Three hooded gunmen shot dead 12 people in the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a Paris-based satirical magazine, on Wednesday in the deadliest attack in France in more than half a century, which French President Francois Hollande has called "an act of exceptional barbarism".
In his New Year address, top leader Xi Jinping lauded the newly opened South-North Water Diversion Project.
Before a court issues its verdict on a suspected corrupt official, the media should not organize virtual kangaroo courts to pronounce him/her guilty, because every suspect has the right to a fair trial. The media should know that trying to twist a case or influence a judgment is an abuse of the freedom of expression and one's right to defense.
From nine to seven, then from seven to four: The reduction in the number of senior high schools in Rudong county, Jiangsu province, in the past four years has been a cruel but irreversible trend in the eyes of Chen Jian, deputy head of the county's education bureau.
Rudong resident Shi Junping, 47, said living in an aging community hasn't really had any effect on her life because her work as a chartered car driver is steady, and her taxi driver husband can also earn a living without too many problems.
More than 20 percent of African people staying in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, are earning more than 30,000 yuan ($4,838) a month, according to a recent survey by Southern Metropolis Daily.
Sonam Droma quit her comfortable job in the public sector three years ago to set up an online store that sells traditional goods from the Tibet autonomous region.
An air passenger who ignored warnings from flight attendants and used her phone repeatedly during landing was placed under five days' administrative detention by airport police.
On Jan 1, The Alexander Red-Flag Song and Dance Troupe of the Russian Armed Forces performed at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing as part of a series of events to mark 70 years since the end of World War II.
Chen Xiaoying, translator, writer and expert on Russian issues, is never happier than when reciting The Song of the Stormy Petrel in Russian, because the 72-year-old believes the poem represents the best of Maxim Gorky.
All people of my age (50-somethings) have been influenced by the Soviet Union to some degree. For me, it came primarily from my father, but it's also a result of being born into a military family.
I was 10 when the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. That same year, I was chosen as a member of the Chinese delegation at an international children's summer camp in what was then the Soviet Union.
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