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Severe flood warning for Yangtze River

[2015-04-13 07:32]

China's flood control authority is warning of possible heavy flooding in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River this year as the basin areas are set to receive more precipitation for the upcoming rainy season.

Treated to celebrated Chinese characteristic

[2015-04-13 07:32]

One of the best things since our move to China three years ago has been the helpful people. When we first arrived in Shanghai, we could barely string together two words of Mandarin. But people often went out of their way to give us directions or help us find things in the market.

This Day, That Year

[2015-04-13 07:32]

Item from April 13, 1985, in China Daily: The People's Liberation Army air force is teaching its flying officers to read, write and speak English in a bid to speed up its modernization drive...as English is the language used internationally by air traffic controllers.

Hot topic

[2015-04-13 07:32]

About half of those polled in a recent online survey by major information portal Sina said they intend to buy the new Apple Watch smartwatch.

Looking ahead

[2015-04-13 07:32]

What our reporters and editors will be following today. See breaking news on chinadaily.com.cn

Trending on the web

[2015-04-13 07:32]

Creepy videos, kung fu and Baymax

Li charts course to put northeast back on track

[2015-04-11 07:57]

Major projects - including manufacturing and exporting rail equipment - and support industries remain the key way to help the slowing economy in northeastern China, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday.

So, did hamburgers originate in China?

[2015-04-11 07:57]

Heated online debate has been triggered over the relationship between hamburgers and rou jia mo, a Chinese snack that has been described as "the world's first hamburger".

New 'rickshaw' hits the roads to beat male pests

[2015-04-11 07:57]

Fed up with being groped and harassed by male auto-rickshaw drivers, a Pakistani environmentalist has hit back.

New clues surface on hunting habits of dinosaurs

[2015-04-11 07:57]

Small predatory dinosaurs that gained notoriety for a scene in the movie Jurassic Park, in which they hunt in packs like wolves, are probably misunderstood, new evidence unearthed in China suggests.

A moment in time: The story of how we buy books

[2015-04-11 07:58]

Chinese bookworms are proving their interest in books hasn't changed much from the early 1980s to these fast-changing days, when computers and smartphones dominate people's spare time.

Mom tells of 'miracle' rescue on Linyi

[2015-04-11 07:57]

A Singaporean woman who was evacuated from Yemen with her four children via the Chinese frigate Linyi said they were very grateful for boarding the Chinese naval vessel.

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