Chinese athletes have cast off the shadow of star hurdler Liu Xiang's retirement to restate the country's challenge to world powers in track and field.
Thai authorities have arrested a foreign man they said had been holed up in a suburban apartment with bomb-making equipment and stacks of passports.
Chinese retirees living overseas have been given a simplified procedure to renew their pension qualification status, according to social insurance administration officials.
"Guangdong people eat everything," my friend says, as we sit down to a giant dinner.
Item from Aug 31, 1984, in China Daily: Visitors view Buddhist statues in the renowned Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province ... one of China's many spectacular tourist attractions ...
Many Chinese tourists choose to experience local culture instead of shopping, latest industry reports show.
China will use more policy weapons to achieve its growth targets for the year, said Premier Li Keqiang at a closed-door meeting with a small group of key officials on Friday.
China's top legislature has adopted an amendment to the Criminal Law removing the death penalty for nine crimes and limiting the ability of those convicted of corruption from continually seeking reduced sentences.
Some areas of Beijing, including several subway stations, will be restricted this week ahead of Thursday's big parade marking victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).
The death toll from the Tianjin warehouse explosions on Aug 12 rose to 150 on Sunday, with 23 people still missing, according to rescue authorities.
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