Xi gets a double welcome on Fiji trip

Improved ties key to success of the island's Look North policy, PM says

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• Yili plans huge dairy base with NZ investments
• Earthquake inspires a moving dance show
• New Zealand to use Boeing 787-9 on China flights
• Li vows big boost for small business
• New air corridors could ease pollution
• Internet regulation should have force of law, forum experts say
• China hosts global cyberspace dialogue
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Abe's 'three arrows' miss targets

Japan has to look beyond the failed Abenomics and carry out structural reforms to revive the country's economic health

• A tough task to cap emissions by around 2030
• Stop violations from tying traffic up
• Sharpen 'Sword of Damocles' with targeted inspections

'Negative list' heads for wider adoption

Foreign investment management process to be streamlined further

• Shoppers rediscover the joy of retail outlets
• S&P warns of inherent risks in local govt bonds
• CSRC: Shanghai-HK Stock Connect achieves goals
• Robust land deals bring strength to realty sector
• Alibaba raises $8b from first bond sale
• Fiji Special: Historic Fiji visit to push bilateral ties to a new level

FIFA set to revive corruption inquiry

FIFA will further review the 2018 and 2022 World Cup corruption investigation, putting the status of hosts Russia and Qatar back in question.

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Fears grow in India over education

Top historian criticized for his claims about ancient Hindu technology

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• Immigration reforms to protect 5m
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Traveling for treatment

As more and more Chinese patients seek healthcare overseas, the rest of the world is heading to China for traditional medicine.

• More go abroad for healthcare
• Drive to attract more Chinese medical tourists to Los Angeles
• Go on a traditional medicine tour
• TCM intern intends to take skills home to Brazil

Still surprised by nature

The fish kept vanishing.

• Military veterans find peace on the back of a horse

Careers on butcher's chopping block

About a dozen years ago, Lu Buxuan shocked the nation when it was discovered he was a graduate of Peking University. He was a butcher. "How can someone with such an enviable education end up in such an unenviable position?" people asked.

• In China, there's no war of the roses

Promoting Old Italian Recipes

On a typical Thursday morning, food editors and reporters in Beijing gathered at Via Roma Italian restaurant, to see what a visiting guest dubbed the "King of Pasta" will turn out to be like.

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Reliving Haikou's glory days

The newest part of Haikou happens to be its oldest, with its decades-long wear and tear stripped away and its former glory re-emerging.

The bidding paves the way for the play

Henry David Thoreau, a writer who, inter alia, railed against taxes, said, "A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince."

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