Item from Feb 4, 1999, in China Daily: Traveling rural artists from Xinyang of Central China's Henan province prepare for their folk performances at the temple fair in Ditan Park of Beijing.
Many Chinese see Spring Festival as a good opportunity to network for their career and business.
As the weather turns warmer and China faces a higher risk of local transmission of the Zika virus, the top virus-prevention authority plans a large-scale extermination of mosquitoes, particularly in South China, to cut off transmission of the virus and curb its spread here, a senior virologist said on Wednesday.
Islamabad will set up a special force of approximately 10,000 troops to protect Chinese people and enterprises along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a visiting senior Pakistani diplomat said on Wednesday.
As China's corporate interests expand worldwide and face mounting security risks in unstable areas, Chinese employers and security companies are addressing their own weaknesses by building security teams abroad.
Beijing urged Pyongyang to show restraint after its announcement of plans to launch a satellite later this month, and experts said the announcement provided an excuse for the US and Japan to escalate their military presence in Northeast Asia, which would harm regional peace.
In a bid to revive China's urban housing market, the central bank lowered the minimum down payment for first-time homebuyers on Tuesday for the second time in less than five months.
A mosque in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region welcomed a special visitor on Tuesday when Premier Li Keqiang stepped into the main hall and chatted with a group of Muslims.
China is taking steps to avert a potential outbreak of the Zika virus after the World Health Organization declared the mosquito-borne virus an international public health emergency.
Five domestic airlines agreed on Monday to tackle air rage by blacklisting passengers who misbehave.