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Chinese women with bound feet

Yi people celebrate biggest festival

When childhood dream and reality collide

Villagers aid feathered friends

Across America

Project sheds lights on lives of Chinese workers

Pleas for help on murder case

Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering up to $70,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect or suspects responsible for the murder of a Chinese family in Texas.
Firm to build $1.85bn plant in US

Yuhuang Chemical Inc, a North American subsidiary of Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Co Ltd, is trying to cash in on the low shale gas and energy costs in Louisiana by producing methanol for the growing market.

Typhoon Nakri arrives in E China

Lawsuit challenges alleged gay 'cure'

A Chinese court began hearing the country's first-ever lawsuit by a homosexual man subjected to a treatment that was supposed to "cure" his sexual preference.
Multinational bribery cases on the rise

Prosecuting departments have been handling an increasing number of cases involving bribery offered by multinational companies to government officials or State-owned enterprises.
More Chinese evacuated from Libya

Chinese embassy in Libya on Thursday has facilitated the evacuation of more Chinese nationals out of the warring Middle East country.

Products that pack a surprise!

China's July PMI rises to 2-yr peak at 51.7

China's manufacturing activity quickened to the highest level in more than two years in July, reinforcing signs that the economy is firming up.
Alibaba's stake in Snapchat may buoy mobile portfolio

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is reportedly in talks to provide funding to US messaging company Snapchat.
GM recalls Cadillac sedans in China

Shanghai General Motors will recall 5,785 imported 2014 Cadillac ATS and CTS vehicles starting Aug 31 because of a front seat bracket welding defect.

Romantic epic at the movies for Qixi festival

Out and about

Here's a selection of events for you to enjoy the weekend in Shanghai.
Elephants make use of a knowing nose

Elephants possess a sense of smell that is likely the strongest ever identified in a single species, according to a study by Japanese scientists last week.
How bats use a compass to find their way at night

A European bat type can use the scatter patterns of sunlight to program its internal compass for hunting after dark - the first mammal known to do so.

A bite of Halal Food

Delectable illustrations of Europe

Anna Keville Joyce has created charming illustrations of European cities. The food illustrator's latest project is based on cities she visited while living in Eastern Europe.
China vows zero tolerance for GM rice

Chinese authorities have vowed zero tolerance and harsh punishments for illegal sales and growing of genetically modified (GM) crops days after media exposure of GM rice on sale at a supermarket in central China.
Geda Noodles

Geda Noodles is a local snack of Shaanxi province. It is believed that Geda Noodles was invented by a worker named Li Shansi at a restaurant called Yuelai Restaurant in Sanyuan county, Shaanxi province.

Ethnic instrument playing preserved in S China

Chinese artist lauds LatAm art

Chinese artist Yuan Xikun voiced his admiration of Latin American art during a recent tour of the region.
Reading in National Library over summer

National Library witnesses the passion of readers from different areas of China and even the world as the hottest period of this summer starts.

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett to release jazz album

Singer Zhang Liangying shoots for new song

Chinese singer Zhang Liangying shoots for new song.
Karen Mok guests for Stefanie Sun's concert

Singaporean singer-songwriter Stefanie Sun invited singer Karen Mok to join her solo concert in Hong Kong. [Photo/Xinhua]

China helps fight international war on drugs

Crackdown on terrorist attacks

While China is knitting an anti-terrorist security network, the nation still needs to prepare its people to fight the war on terror, thereby mobilizing its most powerful weapon.

My China Story: Meeting the master

Adventures can happen to you anywhere: when you are away from home, when you are walking on the street, or they can come with a curious encounter, in my case, for example.

Tongues tied around tatu-bola

Chinese soccer fans turn their attention to gathering facts about the mascot for the world's biggest soccer tournament, and some claim it is related to Chinese pangolin.

A market that's not such a hot property

A recent decline in housing prices is being exacerbated by tightened credit conditions and a surge in the supply of subsidized State housing.

Tough regime cranks out test winners

High school's intense training program yields many high-score students, but stifles creativity, report Hou Liqiang and Zhang Yu inHengshui, Hebei province

Some lab animals get reprieve from testing

China's cosmetics industry will enter uncharted waters at the end of June when the rules requiring live animal testing will be relaxed for certain products.

Racing to a new prosperity

When 20 vehicles set off on the first-ever Kolkata-to-Kunming car rally in 2013, the event wasn't simply a sporting contest, it was a harbinger of things to come.

Fishermen on the frontline of dispute

Rising tension in the South China Sea is having repercussions back on land, Peng Yining reports from Tanmen, Hainan province.

Turning Africa's resources into rewards

Richard Attias is an eternal optimist who believes Chinese entrepreneurs will play a big role in transforming Africa into an economic engine.

