Shenzhou X and three astronauts blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province, into a clear blue sky on Tuesday, bringing the nation one step closer to setting up its own space station in 2020.
After last year's record flooding wreaked havoc in the capital, the authorities are now better prepared, Xu Wei reports.
The Shenzhou-X spacecraft will be launched at 5:38 pm on Tuesday, sending two men and a woman into space on a mission that will lay the foundation for building a space station, said a spokeswoman for China's manned space program.
A mobile phone and an app will allow visitors to see famous works in a new modern light. Liu Xiangrui reports.
The just-concluded two-day summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama will have an important and positive impact on the future growth of China-US relations as well as peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, said a senior Chinese government official on Saturday.
Many customers are second-generation children of entrepreneurs, as Li Fangfang reports.
The leaders of the world's two largest economies will look to develop their relations as they discuss a wide range of high-stakes issues at a retreat in southern California.
Parents with children at international schools have attacked their recruitment methods after an American teacher at Shanghai French School was arrested on suspicion of molesting six students.
They have suddenly become buzzwords in China, catching the attention of a curious public, but for museums and archeologists 3-D printing technology has been fueling a boom in duplicating and restoring ancient relics with the highest degree of accuracy.
China will maintain stable and healthy economic growth and accelerate opening-up to solve problems that hinder development, Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli said on Thursday.
China has launched an investigation of EU wine imports, officials said on Wednesday, a day after the bloc announced duties on Chinese solar products.
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