China has begun to develop its C929 wide-body jetliner as its predecessor, the C919 narrow-body airliner, is about to make its first test flight, according to aviation industry insiders.
A ferry accident in Hong Kong on Sunday night left 124 passengers hospitalized and has prompted new calls for a maritime safety review.
One of China's leading economists has made a strong call for the country's leaders to speed up reforms that have been delayed.
More than 70 percent of Chinese people are not satisfied with their sex lives because of stress and depression, according to the results of a national survey released on Sunday.
When China Daily's Deputy Editor-in-Chief Wang Hao - who was in New York in September to direct coverage of President Xi Jinping's US visit - asked my colleague Chris Davis and me to join the rotation of writers on this page, I thought: "Why not"? I'd be syndicated internationally.
Item from Oct 26, 1984, in China Daily: Crowds throng Nanjing Lu, Shanghai's busiest shopping street. The city's booming retail sales totaled 8.8 billion yuan in the first nine months of this year, up 14 percent on last year. Sales of goods such as washing machines and refrigerators rose as much as 160 percent. A Shanghai survey shows people had spent about 37 percent of their incomes on durable items this year, up from the 34 percent last year.
Last week, the Ministry of Education called on parents to avoid being too strict in educating their children.
President Xi Jinping called on Friday for China and Britain to strengthen cooperation on soccer as he ended his four-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
China's central bank cut interest rates on Friday - for the sixth time in a year - and reduced the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for all banks.
French authorities have opened a preliminary investigation after at least 43 people were killed in a crash between a bus and truck near Bordeaux on Friday, the deadliest road accident in the country in more than 30 years.
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