More than a billion people worldwide traveled across borders in 2013 and five times that many traveled domestically, making tourism and related industries perhaps the single largest contributor to global GDP and employment.
Since becoming a member of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in 1991, China has taken an active part in the organization's activities.
The severing of electricity supply to an area housing a KTV bar in Qixian county, Henan province, recently caused power outage in thousands of households, exposing the blatant abuse of power by the head of the power station.
Premier Li Keqiang has rarely passed a strong remark or taken an aggressive step to boost the economy despite the first slowdown in economic growth in more than a quarter of a century, and this is exactly the type of prudence the market needs now.
US scientists told a workshop in Washington on Nov 3 that many questions about the Ebola epidemic, like the exact pattern of how the virus spreads, remain unanswered.
China's top military body took over the People's Liberation Army auditing office on Thursday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The 2014 Canada China Tibetan Culture Week arrived in Toronto on Wednesday, offering the largest city in Canada a rare chance to appreciate the beauty of Tibet's landscape and unique culture.
A trial run of China's new high-speed bullet train, which uses a cutting-edge traction system, will start soon, according to the head of the high-speed railway innovation program.
A crackdown on online videos containing illegal information was launched by China's Internet watchdog on Thursday to further clean up cyberspace.
China is set to propose detailed initiatives aimed at improving relations and boosting trade during a series of multilateral meetings with Southeast Asian nations next week, senior officials have said.
Chen Yang, from Qingdao, Shandong province, had intended to send his daughter to the United States for undergraduate study when she finished high school. However, after the girl, who Chen declined to name, entered a high school in the coastal city in September, he quickly changed his mind.
Experts have warned about the problems that may occur if children are sent to study overseas at too young an age. Early separation may result in the child lacking an association with their family and displaying general indifference to the family unit, said Cao Hong, secretary-general of the Beijing Overseas Study Service Association.
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