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[2014-11-09 08:39]

"The Canadian side is ready to expand mutually beneficial cooperation in fields including trade, investment, science and technology, energy, finance, education and tourism."

Around China

[2014-11-08 08:34]

A man in Nanjing was recently ordered by a court to compensate a Porsche dealer with 880,000 yuan ($144,000) for the damage he caused during a test drive, Yangtze Evening News reported on Wednesday.

Quotable

[2014-11-08 08:34]

Officials should be held accountable for important decisions they made through their lives because the decisions were often made recklessly or illegally and no democratic procedures were followed.

The number

[2014-11-08 08:34]

Models working for e-shops are likely to earn more than 10,000 yuan ($1,600) a day ahead of Nov 11, known in China as Singles' Day and touted as an online shopping festival among Chinese youth.

On the web

[2014-11-08 08:34]

Photo: Li Zhiting, from Jiajiang, a county in Sichuan province, has spent most of his life surrounded by needles and thread since becoming a tailor at the age of 12. Tailoring has been a family business for the 92-year-old, but the business has struggled to make a profit as people increasingly opt for ready-to-wear clothes.

High-speed train deal in Mexico goes off the rails

[2014-11-08 08:34]

Mexico has revoked a contract for a $3.75 billion high-speed passenger rail link with a Chinese-led consortium after its uncontested bid prompted an outcry from lawmakers, souring a state visit to China next week by President Enrique Pena Nieto.

TCM doctor denies dodging diagnostic challenge

[2014-11-08 08:34]

A traditional Chinese medicine physician who accepted a challenge to diagnose pregnancies using a disputed method denied on Friday claims that he had withdrawn from the contest.

Blood samples to help reunite infants with parents

[2014-11-08 08:34]

Police will take blood samples from 11 abducted infants rescued in a recent operation against a cross-province trafficking ring in Yunnan province, in order to reunite them with their blood parents, a senior official from the Ministry of Public Security said.

Researchers trace evolution of insects back to 480 million years ago

[2014-11-08 08:34]

A team of more than 100 researchers from China, the United States, Germany and several other countries published the first modern road map of insect evolution on Thursday.

Around China

[2014-11-07 07:51]

Police arrested a group of people who swindled money and cellphones from young women while posing as students from Hong Kong. The police caught nine suspects, all from Anhui province, in a fast-food restaurant.

Quotable

[2014-11-07 07:51]

Outbound trips, mainly to Southeast Asia, have risen by almost 40 percent."

The number

[2014-11-07 07:51]

The Three Gorges Power Plant, the world's largest hydropower project, had generated more than 800 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity as of Tuesday since its first turbine generator was put into operation in 2003.

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