Long march to end employment bias

This special sheds light on employment discrimination in China, including how job ads specify gender and age preferences and recent discrimination cases in China.

US must drop bias to help resolve crisis

An uncomfortable new journey to the west

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Multinational bribery cases on the rise

Because State-owned companies often need to purchase equipment and parts from foreign firms, some companies offer huge bribes to promote products.

Alibaba may buoy mobile portfolio

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is reportedly in talks to provide funding to US messaging company Snapchat.

'Drill isn't targeting any nation'

China rejected any suggestion that its ongoing military exercises off its eastern seaboard is meant to be a message to any country.

Imam murdered in Xinjiang

Three people attacked and killed the imam of Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, south Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Chinese Community Leaders

Backtracking to know Chinese community

Fairy tales writer brings unique perspective

Tens of millions of Chinese have grown up reading his stories about the naughty but kind-hearted boy Pipi Lu and his little sister Lu Xixi.
Gene Wu: Changing the stereotypes

Like many Asians, Gene Wu started his life on a science track, majoring in environmental science in college. A decade and half later, however, he won a seat as a Texas State Representative after working as a prosecutor for three years in a District Attorney Office.

From Harlem to Guangdong

Teens swap visits on entrepreneurship

One year ago, 20 students from China came to the United States to pair up with 20 counterparts in Connecticut to learn more about entrepreneurship and the global economy. Next week, the 20 Connecticut students will go to Shanghai to do the same thing.
Prodigy, 11, wows chess world

The biggest things on a preteen's mind normally revolve around family, friends and school. Life for Awonder Liang, an 11-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin, is no different. Except that he is the youngest National Master in the 75-year history of the United States Chess Federation (USCF).
New York state seeks Chinese tourists

New York State wants more Chinese tourists to say — or sing — “I Love New York’’ as it seeks to tap into the more than $102 billion global Chinese tourism market.

US House approves lawsuit against Obama

US sanctions DPRK shipping companies

The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on two shipping companies of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for their attempt to import arms and related material from Cuba last year.
NYS aims to attract more Chinese tourists

New York State wants more Chinese tourists to say — or sing — “I Love New York’’ as it seeks to tap into the more than $102 billion global Chinese tourism market.
World Trade Center ship dates to 1773

Researchers said that a vessel unearthed four years ago at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan was made from wood cut around the year 1773.

Soldiers can double in brass

Israel, Hamas agree on 72-hr ceasefire

Israel and Islamist militant group Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in their conflict in the Gaza Strip starting on Friday.
India, US stress strategic ties but tensions remain

The United States and India stressed their desire to boost business and defense ties on Thursday, but trade and spying rows were a reminder of the obstacles to US President Barack Obama's vision of a "defining" partnership.
Ebola fears grow across globe

Fears that the African Ebola outbreak could spread to other continents grew with European and Asian countries on alert and a leading medical charity warning the epidemic was out of control.

Neymar says back improving during Japan trip

Li Na pulls out of US Open because of knee

Two-time major champion Li Na pulled out of the US Open on Thursday because of a knee injury which she said has bothered her for several months.
Lloyd excited about return to 49ers

Brandon Lloyd returned to the San Francisco 49ers to finish what he started.

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War in Mideast

Confidence boost for economic boom

The official investigation of former security head Zhou marks yet another milestone in the anti-corruption drive spearheaded by the President Xi.
Beware of damage from nepotism

Whether it is the Old Boys network in Japan, Bhai-Bhatijabaad in India, or guanxi in China, nepotism has been writ large in Asian societies.
Bid for outside help a failure

Hong Kong's 'opposition' camp is discovering how little support it has in the international community for its unconstitutional cause.

Tallest drum tower of Dong ethnic group under construction

Luxury hotel in an ex-warship, Tianjin

Tourists in Tianjin visit the Kiev, a former Russian heavy aircraft cruiser, which was restored and outfitted into a luxury hotel.
China Southern links central China with Moscow

A direct air route linking the central Chinese hub city of Wuhan with Moscow was launched by China Southern Airlines on Wednesday.
Nadam Fair in Xinlinhot,Inner Mongolia

With the theme, “helping each other — building a propitious prairie” — this year’s Nadam Fair is attracting herdsmen from four townships and 22 villages in Xinlinhot.

Project sheds lights on lives of Chinese workers

Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering up to $70,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect or suspects responsible for the murder of a Chinese family in Texas.

Yuhuang Chemical Inc, a North American subsidiary of Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Co Ltd, is trying to cash in on the low shale gas and energy costs in Louisiana by producing methanol for the growing market.

Typhoon Nakri arrives in E China

A Chinese court began hearing the country's first-ever lawsuit by a homosexual man subjected to a treatment that was supposed to "cure" his sexual preference.

Prosecuting departments have been handling an increasing number of cases involving bribery offered by multinational companies to government officials or State-owned enterprises.

