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Clinton announces carbon-neutral plan

Secretary of state promises USA Pavilion will be as energy clean as possible

Sailing through the city a breeze

Sitting at Suzhou Creek's Danba Road Pier, she cuts a delightful figure. With her slinky lines contrasting with the bulk of the much larger boats plying the waterway, she is definitely someone who Emily Zhang and her family would like to spend Friday afternoon with. Her name: Suzhou Cruise No 1.

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Teatime in heavenly Hangzhou

For those wanting to escape the hustle and bustle of Shanghai for a few days, Hangzhou's West Lake and tea plantations provide an easy and

Life's work

Many people remember 1972 as the year Richard Nixon visited Beijing, a visit that foreshadowed momentous changes in China and the world.

Harmony with environment

I have to get out my old photos to remind myself of conditions in China during the 1980s. It is so far removed from the shiny new skyscrapers and multilane highways of China today.

Digging in

When Zhao Zhijun gave up his big houses, cars, comfortable job and green card in the United States - things that made up the American Dream - and headed back to China, many people called him "crazy".

Preserving culture beyond borders

Many ask me if my constant support (raising and donating more than 30 million yuan) for the preservation of the Kuqa Buddhist grottoes and research on historical relics of Niya and Dandanwulik over the past three decades has anything to do with my being a Buddhist monk.

By design

High-heeled models sashay through the room, while famous TV hosts and performers walk past the door, exchanging greetings with warm smiles.

Homogeneity to self-expression

The fashion-adoring Chinese scrutinize global trends and experiment with all of them.