Renowned fabric brand GORE-TEX showcased its technical advancements and the latest outdoor wear using its products at the international sporting goods show ISPO Beijing 2015 last month.
West of the grand, modern Fuzhou South Railway Station in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, stands a heap of rubble that was once Lulei, a village famous as the birthplace of several major figures in Chinese history, including the mathematician Chen Jingrun (1933-1996), a renowned expert on number theory, and the Kuomintang admiral Chen Shaokuan (1889-1969).
Businessman Chen Yu has never been one to go with the flow.
Jia Chenxiang has spent untold hours patrolling a 29-kilometer stretch of the border with Russia since becoming the first resident officer at the country's northernmost police office in 2010.
Mohe, a county in Heilongjiang province at the northern tip of China, is famous for Beiji Village, known as China's "Arctic Village".
Beiji Border Police Station in Beiji Village, in Mohe county, is China's northernmost police station.
Sixty-one ministerial-level officials in 26 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have been reassigned to new government posts to fill gaps left by predecessors who are under investigation for corruption.
The government of Jincheng, Shanxi province, has launched an investigation into the demolition of an ancient village that was torn down to make way for coal mining, and it has ordered an immediate renovation of the remains.
Another panda has died in the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research Center in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province. It is the fourth panda death caused by canine distemper since Dec 9.
China on Friday voiced opposition to any country receiving the Dalai Lama and interfering in China's internal affairs in the name of issues regarding Tibet. "The Dalai Lama is seeking foreign support to realize his political ambition, which would never succeed," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily news briefing.
The national environmental watchdog will put strict controls on setting off fireworks during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, which falls on Feb 18, by expanding forbidden areas and times and conducting more supervision.
The first child to be taken from her parents under the nation's new child protection laws now has a reason to smile - she will be raised by the woman who helped her escape a life of abuse.
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