Item from March 23, 1990, in China Daily: The first phase of construction of the Shanghai subway system got underway recently with a total investment of 2.54 billion yuan. Line 1 is one of the seven lines on the subway blueprint - this one will run the 14.57 km from Xinlonghua north to the Shanghai Railway Station.
Today marks World Meteorological Day. Scientific evidence points to excessive emissions of greenhouse gases as a major cause of climate change.
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Chinese miners through 30 years From work safety to leisure activities, conditions for Chinese miners have improved significantly in the last three decades with younger, better-educated workers joining the sector.
At his annual news conference last week, Premier Li Keqiang compared the pain of governmental self-reform to "taking a knife to one's own flesh". On Friday, he said the pain must be endured, both to limit power and to invigorate the market in an economic slowdown.
Following a three-year hiatus, the Seventh Trilateral Foreign Minsters' Meeting, which included China, Japan and South Korea, was held on Saturday in Seoul.
The former police chief of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region has been detained on charges of killing a woman, according to local police authorities.
The People's Liberation Army will loosen its tight controls on the use of cellphones by service members, the PLA General Staff Headquarters, said last week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China later this year to attend events marking the 70th anniversary of victory in the world's anti-fascist war.
Six Western countries have applied to become founding members of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Ministry of Finance confirmed on Friday.
China asked the United States on Friday to take no position on the South China Sea issue after a top US officer promised to back the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in patrolling areas of the waterway.
Archaeologists in Shaanxi province have, for the first time, found a complete ancient crossbow, known as a gong nu, that dates from the Warring States Period (475-221 BC).
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