On Dec 13, 1937, Japanese troops captured Nanjing, then China's capital, and began about 40 days of slaughter.
Culture: A worker paints a lion head mask in a traditional workshop in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. The lion dance is a folk dance performed during the celebrations of major festivals. In traditional Chinese culture, the lion is regarded as a symbol of good luck. The lion dance has a history of more than 2,000 years.
China and Kazakhstan singed an agreement related to the Silk Road Economic Belt, a symbolic step in the transcontinental connectivity megaproject that officials and experts said is taking shape and may become a reality next year.
Highlighting the modern Silk Road's cultural importance will help pave the way for people to better understand the initiative and its direction, specialists said at the Silk Road International Cultural Forum held in the Kazakh capital Astana last week.
Services for international students will be improved, Chinese top officials said during a meeting on overseas study.
Tourism authorities will urge travel agencies to monitor tour groups and will explore the use of personal credit reports to identify possible offenders in advance.
China's top court plans to restrict those who refuse to obey court verdicts - including debtors - from traveling by high-speed rail in a bid to get them to follow judicial judgments.
Hainan, one of the most popular tourist destinations in China, has stepped up efforts in "governing the province according to law" by bringing a range of reforms in administrative examination and approval, as well as market operations, said a senior official.
Premier Li Keqiang is set to embark on a busy trip that will cover three regions, with the goal of reassuring Eurasian countries of Beijing's commitment to enhanced interconnectivity and diversified trade.
Zhu Mingguo, former chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was disqualified Friday as a member of the CPPCC National Committee.
Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs. China firmly opposes the interference of any country, institution or individual in any form in Hong Kong affairs. We hope certain British lawmakers will stop their meaningless hype."
300,000 METRIC TONS OF SLUDGE containing a large amount of heavy metals was discharged by a company in Zhejiang province into the Grand Canal, a waterway running from Beijing to Hangzhou, and Poyang Lake in Jiangxi province. Twenty-three people from the company have been arrested, authorities said on Thursday.
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