China is actively mapping out its "financial diplomacy", underlined by its recent initiatives to launch regional and global development banks, to cast off the drawbacks of the traditional international financial order and to safeguard the stable growth of emerging markets, observers said.
Xu Hairong, a friend from my home province of Sichuan, recently made her first trip to Europe with her parents. Living in the European capital for more than three years, I was eager to show my friend around the tiny but picturesque Belgium if our schedules permitted.
For Li Zhichen, a Jinan local in his 30s, the opening ceremony of the 10th China Art Festival in Shandong province exceeded expectations.
Today's visitors to Xiamen are often enchanted by Yundang Lake, a huge artificial reservoir that stretches from the geographical center of the city to its western coast.
Xiamen released the draft of its "Beautiful Xiamen" strategic plan during the China International Forum for Mayors of Friendship Cities held on Sept 8.
On the eastern coast of Xiamen, a cluster of tall buildings in Siming district shine with the logos of service companies.
Leaders in Xiamen plan to widen the window for cross-Straits communication.
While China's northern regions continue to struggle with persistent heavy air pollution, the air quality in the southern coastal city of Xiamen is among the best in the nation, according to official monitoring data.
Gulangyu, the largest satellite island of Xiamen, will embrace a new start by transforming from an over-commercialized tourism spot into a cultural community.
Xiamen will host the finale of the International Awards for Livable Communities 2013 from Nov 28 to Dec 2.
Classical gardens in Jiangsu province were mostly built adjacent to private residences. The past owners of the gardens were usually retired government officials, who took the natural landscape as their model for creating artistic garden scenery. They would invite the social elite to gatherings in their gardens.
When he visited Suzhou in 1952 as a senior architectural student, Liu Shaozong found no one was taking care of the city's classical gardens, some of which have since been listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites.
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