China is expected to participate in more multinational military drills - such as the recently completed Rim of the Pacific exercise - to demonstrate stronger security transparency and coexist with the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, senior military officers and observers said.
Sports venues that were built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics are in good condition and could be used for the 2022 Winter Olympics, a way to cut expenses should the Chinese capital host the event, officials and experts said.
Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province are showing how they are using science and technology to address smog problems in their area.
At around 4:40 pm I was washing my clothes, as I usually do on the weekend.
Seventy-nine Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Libya and taken to Athens on board the Greek frigate Salamis.
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.
Energy was high on the agenda as India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, began a two-day visit to Nepal on Sunday, eager to reclaim lost ground from China in the race for resources.
The Beijing Bus Museum was completed six years ago, but it has yet to open to the public, jinghua.cn reported on Friday. A bus fan surnamed Jiang said he had donated old bus photos and tickets after hearing the museum would be built in 2008, but the museum still hasn't opened its doors. An old announcement by Beijing Public Transport Holdings shows that the museum was to start operations in May 2009.
"I am confident that this mission is as safe as it reasonably can be under the circumstances. But let's not forget 298 innocent people have been murdered - 38 Australians have been murdered. We owe it to our dead to bring them back. We owe it to their families to bring them back. And that is what the government is determined to do."
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