Premier Li Keqiang assured Western companies on Monday that China welcomes overseas firms competing in China's market under the principle of fairness.
It's a rural tradition that faded out decades ago as Hong Kong turned into a neon-lit megacity: Rice seedlings gently stuffed into the soil of watery paddy fields.
Golden Bear-winning film director Wang Quan'an was detained last week on suspicion of hiring prostitutes, Legal Evening News reported on Monday.
Residents in Hainan are preparing for a strong typhoon that is expected to hit the South China Sea island province on Tuesday.
Sunday marked the 27th anniversary of the sending of the first e-mail from China. On Sept 14, 1987, a computer laboratory in Beijing successfully sent an e-mail that said, "Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner of the world." The message went to a German university. Today, China is home to 632 million Internet users, the largest online population in the world. The Internet Society of China, in an open letter marking the anniversary, urged users to take responsibility for the web and work jointly to ensure its healthy development.
"The young generation know less and less about history, so we need to do some work with movies. Chinese filmmakers need to make more serious films that reflect reality so as to establish themselves both in the domestic and international markets."
Honeymoon couples lead the way as number of tourists heads for 350,000
The renowned ancient Chinese navigator Zheng He's fleet visited the Maldives twice in the early 15th century, according to historical records. Ancient Chinese porcelain ware and coins, displayed in the Maldives' national museum in Male, bear witness to the trade via the ancient Maritime Silk Road between China and the Maldives.
President Xi Jinping and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan saw the start of work on the China-Central Asia gas pipeline's Line D construction on Saturday in Tajikistan.
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