The Youth Olympic Games kicked off in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Saturday with President Xi Jinping's gaze set on the country's hopes of hosting another top global sporting event.
The number of Japanese people living in China for more than three months or permanently residing declined by more than 10 percent year-on-year from October 2012 to October 2013, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
President Xi Jinping met with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and seven countries' leaders over the weekend in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, while attending the opening ceremony of the second summer Youth Olympic Games on Saturday. Following are some of their talking points.
Property market surges as wealthy Chinese seek to escape scrutiny
China's ambassador to Canada played down on Friday a sudden deterioration of bilateral ties that have been strained by allegations of Chinese hacking and the detention of a Canadian couple.
China's tanks have advanced weapons, armor and automation systems, but their engines need to be improved, according to military officers and experts.
A massive reconstruction project valued at nearly 7 billion yuan ($1.13 billion) is underway in the eastern part of the Tibet autonomous region that will eventually provide homes, neighborhoods and virtually a new city for over 1,000 families in Qamdo township.
Trinling Jampa,a 57-year-old resident on Qichi Street, has received governmental subsidies for over 10 years and is now expecting the reconstruction project to place him in a new home.
Renovation work on the Champa Ling Monastery in Tibet has been completed, part of China's efforts to better protect cultural heritage in the autonomous region, said local officials in Qamdo prefecture.
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