Olympic judo champion Tong Wen (center) shares a light moment with teammates in Beijing on Tuesday at a ceremony where the delegation for the London Olympics was announced. Cui Meng / China Daily
Premier Wen Jiabao, faced with challenging GDP figures, met with economists and business leaders on Monday and Tuesday to discuss ways to boost growth.
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The second China-Africa People's Forum, jointly organized by the China NGO Network for International Exchanges, the African Union Commission and several African non-governmental organizations, opened in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on Tuesday.
China said on Tuesday it believes Europe can handle its debt crisis.
With gasoline and diesel-fuel prices falling for a third time since May on Wednesday, pressure on policymakers to revise the fuel-pricing mechanism has eased, as has the country's pressure from inflation, said analysts.
As Internet TV begins to replace conventional broadcasts, hotly debated issues surrounding online piracy are beginning to migrate from the Web to the tube.
Visitors to Huangcheng village more than a decade ago would not recognize it today. "The roads were narrow and dirty.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Lance Armstrong,but said the seven-time Tour de France winner could refile it within 20 days.
Editor's Notes: Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province, put itself in the international spotlight when it hosted the Olympic Sailing Regatta and Paralympic Games in 2008, and it will once again gain worldwide fame as the host of the Qingdao International Horticultural Expo in 2014, when the city will demonstrate its stunningly beautiful scenery and supremely livable environment to the world once more.
National strategies for regional development within two economic zones located in the Shandong peninsula will be introduced during the 2012 Shandong-Hong Kong Trade and Investment Week, which will run until July 14.