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Like many, I was one of those who headed for the sun during the Chinese New Year holiday.
Item from Feb 16, 1984, in China Daily: Let there be lanterns ... A busy time as peasants from Dingbian county, Shaanxi province, prepare a homemade lantern for Lantern Festival, which falls today.
Many young Chinese find it hard to resume work following the weeklong Spring Festival break.
China's foreign trade fell by 9.8 percent year-on-year to 1.88 trillion yuan ($288 billion) in January, according to customs data on Monday.
Increased maritime problems involving the United States could hijack the interests of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its members, according to a regional expert.
The deployment of a powerful US missile system in the Republic of Korea is among issues that are expected to feature in discussions between diplomats from China and the ROK in Seoul on Tuesday.
Several drills have been carried out by the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force during the past two weeks, with one of them involving the simulated use of the cutting-edge DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile, according to observers.
Government wants 500,000 by 2020, but difficulties must be overcome
Chinese consumers spent 1.2 trillion yuan ($183 billion) abroad last year, with the goods they bought ranging from luxuries to daily necessities, according to a luxury-market consultancy.
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