Cheers for Modi reflect closer links

Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoyed a festive day in Xi'an on Thursday, with President Xi Jinping accompanying him as people cheered the two leaders wherever they went.

Penthouses go on sale at 500 million yuan

The developer of a luxury housing complex in Beijing has caused a media sensation by defying the property downturn and putting some of the units on the market at a record price of 500,000 yuan ($80,650) per square meter.

Depp's dogs face death in quarantine row

Australian quarantine authorities have ordered Johnny Depp to fly his dogs Pistol and Boo out of the country by Saturday or they will be put down.

9 suspects detained in Hong Kong kidnapping

Police on the mainland have detained eight men suspected of being involved in a major kidnapping case in Hong Kong.

Confessions of an amateur translator

Many years ago, during my last semester in a top university in Shanghai, I struck the first pot of gold in my life, by translating a US best-seller.

This Day, That Year

Item from May 15, 1998, in China Daily: Young laid-off workers attend free beauty treatment courses at a school in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The city's Youth League is helping laid-off workers find new jobs through retraining.

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The State Council has urged telecom companies to roll over the value of any unused data in subscribers' fixed-price plans or allow them to transfer the data to other accounts.

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After warm greeting in Xi'an, Modi visits temple, warriors

Chinese monk opened history's eyes to India

A major reference point in Indian history is 630 AD. That is the year Xuanzang reached Adinapur (present-day Jalalabad, Afghanistan). Incidentally, Adinapur was part of the ancient Indian kingdom of Gandhara (present-day Kabul) until a century before the arrival of Xuanzang.

'Hello China!', PM tells followers on micro-blog account

On the first day of his visit to China on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was kept busy with a carefully planned schedule but still found time to connect with tens of thousands of followers on China's popular micro blog.