Addressing the opening ceremony of the climate change conference in Paris on Nov 30, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged businesses, non-governmental organizations and other players in society to pool resources to counter climate change, which poses a threat to not only the environment and natural resources, but also businesses in China.
Stone walls may not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage, but even old Lovelace, who seems to have been able to conjure up a view for a room without any pleasant prospects, would have been hard-pressed to imagine acrobatic angels cavorting among the clouds if he'd been shut in the dungeon of murk that closed in over Beijing recently.
Item from Dec 9, 1996, in China Daily: Visitors look at an electric car newly developed by the Ford Motor Co on display at the Beijing International Electric and Substitute-Fuel Vehicles Exhibition, which opened on Friday in the capital.
A household registration, or hukou, document for permanent residence in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai is a major concern for graduates looking for work, the People's Daily reported.
Government leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will lay out "important plans" to tackle regional challenges including terrorism and the economic downturn, a senior diplomat said on Tuesday.
Two young lovers pleaded guilty in a Beijing court to killing their newborn baby and trying to destroy the evidence.
Washington's deployment of a P8 Poseidon spy plane to Singapore this month was criticized by Beijing on Tuesday as part of a US attempt to militarize the South China Sea that does not serve the "common and long-term interests" of the region.
China increased its gold holdings for the fifth consecutive month in November, the fastest growth rate since June, to back a stronger currency in the global financial system, according to central bank data on Tuesday.
Editor's Note: Six experts put forward their suggestions for the Chinese economy at a seminar on Monday. Premier Li Keqiang presided over the seminar, which solicited advice on the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).
Protests are expected to build outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Wednesday as groups that fear curbs on freedom of expression seek to block passage of the latest version of a proposed amendment to the city's copyright law.
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