Today marks the traditional Qixi Festival, also known as China's "Valentine's Day". According to Chinese mythology, the cowherd and weaver girl, as symbolized by the stars Altair and Vega, meet only on this day every year.
Commodity prices, including iron ore, increased after last week's fatal blasts in Tianjin affected operations at the city's port.
Living about 700 meters from the center of the Tianjin blast, Jiang Lingyu was injured by broken glass and passed out on Aug 12 at midnight.
The sons of a former police official and a former State company executive are top shareholders of a company whose warehouse exploded on Aug 12 in Tianjin, exclusive interviews by Xinhua found.
The public has paid great homage to the firefighters, 53 of whom had been confirmed dead in the Aug 12 blasts as of Wednesday. But another group of heroes has also drawn increasing attention - the chemical defense team from the PLA Beijing Military Area Command.
Cargo ship horns blared in honor of the dead, while people stood in silent mourning in Tianjin at 9 am on Tuesday, the seventh day from the time of the blasts - a key date for people to pay respects to the deceased.
The number of Chinese nationals killed in Monday night's explosion in Bangkok rose to six on Tuesday, four from the mainland and two from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, according to the Chinese embassy in Thailand.
Some Japanese officials have dismissed media reports that said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will start a visit to China on Sept 3, the same day as China's military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of victory in World War II.
President Xi Jinping urged Party and government officials on Tuesday to step up efforts to implement reform and achieve targets.
I am dedicating this column to Yuan Hai. Name not familiar to you? Yuan was 17 and one of the first firefighters who died at the Tianjin blasts last week. He was also the youngest to die. We'll never know quite what happened that night, but I think of him as a very brave boy.
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