From exhaustion to limited resources and facilities, Chinese healthcare professionals brave trying conditions to go beyond the call of duty by helping residents of Ebola-hit areas deal with the life-threatening epidemic. In their own words, the team members recall their valuable experiences of coming face to face with the scourge that shook the world.
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has recalled that China had supported the country both in cash and experts in the fight against the disease, saying the Chinese have "come at a time when we needed them most." "You (China) have demonstrated to us that you are our special friends", he said.
China, like many countries, has answered strongly the calls from the World Health Organization and the UN to support response efforts to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, according to Bernhard Schwartlander, WHO representative in China.
On the team dispatched by the Chinese government to West Africa to combat Ebola, China's top virologist, Gao Fu, who is also a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, played different roles.
China will continue its 50 years of medical cooperation with African countries, focusing on helping the countries to improve their capacity to fight infectious diseases, according to China's top health authority.
"Contrast" was the word Zhang Liubo, a disinfection and sanitation expert who has just finished his two-month stint in Sierra Leone, a West African nation still trying to free itself from the deadly grip of the Ebola virus, used to describe his initial feeling of shock.
With the growing popularity and development of high-speed rail in China, traveling around the country has become easier for tourists who want to spend less time on trains and more at their destinations.
Dozens of highly-rated Chinese tourist attractions have had their accreditation removed after a crackdown on irregularities.
A major renovation project on a key Taoist historical relic in the center of Beijing was launched on Thursday by the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City.
An exhibition featuring China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang and his terracotta army kicked off on Wednesday in Aarhus, the second-largest city in Denmark.
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