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Monkeys help clear out birds' nests in airport

[2014-05-06 07:20]

A military airport has sought the help of monkeys to remove birds' nests that pose a threat to flight safety, according to the Chinese air force.

Around China

[2014-05-05 08:20]

Chen Zhenggao took office as the new Party secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on April 29, the ministry's website announced on Sunday.

Quotable

[2014-05-05 08:20]

"In the early 1900s, photos were rarely seen in China, and few survive today. Gamble captured valuable historical moments from the perspective of a sociologist and preserved those images well. They open a window for Chinese to better understand their history and complement existing historical documents for that period."

The Number

[2014-05-05 08:20]

5.5 million tourists

On the web

[2014-05-05 08:20]

Highlights from chinadaily.com.cn

Yunnan's only panda perking up, thanks to TV, swing

[2014-05-05 08:20]

Sijia, a giant panda who zookeepers feared was suffering from mild depression, appears to be feeling better after facilities, including a TV and a swing, were set up in her enclosure.

Zhou's visit to Africa had lasting effect

[2014-05-05 08:20]

Leader's landmark trip led to more exchanges, infrastructure projects

Low-profile Cheng Hong makes her mark

[2014-05-05 08:20]

Wake-Robin, The Singing Wilderness, The Outermost House ... If you are a naturalist, you might be quite familiar with these masterpieces of nature writing.

Credits

[2014-05-05 08:20]

Return to the Wildness, by Cheng Hong, published by SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2001

Chronology of China-Africa relations

[2014-05-05 08:20]

April 1955: The Bandung Conference

Gas-cylinder blast confirmed cause of deadly house collapse

[2014-05-05 08:20]

The Shanghai government confirmed on Sunday that the explosion of a liquefied gas cylinder caused the collapse of a three-story, wood-frame house that killed two and injured three.

Toppled bridge kills 11

[2014-05-05 08:20]

Eleven people have died from the collapse of an uncompleted bridge in south China's Guangdong province on Saturday, local authorities said on Sunday.

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