South Korean President Park Geun-hye chose a red suit, the iconic color of China, for President Xi Jinping's welcoming ceremony. During the following summit meeting, Park talked with Xi in fluent Mandarin, as if talking to an old friend she had not seen for a long time. The red suit may have hinted at a likely breakthrough over negotiations on the free trade agreement between the two countries.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's upcoming visit to China will intensify cooperation in areas including urbanization, environmental protection and international affairs, German Ambassador to China Michael Clauss said in an interview ahead of the chancellor's three-day visit.
China's top prosecuting department investigated seven ministerial-level officials in the first five months of this year, an increase of 40 percent compared with the same period in 2013, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Friday.
Editor's note: Xinjiang is known for its colorful landscape and diverse culture. China Daily explores this beautiful region through its many faces and facets.
The Ministry of Education is tightening up a preferential policy that awards bonus points in the national college entrance exams, or gaokao, to students with exceptional ability in the sciences and sports, amid recent worries about abuse of the system.
The Ministry of Education is banning universities from recruiting students based on gender.
Police in Dalian, Liaoning province, have detained five people they say are responsible for damage to a crude-oil pipeline that triggered a massive oil leak and fire on Monday night.
The Chinese capital's fine-particulate pollutant intensity is expected to drop to the internationally recognized safe level in 16 years, environmental authorities said.
For Zhang Zhe, a sailor in a corvette squadron of the People's Liberation Army navy, the decision to remain in the military would have seemed unimaginable four years ago.
Editor's note: Xinjiang is known for its colorful landscape and diverse culture. China Daily explores this beautiful region through its many faces and facets.
In Northwest China's vast sun-scorched desert, a camel train plods along the ancient Silk Road.
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