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[2015-05-06 07:53]

China pledged on Tuesday to carry out more environmentally friendly measures in its economic development.

Tributes paid to the 'angel of peace'

[2015-05-06 07:53]

A Chinese-Russian girl born in 1928 in Suifenhe, a border city in Heilongjiang province, was named Galiya Vasilievna Dubieva.

Historians confirm a key combat date in war

[2015-05-06 07:53]

The local history office in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, confirmed on Tuesday the date of the Soviet Volunteer Group's first combat in China during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

Loneliness takes its toll on village life as masses head to the cities

[2015-05-06 07:53]

The pace of urbanization in China during the past 25 years has seen the decline of many villages. As people have drifted away to urban areas, those left behind feel lonely and isolated.

The most elite POW camp in the world

[2015-05-06 07:53]

A number of old, redbrick, Japanese-style bungalows stand on a northerly hill at the former Garrison Command Headquarters in Liaoyuan, Jilin province, and hidden among them is an inconspicuous house dating to the 1930s.

Draconian and brutal treatment

[2015-05-06 07:53]

When General Jonathan Wainwright and 33 other Allied officers were held at Liaoyuan Prisoner of War Camp in Jilin province in 1944 and 1945, the regime was unremittingly harsh.

Wine tutor uncorks wisdom for students

[2015-05-06 07:53]

Sun Ying, who tutored three college students to win the top prize for Asia at an international wine competition, sees great prospects for sommeliers in Southwest China.

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1 arrested in heiress abduction

[2015-05-05 07:54]

Police in Hong Kong have arrested one suspect in the abduction of the heiress of an apparel chain's founder, and the rest of the gang is thought to be hiding in the city's hilly countryside.

Climate change said to threaten big projects

[2015-05-05 07:54]

Climate change threatens some of China's most important infrastructure projects, the country's top meteorologist warned in a State newspaper, adding that the country's rate of warming was higher than the global average.

Architect of HK's return dies at 88

[2015-05-05 07:54]

Hong Kong mourned the loss on Monday of Lu Ping, the central government official who oversaw Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

Cheap trips targeted in problem-solving push

[2015-05-05 07:54]

China will regulate the tourism market by clamping down on unreasonably cheap trips, according to a senior official at the China National Tourism Administration.

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