Student commutes to clog traffic

With most schools in Beijing starting a new semester and large numbers of parents driving their children to school on Monday, traffic will be extremely heavy, transportation authorities said.

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Reflections of Russia

One Hundred Photographers Focus on Russia, the latest addition to China Daily's Focus series, containing more than 200 photos by more than 140 photographers from China and Russia, comprehensively reflects Russia's profound history and culture, the optimism and perseverance of the people and the beauty of the landscape.

Special fund set to support poorest minors in lawsuits

A special fund to support financially strapped minors involved in lawsuits and criminal cases was launched by the Shanghai High People's Court and the Children's Foundation of Shanghai on Wednesday.

Mothers, babies safer and healthier

Traditionally, women have chosen to give birth at home in the Tibet autonomous region, which caused dramatic death rates for mothers and newborn babies. But improved maternal care has reversed the trend, Tibet's Women's Federation said.

Zhang Zhen, last of the 1955 lieutenant generals, dies aged 101

The last man to be made a lieutenant general in 1955, in the most important round of promotions after the founding of the People's Republic of China six years earlier, passed away at 5 pm on Thursday.

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The State Council released a plan on Friday to promote a nationwide project to deliver telecom, radio and television, and Internet services over a single broadband connection.

V-Day parade presents collective will for peace

While the beauty of the season's colors inspired wonderment at Mother Nature's palette and elicited sighs over the transience of such beauty, Thursday's Victory Day commemorations in Beijing provoked dramatically different sentiments.

A watershed moment in China's history

The lessons learned from a historical disaster may be considered the greatest compensation for the victims. And the lessons China learned from the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), in which nearly 35 million people were killed or injured, have helped it to rise like a phoenix from the devastation of those times.

Nation's military power grows but still trails behind

China's victory parade in Beijing on Thursday gave military analysts and observers worldwide the chance to see the growth that has turned it into a strong country and an economic powerhouse. But China as a country has a long memory, with many still looking back to the 1930s when a politically fragmented country faced aggression and invasion from its powerful and militaristic neighbor, Japan.

Some in the West still stuck in Cold War

The military parade in Beijing on Thursday was the public highlight of this year's event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory in World War II and the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

A fourteen-year fight to victory

A fourteen-year fight to victory