President Xi Jinping's scheduled visit to the United States in September is likely to create new opportunities for not only consolidating the "new type of major-power relationship" between Beijing and Washington, but also China's public diplomacy vis-a-vis the US.
About 2.1 billion people, or almost 30 percent of the world's population, are regarded as overweight (defined as a body mass index, or BMI, of 25 or higher) - double the number in 1980, and more than 2.5 times the number of people who are chronically hungry.
The vaccination of babies against hepatitis B over the last quarter of a century has been one of China's greatest public health success stories.
A long-awaited apology came from Japan, but not from the government.
Seventy years ago, when the United States, Great Britain and China released the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945 ordering the unconditional surrender of Japan, the content of the document was not taken seriously enough in Japan.
Fifteen years ago, the United Nations published its historical Millennium Declaration, which mapped out the Millennium Development Goals.
During his latest visit to Japan, former Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui in his 90s again denied the One-China policy, claiming that the Diaoyu Islands belong to Japan and the country's new security bills are conducive to Asian stability.
More than 300 officials in Meishan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, have made an open pledge that they will not seek "nominal kinship", the making of acquaintances and connections with non-relatives.
An old man in Pengzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan province, who fell at a crossroads accused a high school graduate who tried to help him of being the cause.
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