Retailers billed it as the Great Singapore Sale. Chinese tourist Zhu Liang bought it, only to regret it afterward.
Thailand hopes to introduce visa-fee exemptions for tourists from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan next week, acting Thai foreign minister Sihasak Puangketkeow said.
Once a backwater in China's often overlooked west, the city of Chongqing in the last two decades has been transformed into a sprawling metropolis where skyscrapers stretch endlessly along the Yangtze River.
On the busy streets of South Korea's biggest Chinatown in Incheon stands Gonghwachun, a Chinese restaurants popular among tourists to the area. "We hold pride in our 100-year history," its sign reads.
High school student Geng Fangdong was doing his homework in Zhaoyang district of Zhaotong, Yunnan province, on Sunday afternoon when his cellphone started beeping.
1. The magnitude-6.5 earthquake that hit Longtoushan township of Ludian county was the largest one in Yunnan since 2000. The province is located on the collision belt of the boundary between the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
A powerful magnitude-6.5 earthquake hit Southwest China's Yunnan province on Sunday afternoon, killing at least 398 people.
Volunteers are crucial for rescue efforts in a disaster but sensible ones, even more so.
Leaders worldwide have expressed their condolences for the victims in the earthquake and voiced their support for the country's disaster relief effort:
Yunnan in Southwest China is one of the country's most earthquake-prone provinces. Here is a list of the major quakes that struck Yunnan in recent years:
The government of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region announced on Sunday that it will give rewards totaling about 300 million yuan ($48.6 million) to all those who heroically participated in the recent massive manhunt and capture of fugitive suspected terrorists in Moyu county of Hotan prefecture.
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