Stone rollers tell story of sacrifice

Visitors to the Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Dayi county in Sichuan province show a keen interest in five huge stone rollers on display in the largest private museum in China.

Builder honors wartime dead

After 10 years of laborious effort, Jin Chunxie has built 77 monuments to Chinese, Japanese and Soviet troops who died in Yanbian, Jilin province, during World War II.

Key parts added to massive radio telescope

The installation of reflectors on the world's largest radio telescope has begun, marking the start of a final key stage of the telescope's construction.

The spy who saved the Soviets

As a child, Yan Mingguang regarded her father as a caring, uncomplicated man. "He would ride me to school on his bike and give me a goodbye kiss on the forehead when he left me at the dormitory.

Reefs increase 10% after rescue by 'blue knights'

Dazhou Island is the largest offshore island in Hainan province, with its clear waters attracting a wide variety of tropical fish.

Around China

A postgraduate student from Central South University in Changsha expressed his love for his girlfriend in midair. Song Qixuan, 25, fell in love with his schoolmate Lu Yan and decided to make a special expression of his love during an aviation festival.

'Double standards' criticized

Experts said on Monday that China's island reclamation in the South China Sea is well-founded, and the United States has adopted double standards on the issue.

Kidnapped cyclist freed after 15 months

An IT specialist kidnapped 15 months ago during a cycling trip in northwestern Pakistan was rescued from the Taliban splinter group holding him captive and was expected to return home to Hubei province in a few days.

Meetings seek deals on aviation, taxation

Lin Join-sane, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation, arrived in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, on Monday to join the upcoming 11th round of talks between the negotiating bodies of the mainland and Taiwan.

Abe won't attend China's commemorative celebration

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not attend September events in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Tokyo government's top spokesman - and Abe himself - said on Monday.

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Troops set to step out in style

Officers and soldiers from the People's Liberation Army will wear newly designed uniforms when they march in the military parade in Beijing on Sept 3, PLA Parade Joint Command logistics officers said.