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Front Pages, Feb 13

City to offer reward for lost property

People who hand in lost and found items will get a cash reward of 10 percent of the cost of the property under a proposal being considered in Guangzhou province.
Valentine's Day warms China

In the eastern city of Nanjing, Xiao Ning plans to spend one fifth of his monthly pay buying his girlfriend a bottle of Coco Chanel perfume to make her smile on the approaching Valentine's Day.
Film academy bans facelift and tattoo

The country's future movie stars hoping to enter the renowned Beijing Film Academy will be disqualified if they have had a facelift or tattoo, Beijing News reports.

1,000 flock for blessing at 110th birthday feast

Officials favor reading biography books

A recent survey by Insight China magazine shows that biographies are the favorite type of books read by Chinese officials.
320 million smokers in China

A total of 320 million adults, 31 percent of the population, smoke in China, more than the total number of people in the United States, chinanews.com report Friday.
Workers return home from Sudan

Fu Shan hugged and kissed her husband Zhang Qianhui, one of the 46 workers who were attacked by Sudanese anti-government forces.

China helicopter passes cold weather flight test

Sub vessel to attempt record-setting dive

High underwater pressure will be the greatest danger facing Jiaolong, China's manned deep-sea vessel, when it attempts to make the deepest dive.
Microblog tests business PR: report

The popularity of micro-blogs has serious implications for companies and brands that operate in China, creating a scenario where major public crises and scandals erupt with increasing frequency and speed.
Theaters to go digital by end of 2013

Texas Instruments Inc announced on Wednesday that its 7,745 digital cinema screens in China account for 60 percent of all digital cinemas in the Asia-Pacific region including India, Australia and New Zealand, of which 4,409 are 3D screens.

Choreographer Jin Xing

Controversial choreographer Jin Xing returns in triumph to New York, the city that gave her "a voice".

Simpler visa procedures

Travel agencies and destination countries try to cash in on a predicted spending and tourism surge.

My China Story

The China Daily website is inviting foreign readers to share their China stories with our worldwide audience.
Latest: Traveling in China with my kids

Swans poisoned in C China

More than 50 migrating birds, including two white swans, were discovered dead at a wetland in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province.

Music arranged for arraignment

When bad guys end up in front of Zhao Peng, the Beijing prosecutor may give them more than a talking during their arraignment.

Pollution woe

Concerns remain following leakage of cadmium into Longjiang River in Guangxi.

Thumbs down for London cabs

Cold spell

Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Monday to pay official visit to the United States at the invitation of US Vice-President Joe Biden.

Tibet received 8.7 million tourists

Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region received 8.7 million tourists in 2011, up 26.9 percent year-on-year, local authorities said Monday.

EU 'will solve its debt crisis'

The EU itself, not China or any other emerging nation, will solve the eurozone debt crisis, said European Council President Herman van Rompuy.

Sub to attempt record-setting dive

High underwater pressure will be the greatest danger facing Jiaolong, China's manned deep-sea vessel, when it attempts to make the deepest dive.

Politics

Harper wraps up China visit with panda pact

Premier Wen meets Panchen Lama

Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday had a meeting with the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, at the Zhongnanhai compound in central Beijing.
China denies arm sales to Syria

China on Friday refuted allegations that it has sold weapons to Syria "directly or through Iran."
China urges talks on Iran nuclear issue

China has the desire to work with relevant parties to realize the early resumption of dialogue between Iran and a group of six international mediators, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.

Euro debt crisis 'creates opportunities'

Yuan hits new high ahead of Xi's visit

The yuan rose to an 18-year-high on Friday, climbing as Vice-President Xi Jinping prepares to start his trip to the United States next week.
Bank service charges to be regulated

Chinese ministries released rules on Friday regulating service prices of commercial lenders in order to solicit public opinion.
Campaign set to fight economic crimes

China's vice public security minister on Thursday called on the nation's police to go all out in a campaign to crack down on economic crimes.

Greece and eurozone

Love is ideal; marriage is real

Valentine's Day brings love and marriage to mind, but in modern days, there is also this question: Is money so important for marriage?
What the US and China need to do

With Vice-President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington, DC, there is hope that a new face will usher in a new era in Sino-US relations.
Time to turn over a new leaf

US must honor 'One China' principle and China's sovereignty, and both sides should dispel hegemony for the benefit of all.

City Special

Front Pages, Feb 13

People who hand in lost and found items will get a cash reward of 10 percent of the cost of the property under a proposal being considered in Guangzhou province.

In the eastern city of Nanjing, Xiao Ning plans to spend one fifth of his monthly pay buying his girlfriend a bottle of Coco Chanel perfume to make her smile on the approaching Valentine's Day.

The country's future movie stars hoping to enter the renowned Beijing Film Academy will be disqualified if they have had a facelift or tattoo, Beijing News reports.

1,000 flock for blessing at 110th birthday feast

A recent survey by Insight China magazine shows that biographies are the favorite type of books read by Chinese officials.

A total of 320 million adults, 31 percent of the population, smoke in China, more than the total number of people in the United States, chinanews.com report Friday.

Fu Shan hugged and kissed her husband Zhang Qianhui, one of the 46 workers who were attacked by Sudanese anti-government forces.

China helicopter passes cold weather flight test

High underwater pressure will be the greatest danger facing Jiaolong, China's manned deep-sea vessel, when it attempts to make the deepest dive.

The popularity of micro-blogs has serious implications for companies and brands that operate in China, creating a scenario where major public crises and scandals erupt with increasing frequency and speed.

Texas Instruments Inc announced on Wednesday that its 7,745 digital cinema screens in China account for 60 percent of all digital cinemas in the Asia-Pacific region including India, Australia and New Zealand, of which 4,409 are 3D screens.

Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Monday to pay official visit to the United States at the invitation of US Vice-President Joe Biden.

Harper wraps up China visit with panda pact

Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday had a meeting with the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, at the Zhongnanhai compound in central Beijing.

China on Friday refuted allegations that it has sold weapons to Syria "directly or through Iran."

China has the desire to work with relevant parties to realize the early resumption of dialogue between Iran and a group of six international mediators, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.

Euro debt crisis 'creates opportunities'

The yuan rose to an 18-year-high on Friday, climbing as Vice-President Xi Jinping prepares to start his trip to the United States next week.

Chinese ministries released rules on Friday regulating service prices of commercial lenders in order to solicit public opinion.

China's vice public security minister on Thursday called on the nation's police to go all out in a campaign to crack down on economic crimes.

Greece and eurozone

Valentine's Day brings love and marriage to mind, but in modern days, there is also this question: Is money so important for marriage?

With Vice-President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington, DC, there is hope that a new face will usher in a new era in Sino-US relations.

US must honor 'One China' principle and China's sovereignty, and both sides should dispel hegemony for the benefit of all.

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