We express sincere gratitude and highest respect for the residents of Beijing for their unselfish contribution to this event. It is the largest and highest-profile international activity held in China since the 2008 Olympic Games."
Photo: Yu Xinghua makes a round wooden container using traditional handicraft skills at a workshop in Shuangxi, Jiangxi province. The 65-year-old cooper has witnessed booms and slumps with traditional handicrafts since he started making wooden barrels at the age of 18.
At this former factory site in Beijing, old industrial boilers are corroded among containers piled high within crumbling walls.
For the faint of heart, leaping off a cliff 1,400 meters high wearing only a wingsuit seems like a suicidal stunt reserved for blockbuster action movies.
Invented in the United States more than a decade ago, robotic surgery has since reached new levels of competence in China.
Six-year-old He Yide, who was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2013 as the youngest person in the world to pilot a plane, is in the news again after traversing the dangerous Lop Nur desert with 13 other people.
Premier Li Keqiang urged Mexico to treat Chinese companies fairly on Tuesday, after the Latin American government scrapped a $3.75 billion high-speed rail contract previously signed with a Chinese-led consortium.
A 39-year-old man in Ningbo pretended to be a woman for 20 years, Qianjiang Evening News reported on Tuesday.
A large number of Chinese tourists are visiting during high season, and there is a strong indication that more will be coming in December and January, judging from a reported increase in chartered flights from China."
A court in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Monday convicted 22 people for conducting illegal religious activities.
Photo: Jiang Zhizhou and 14 other photographers recorded life of the poor in three northern Indian states - Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar - from March 5 to March 21, 2013.
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