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Edinburgh to mark the start of arts festival season

• Spider with a humanlike face on back goes viral
• MSC Gulsun helps Qingdao Port set new record
• Special birthday cake marks panda's birthday

China +

Space engineers say there are no bars to Mars

70 years on Expo 2019 Beijing Gaokao Tea house

Robotics, 5G a potent pair, says tech executive

Shanghai teacher improves education in Tibet Cooler Xinjiang lures tourists beat by heat

China to strengthen punishments for acts of bad faith

Professional drug-inspection teams to be established

Business +

Consumption demand to help sustain growth in H2

Top 10 Biz photo Technology Motoring

AI to play major role in landmark privately controlled rail line

Impact of trade frictions on China's cross-border capital flows 'overall controllable' Bankruptcy mechanism on the way

Culture +

Shanghai, in a parallel universe

• Beijing book expo brings literature to the young
• Rare relics from Three Kingdoms period exhibited in Japan
• Cinema's summer love story

• Belt and Road through photographer's lens
• Calligraphy exhibition a homage to 19th-century Sino-Korean cultural exchanges
• Beijing exhibition pays tribute to mid-1960s French art movement

Tim Yip reflects and reinvents in exhibition retrospective

Is Shanghai a good example to follow in garbage sorting?

• Yes.
• No.
• Unsure.

World +

US warship destroys Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz: Trump

Officials discuss Turkey's exclusion from F-35 program EU ministers reach no consensus on asylum seeker problems

• Officials discuss Turkey's exclusion from F-35 program
• EU ministers reach no consensus on asylum seeker problems
• Russian-US astronauts complete experiment 50th anniversary of moon landing celebrated in UK

Lifestyle +

Film based on firefighters' heroics set for release

• Actress Zhang Jiani releases new fashion photos
• Actress Tang Yan in a black velvet dress
• Yoga Lin to perform in Qingdao, Nanjing and Changsha

• He takes on global killers
• Chinese film fans shun Rookies stunt
• Climber conquers the world

Exhibition showcases Tiffany designer who harnessed forces of nature

Regional +

Beijing horticultural expo to hold 'Hainan Day'

• Expats, locals bond through blood donation
• Guizhou county to be world renowned guitar manufacturing site
• Official souvenir coins, stamps issued for 7th Military World Games New Guinness world record achieved for matouqin players

Travel / Food +

Cool treats to beat soaring summer temperatures

• Eat beat
• Kiki noodles suits China's diners to a tea
• Food documentary puts the focus on flavor

Sports +

Advantage China as WTA Finals arrive

• The usual crowd support saw an unusual score for Woods
• Serena among 13 Grand Slam champs in US Open women's field
• Xie Siyi retains 3m springboard title to make it seven in a row for China

Opinion +

Disaster ahead

Cartoons Special Editorial China stories

Scrapping of treaty makes future of world uncertain

What lies behind the success of AIIB Only the courts can judge merits of a grievance

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• MSC Gulsun helps Qingdao Port set new record
• Special birthday cake marks panda's birthday

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