Chinese embassy in Libya on Thursday has facilitated the evacuation of more Chinese nationals out of the warring Middle East country.

Products that pack a surprise!

China's manufacturing activity quickened to the highest level in more than two years in July, reinforcing signs that the economy is firming up.

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is reportedly in talks to provide funding to US messaging company Snapchat.

Shanghai General Motors will recall 5,785 imported 2014 Cadillac ATS and CTS vehicles starting Aug 31 because of a front seat bracket welding defect.

Romantic epic at the movies for Qixi festival

Here's a selection of events for you to enjoy the weekend in Shanghai.

Elephants possess a sense of smell that is likely the strongest ever identified in a single species, according to a study by Japanese scientists last week.

A European bat type can use the scatter patterns of sunlight to program its internal compass for hunting after dark - the first mammal known to do so.

A bite of Halal Food

Anna Keville Joyce has created charming illustrations of European cities. The food illustrator's latest project is based on cities she visited while living in Eastern Europe.

Chinese authorities have vowed zero tolerance and harsh punishments for illegal sales and growing of genetically modified (GM) crops days after media exposure of GM rice on sale at a supermarket in central China.

Geda Noodles is a local snack of Shaanxi province. It is believed that Geda Noodles was invented by a worker named Li Shansi at a restaurant called Yuelai Restaurant in Sanyuan county, Shaanxi province.

Ethnic instrument playing preserved in S China

Chinese artist Yuan Xikun voiced his admiration of Latin American art during a recent tour of the region.

National Library witnesses the passion of readers from different areas of China and even the world as the hottest period of this summer starts.

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett to release jazz album

Chinese singer Zhang Liangying shoots for new song.

Singaporean singer-songwriter Stefanie Sun invited singer Karen Mok to join her solo concert in Hong Kong. [Photo/Xinhua]

Columnists

Because State-owned companies often need to purchase equipment and parts from foreign firms, some companies offer huge bribes to promote products.

Backtracking to know Chinese community

Tens of millions of Chinese have grown up reading his stories about the naughty but kind-hearted boy Pipi Lu and his little sister Lu Xixi.

Like many Asians, Gene Wu started his life on a science track, majoring in environmental science in college. A decade and half later, however, he won a seat as a Texas State Representative after working as a prosecutor for three years in a District Attorney Office.

From Harlem to Guangdong

One year ago, 20 students from China came to the United States to pair up with 20 counterparts in Connecticut to learn more about entrepreneurship and the global economy. Next week, the 20 Connecticut students will go to Shanghai to do the same thing.

The biggest things on a preteen's mind normally revolve around family, friends and school. Life for Awonder Liang, an 11-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin, is no different. Except that he is the youngest National Master in the 75-year history of the United States Chess Federation (USCF).

New York State wants more Chinese tourists to say — or sing — “I Love New York’’ as it seeks to tap into the more than $102 billion global Chinese tourism market.

US House approves lawsuit against Obama

The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on two shipping companies of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for their attempt to import arms and related material from Cuba last year.

New York State wants more Chinese tourists to say — or sing — “I Love New York’’ as it seeks to tap into the more than $102 billion global Chinese tourism market.

Researchers said that a vessel unearthed four years ago at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan was made from wood cut around the year 1773.

Soldiers can double in brass

Israel and Islamist militant group Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in their conflict in the Gaza Strip starting on Friday.

The United States and India stressed their desire to boost business and defense ties on Thursday, but trade and spying rows were a reminder of the obstacles to US President Barack Obama's vision of a "defining" partnership.

Fears that the African Ebola outbreak could spread to other continents grew with European and Asian countries on alert and a leading medical charity warning the epidemic was out of control.

Neymar says back improving during Japan trip

Two-time major champion Li Na pulled out of the US Open on Thursday because of a knee injury which she said has bothered her for several months.

Brandon Lloyd returned to the San Francisco 49ers to finish what he started.

War in Mideast

The official investigation of former security head Zhou marks yet another milestone in the anti-corruption drive spearheaded by the President Xi.

Whether it is the Old Boys network in Japan, Bhai-Bhatijabaad in India, or guanxi in China, nepotism has been writ large in Asian societies.

Hong Kong's 'opposition' camp is discovering how little support it has in the international community for its unconstitutional cause.

Tallest drum tower of Dong ethnic group under construction

Tourists in Tianjin visit the Kiev, a former Russian heavy aircraft cruiser, which was restored and outfitted into a luxury hotel.

A direct air route linking the central Chinese hub city of Wuhan with Moscow was launched by China Southern Airlines on Wednesday.

With the theme, “helping each other — building a propitious prairie” — this year’s Nadam Fair is attracting herdsmen from four townships and 22 villages in Xinlinhot.

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