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Society

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Sports

  • Race-walkers train for London Games in Beijing

  • Sand queens set to stand and deliver

    Beijing bronze medalists aiming to top the podium this time around in London, Tang Zhe reports.

  • Evergrande reaches last 16 in CL thriller

    Guangzhou Evergrande, China's only hope for AFC Champions League, escaped the Thunder Castle Stadium of Thailand's Buriram United with a late 2-1 win on Tuesday.

  • R&F hopes for final fling at Yuexiushan

    A melancholy mood came over the fans and players of Guangzhou R&F after the team won 2-1 against Henan Jianye at its popular home stadium - Yuexiushan - on Sunday.

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Science/Tech

  • Transportation expo kicks off in Beijing

  • China to launch 3 more satellites

    China will launch another three satellites for the Beidou system, China's global positioning and navigation network, by the end of the year.

  • Mammoth fossils discovered in N China

    Ivory and bone fossils believed to be the fossils of a woolly mammoth have been discovered in a small village in North China's Hebei province.

  • Submarine inventor thinks deep

    The civilian sub is 6 meters long, 2 meters in circumference and can hold two people. The 9-ton craft can stay underwater for up to 20 hours.

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Weekly Photos

Weekly photos covering events and people from May 6- 13.

My China Story

New: One of a 'Kind' The China Daily website is inviting foreign readers to share their China stories with our worldwide audience.

Call for photos

Please help us to build the memory and find out the charm of Chinese culture.

Vanishing folk handicrafts

The destinies of many folk crafts are similar, suffering many twists and turns.

Dim stories related to iPhone

The growing thirst for iPhones in China has caused some unfortunate cases. Thefts and robberies are on the rise, as even children become targets of crime.

Which kind of reader are you?

A group of photos show the peculiar reading positions and locations of Chinese bookworms.

Body art

The type of body art is called Light Fantastic.

Campus beauty

She's known as the most beautiful girl.

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Politics

  • Wu: China, Holland ties at their best

  • Li calls for closer ties with Australia

    China and Australia should deepen cooperation and provide a fair and friendly investment environment for each other's enterprises, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said.

  • Foreigners receiving more legal support

    An increasing number of foreigners are receiving legal aid, mostly for criminal cases. Most of the cases involved violent crime including drug smuggling.

  • Meeting 'impairs China's interest'

    Deputy Foreign Minister Song Tao summoned UK Ambassador and condemned British Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's meeting with the Dalai Lama.

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HK/Macao/Taiwan

  • Yao Foundation taps into conservation work

  • 153 rescued from stricken Taiwan ship

    All 153 people on a passenger ship from Taiwan that was in danger of sinking around the Minjiang River estuary in East China's Fujian province have been rescued, local authorities said Tuesday.

  • Vanke to tap HK market

    China Vanke Co, the mainland's largest property developer by market value, reached a deal to acquire Hong Kong-based Wing Tai Properties' subsidiary company Winsor.

  • Hong Kong to abolish capital duty in June

    The capital duty currently levied on Hong Kong companies will be abolished from next month, the city's Registrar of Companies said on Sunday.

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Economy

  • Development, urbanization threaten wetland

  • Official warns of rising protectionism

    The world's trading nations are succumbing to protectionism, with trade conflicts becoming increasingly politicized, a Chinese official warned on Tuesday.

  • China 'confident' in outlook despite FDI fall

    Foreign direct investment fell for the sixth consecutive month in April, while capital flow from the European Union into China continued to drop sharply.

  • Home market for excavators bearish

    The excavator manufacturing industry will be hard pressed to maintain the same sales performance that it saw last year in the Chinese market

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Opinion

  • US economy

  • Conspiracy behind self-immolations

    It is clear that the self-immolations are nothing but staged scenes directed by the Dalai Lama clique as part of their separatist agenda.

  • China must safeguard island

    China should forcibly chase the Philippine vessel out of China's territorial waters and thereafter normalize China's jurisdiction over Huangyan Island and its surrounding waters.

  • Military spending meets country's need

    Countries like the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan have criticized China for the rapid rise in its defense budget, which has maintained a double-digit growth rate for almost two decades.

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Cover Story

Red Cross hopes to heal reputation

Organization implements reforms following 'lavish lifestyle' claim.

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Metro Beijing

Talent show: kicking it up laowai style

Talent programs are making it big among foreign students on university campuses.

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