Item from Oct 9, 1989, in China Daily: A train runs on the newly opened line from Heilongjiang province's Longzhen to Heihe, which borders Siberia.
Many Beijingers visit scenic spots in the capital and its suburbs during autumn.
Tu Youyou, China's first Nobel laureate for medicine, described her discovery of the anti-malaria treatment artemisinin as Western medicine inspired by long-established knowledge from traditional Chinese medicine.
China and the United States should push forward the healthy and stable development of bilateral ties by implementing the consensus reached during President Xi Jinping's state visit to the US, State Councilor Yang Jiechi said on Thursday.
China, the Republic of Korea and Japan will release detailed arrangements for a trilateral summit meeting at an appropriate time and when "conditions are mature", according to a senior Chinese diplomat.
China has renewed its pledge of medical assistance to Africa and is to send 1,500 medical workers to the continent.
China's foreign exchange reserves shrank by $180 billion in the third quarter - the largest fall in two decades - following the central bank's move to hold the yuan's value through selling US dollars.
Months after winning a national title, Harvard's debate team has fallen to a group of New York prison inmates.
I read in the news not long ago about a woman in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, who had set up an e-business selling "good-night" text messages. For 1 yuan, a mere 16 US cents, she would metaphorically speaking tuck her customers in.
Item from Oct 8, 1994, in China Daily: Herbal medicines have become the economic pillar of Bozhou, Anhui province, which enjoys the reputation as the "Metropolis of Chinese medicine". A total of 3 million kilograms of herbal medicines in 2,000 varieties are traded on the city's medicine market. The annual business volume is as much as 2.5 million yuan.
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