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Quotable

[2014-09-27 08:34]

Tibet is the last classic treasure on the map, with its religious mystery, sound environment and many historic sites."

On the web

[2014-09-27 08:34]

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Symposium is hoped to improve bilateral ties

[2014-09-27 08:34]

It was like "love at first sight". In 2005, when China-Japan relations deteriorated, China Daily and Japan's Genron NPO, an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit think tank, met and came up with the idea of co-sponsoring the Beijing-Tokyo Forum to build a platform for opinion leaders, including journalists and people from business, politics and academia, from both sides. The forum has witnessed ups and downs in the two nations' relations in the past decade, turning out to be one of the most important non-governmental channels to discuss the issues standing in the way of the ties. The 10th forum in Tokyo on Sept 28 and 29 will again serve as a venue for seeking solutions to address the challenge that is critically worse than it was in 2005.

'Strategic mistrust' in way of better relations

[2014-09-27 08:34]

Both Japan and China should face up to the reality that a "lasting strategic mistrust" between them is the major factor behind their divergence and conflicting approaches, a veteran security policy expert told China Daily.

Flexibility needed in trading links with Tokyo

[2014-09-27 08:34]

China and Japan need to increase the flexibility of their business ties and reduce administrative intervention when political divergence occurs, trade experts said.

Time line

[2014-09-27 08:34]

The annual event in the China-Japan relationship (2005-2013)

Around China

[2014-09-26 08:08]

China said on Thursday it will contribute 700 troops to a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

Quotable

[2014-09-26 08:08]

We should not merely focus on how many phantom employees were found and how much money was recovered. The government agencies and people responsible for paying those freeloaders should be named and shamed."

The number

[2014-09-26 08:08]

The number of couples of who applied to have a second baby in Beijing by the end of August, according to Zhong Dongbo, deputy head of Beijing's Health and Family Planning Commission.

On the web

[2014-09-26 08:08]

Photo:A woman examines the life-size sculpture of US President Barack Obama in Luoyang, Henan province, on Wednesday.

Around China

[2014-09-25 08:13]

A bus driver who violated the traffic regulations knelt in front of a policeman after he was given a fine in Changsha on Tuesday, Sanxiang City Express reported. The driver was fined 100 yuan ($16) for driving his bus in the wrong lane but wanted the decision retracted.