China should step up research and development so it can produce advanced aviation materials and build aircraft that are greener and more competitive, says an expert.
China's air quality improved slightly in the first half of 2014 compared with the same period in 2013, but aggravated ozone pollution became a prominent problem across the country, according to Environmental Protection Ministry figures released on Monday.
Editor's note: To offer a clearer picture of history, the State Archives Administration released a large number of files on 45 Japanese war criminals who were tried and convicted in China after World War II. The special military tribunal of the Supreme People's Court held public trials, sentencing the criminals to between eight and 20 years in jail. China Daily is publishing abstracts of the criminals' confessions.
The Hongla Mountain National Nature Reserve, in Markam county of the Tibet autonomous region, has seen a steady increase in recent years in the number of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys, a severely endangered species, according to a local official.
A stable power supply is a crucial strategic element for military border defense missions in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Huang Xiaoming, the deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army's Xinjiang military region, said on Monday.
China's manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong carried the Youth Olympics torch deep into the northwest Pacific Ocean on Saturday. In a more than 10-hour dive, the third of this year's expedition, the vehicle reached a depth of 5,555 meters. In the vessel, the crew demonstrated the torch, flag and mascot of the Games, which will be held in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Aug 16 to 28.
"This is my first time competing in the individual 3m springboard in a big event. I'm a platform diver but I have fun diving on the springboard. I think I find the rhythm of the board just like playing on the piano."
Legislative bodies of China and Argentina should enhance exchanges and mutual learning in an effort to promote bilateral ties, visiting President Xi Jinping said on Saturday in Argentina, the second leg of his South America trip.
For COSCO Shipping, the world's largest fleet of specialized carriers and multipurpose vessels, a new leg in its pan-Latin America journey has begun.
Wang Rui knew Venezuela and its famous landmark, Angel Falls, from the hit animated movie Up.
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