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Extreme attraction

[2014-11-13 08:00]

At this former factory site in Beijing, old industrial boilers are corroded among containers piled high within crumbling walls.

Setting his sights sky high

[2014-11-13 08:00]

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.

Robotic surgery reaches new height

[2014-11-13 08:01]

Invented in the United States more than a decade ago, robotic surgery has since reached new levels of competence in China.

'Running Naked Boy', now 6, crosses Lop Nur desert

[2014-11-13 08:02]

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.

Li urges fairness as Mexico scraps rail contract

[2014-11-12 08:13]

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.

Around China

[2014-11-12 08:13]

A 39-year-old man in Ningbo pretended to be a woman for 20 years, Qianjiang Evening News reported on Tuesday.

Quotable

[2014-11-12 08:13]

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."

The number

[2014-11-12 08:13]

A court in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Monday convicted 22 people for conducting illegal religious activities.

On the web

[2014-11-12 08:13]

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.

Heavy-duty Y-20 military airlifter weighs in at show

[2014-11-12 08:13]

China's first domestically developed strategic air lifter, the Y-20 Kunpeng, will soon be delivered to users, a senior aviation executive said, adding that the development of its engine is "faring well".

New airliner orders increase total to 430

[2014-11-12 08:13]

Thirty new orders have been received for the C919, the first large passenger aircraft to be made in China, taking the number placed for the airplane to 430.

Day when sad singles try to climb down from the shelf

[2014-11-12 08:13]

Until this time last year, Su Yunmin met twice a month with three friends she's known since kindergarten, just like the four characters in the popular US television series Mistresses.