In the past three decades, China's development has pulled a staggering 680 million people out of poverty. It did so through a dramatic increase in access to modern energy, mostly powered by coal, which has led to terrible outdoor air pollution in Chinese cities, not to mention making China the world's premier carbon dioxide emitter.
When Pu Cunxin walked into the theater canteen five minutes early for our lunchtime appointment, he immediately noticed that I had no tea to drink, so he asked the waiter to bring some and then poured it for me himself.
There are so many ways to wrangle deals on hotel rooms these days that no matter how great a bargain you find, it is not uncommon to worry you missed a better one.
Hong Kong based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is gearing up to focus on consumer trends of the mass market, says Sarah Chen, vice-president of the group's sales & marketing department.
Even after they vowed to call a truce in their public war of words last year and concentrate on developing better products, two famed Chinese herbal tea makers have again locked horns in a legal battle.
Though Japan was long considered the "robotics kingdom", China surpassed it as the largest market for industrial robots in the world in 2013, when a record-high 36,000 units were sold, Chinese media report.
Many visitors at the recent China International Robot Show in Shanghai were captivated by the machines that could pour water, pick up candy or play chess.
The widely held belief that robots cost jobs is a fallacy, a robotics expert says.
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