Apart from watching games and drinking beer with friends at midnight, Shen Yiren, a 27-year-old salesman in Shenzhen, found another way to participate in the soccer carnival: buying sports lottery tickets.
Beginning a new round of high-level talks, Beijing and Washington vowed on Wednesday they would not allow areas of disagreement to overshadow their relationship, which is critical to global prosperity.
Two senior Chinese anti-graft officials attended the sixth round of China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which analysts said is a signal that the two countries will enhance their cooperation in fighting corruption.
"A China-US confrontation, for the two countries and the world, would definitely be a disaster."
China is inviting overseas counterterrorism experts to serve as visiting professors who will help train a new generation of anti-terror personnel.
Investigation finds US chicken imports hurt Chinese industry
China is speeding up the development of unmanned ground vehicles, which will play an important role in future battlefields and civilian sectors, according to a senior expert.
The number of Chinese going abroad for trophy hunting has grown tenfold in the past five years, as wealthy Chinese travelers increasingly seek out wild and exotic experiences.
Trophy hunting of protected animals in China has effectively been banned since 2006.
China and Germany will strengthen exchanges in the financial sector and upgrade longstanding cooperation in manufacturing with a slew of deals signed on Monday.
China and Germany are both victims of hacking attacks, Premier Li Keqiang said, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a case of a German agent spying for US intelligence would be a "clear contradiction" of trust between the allies.
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