure-hugging lycra was the right move by winning two-man gold in Sochi on Monday.
Li, Peng vault to historic rankings

Li Na and Peng Shuai have set national records for Chinese tennis following their rise to career-high rankings in the latest Women's Tennis Association rankings released on Monday.

Opinion
Blog

War on smog

Battling to be green

The war on pollution-and it is not just air pollution that needs to be addressed-is therefore a battle of great significance for people's livelihoods.
Faster financial reforms

By easing controls on interest rates paid on bank savings, Chinese leaders will fulfill part of their promise to give market forces a "decisive role" in allocating credit and other resources.
Trade agreements should not be political

US President Barack Obama has such good intentions, but his lofty goals often become bridges to nowhere. The latest is international trade.

Natural wonderland

Celebrations bloom at Guyi Garden

Shanghai Guyi Garden, an ancient park dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), has unveiled a month-long entertainment schedule to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Travel trends

What are the top accommodation and travel trends this year? Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have given their predictions.
Breathtaking Luoping in China

The small county of Luoping lies in the relatively underdeveloped eastern part of the Yunnan province, neighboring Guizhou and Guangxi provinces.

Native American tribe to dub 'Star Wars'

The largest Native American tribe in the United States is seeking to dub the classic 1977 movie "Star Wars" movie in Navajo as a way to help preserve its traditional language.
Police sorry for video mocking homeless

Seattle's interim police chief has apologized for appearing in a 1986 video that showed him and other officers mocking the homeless.

ZTE, Houston Rockets blast off promo deal

Art Video Games in China - a month-long free exhibition displaying a collection of works by Chinese video game designers - debuted this weekend at the Ace Hotel in New York and will run through March 31.

Cohen's sentiments on the vast interests and shifting landscape of contemporary art in China were shared with more than 40 artists, journalists, scholars, curators and gallery owners from around the world.

Planting forests on barren hills

Vice governor of southwest China's Yunnan Province Shen Peiping has been removed from his post for suspected severe violations of disciplines, authorities said Wednesday.

China's top political advisory body wrapped up its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Govt urged to introduce soil pollution control act Top political advisor stresses 'rule of law' in Tibet

Considering the increasing number of drug smuggling cases and addicts in border areas, deputies to the NPC have proposed stricter laws.

Here comes the bride

As much as we hail the benefits of a 3G/4G era of mobile-phone Internet in China, evidence of personal information becoming public is piling up, raising serious questions over privacy and security.

Tencent Holdings Ltd is buying a stake in the country's second-largest online retailer in order to boost its competitive advantage in mobile Internet against its rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

China's economy is expected to grow by about 7.5 percent in the first quarter, said the State Information Center (SIC), a government think tank.

Shanghai hosts new charity park

The Spring Festival this year marks the beginning of the Year of the Horse, according to the Chinese zodiac that assigns one of 12 animals, either real or mythological, to each year.

Flu season arrives during the coldest months of the year and is never easy to cure. However, a few simple tips may help you keep the flu at bay.

A passion for classic video games brought two entrepreneurs together, and now a work of their own delivers both a look back and a taste of the future.

Tea with heart

Tea growers select spring tea at a tea producing base in Yibin city, southwest China's Sichuan province, Feb 19, 2014. Tea gardens in Yibin started picking spring tea in recent days.

Fresh flavors and artful kitchen skills combine to make the food of the Yangtze region a universal favorite even among Chinese gourmets stubbornly faithful to their home cuisines.

A villager lines up Suomian, traditional stretched noodles, in Shuguang village in Dongyang city, east China's Zhejiang province.

Decorative dots speak volumes

Croatian-born artist Ana Tzarev's solo exhibition Wonderland engages viewers with an immersive experience combining nature and technology, reality and illusion.

Jason Wu shows luxurious coat designs

Esther Chen just made her television debut in the US as a police officer in the crime series Redrum.

Actor Chen Sicheng and actress Tong Liya, who have held their wedding ceremony in Tahiti on January 16, 2014, got the present of a traditional Chinese-style wedding ceremony from Hunan TV.

Columnists

Crimea's parliament has adopted a declaration of independence from Ukraine ahead of a March 16 referendum, according to Russia Today.

Linda He: Giving back to society

Charles Lu arrived early at the annual conference of the Roundtable of Chinese American Organizations (RCAO) with other volunteers to move tables and chairs, set up the stage and get everything ready.

Chao attributes his success to his cross-culture background, having partners very involved in China, close ties with local partners.

Charles Foster: knot to China

Call it a trans-oceanic changing of the guard.

A reported plan by Ford Motor Co to expand its research and development operation in China by boosting its workforce by 50 percent to about 2,000 people by 2018, would help Ford "anticipate and react faster to consumer and market changes in China.

A former US national security advisor said that the US has put enormous effort into building such a relationship with China.

NSA reforms vindicate his data leaks: Snowden

The FBI is analyzing thumbprints of two men who used false passports to board the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared en route to Beijing. China goes all-out to search for missing flight

The visit will highlight the "strong" support of the United States for the people of Ukraine, the White House said in a statement. Beijing calls for dialogue on Ukraine

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Northern California early on Monday at a relatively shallow depth of 4.3 miles.

S Korea, Canada signs comprehensive FTA

The parliamentary election in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) whas been wrapped up with all the candidates elected to the top legislature.

An Austrian neo-nazi website that was shut down in 2011 and had its creators sentenced to prison is online once again.

Speculation grows US mercenaries in region after video clips released

3 Chinese short trackers into men's 500m quarters

Dubbed the 'Minister for Bobsleigh' after a brief foray into politics back home in Siberia, Alexander Zubkov proved ditching a smart suit for figure-hugging lycra was the right move by winning two-man gold in Sochi on Monday.

Li Na and Peng Shuai have set national records for Chinese tennis following their rise to career-high rankings in the latest Women's Tennis Association rankings released on Monday.

War on smog

The war on pollution-and it is not just air pollution that needs to be addressed-is therefore a battle of great significance for people's livelihoods.

By easing controls on interest rates paid on bank savings, Chinese leaders will fulfill part of their promise to give market forces a "decisive role" in allocating credit and other resources.

US President Barack Obama has such good intentions, but his lofty goals often become bridges to nowhere. The latest is international trade.

Natural wonderland

Shanghai Guyi Garden, an ancient park dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), has unveiled a month-long entertainment schedule to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.

What are the top accommodation and travel trends this year? Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have given their predictions.

The small county of Luoping lies in the relatively underdeveloped eastern part of the Yunnan province, neighboring Guizhou and Guangxi provinces.

The largest Native American tribe in the United States is seeking to dub the classic 1977 movie "Star Wars" movie in Navajo as a way to help preserve its traditional language.

Seattle's interim police chief has apologized for appearing in a 1986 video that showed him and other officers mocking the homeless.

China's top political advisory body wrapped up its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Govt urged to introduce soil pollution control act
Top political advisor stresses 'rule of law' in Tibet

The FBI is analyzing thumbprints of two men who used false passports to board the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared en route to Beijing.

China goes all-out to search for missing flight

The visit will highlight the "strong" support of the United States for the people of Ukraine, the White House said in a statement.

Beijing calls for dialogue on Ukraine