With 166 lakes dotted throughout the urban and suburban areas of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, the local authorities face an uphill struggle to protect them from pollution and illegal land reclamation.
Beijing Capital International Airport, the busiest aviation hub in China, will soon renovate its oldest runway, a task that will affect about 200 flights daily, the airport operator announced on its micro blog.
Editor's note: In 1995, then Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, a socialist, made a "heartfelt apology" for the wartime damage and suffering caused by his country. Shinzo Abe, then a rookie lawmaker from the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, was one of those who opposed the move.
China has published, for the first time in a book series, documentary evidence from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also known as the Tokyo Trials, which took place after World War II.
Wang Gaizhen, deputy director of the Standing Committee of Liaocheng People's Congress, was found dead on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
After four years of restoration, the Thousand-Hand Goddess of Mercy statue, which is regarded as the jewel of the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, will reopen to the public next month.
Experts estimate that a construction site in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, where hundreds of shipbuilding tools have been unearthed, contains the remains of a shipyard that built vessels for one of China's greatest navigators, Zheng He.
Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of the victory over the Axis Forces and the end of World War II with a large-scale military parade at Red Square on Saturday.
A 102-member guard of honor from China joined the Victory Day parade in Red Square for the first time on Saturday, as 18 Russian veterans who fought against the Japanese during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) were presented with medals.
Sunday is Mother's Day, and Shen Changming from Xinxiang, Henan, celebrated the day with his four siblings and their children as usual to honor his mother's contribution to the family.
More than 30,000 foreign experts from Russia and the Soviet Union have participated in China's economic development since the 1950s in dozens of field, including agriculture, energy, transportation, education and technology.
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