China and Switzerland signed five documents on Friday to boost cooperation in areas including work safety, science, innovation and low-carbon city construction as the two countries declared the establishment of their innovative strategic partnership.
China and Germany will give impetus to further cooperation in upgrading the manufacturing sector by embracing the latest automation, data exchange and manufacturing technologies, Premier Li Keqiang said while meeting with visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday in Beijing.
China's Nobel laureate storyteller, Mo Yan, is perhaps the best placed to tell China's stories. That's why he, along with 44 other cultural icons - including Yao Ming, Lang Lang and Jackie Chan - was named an "ambassador of Chinese storytelling" in a meeting in Beijing hosted by the State Council Information Office on Friday.
Beijing's inspection and quarantine authority conducted on Friday its first large-scale inspections on cars, goods and containers arriving from overseas for Auto China 2016 to ensure they were safe and free of unexpected hazards such as pests.
The ongoing US-Philippines military drill, which apparently targets China, and the predicted passage of US Navy vessels near China's Nansha Islands are designed to serve US interests at the cost of China's, observers said.
The country's film authority has reiterated its determination to crack down on cheating after some box office records in China's booming movie market came into question following a recent scam.
China will work together with Sri Lanka to push forward resumption of the delayed construction of the Port City project in Colombo, Premier Li Keqiang said while meeting with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Beijing on Thursday.
As if cafes with cat, rabbit, owl, hawk and even snake themes aren't enough in a country that loves all things cute, Tokyo residents wanting to spend time with animals have a new choice - a hedgehog-themed cafe.
Chinese courts will pass stricter sentences for a range of drug-related offenses "as the drug problem spreads more rapidly and drug offenses occur more frequently", Ma Yan, a senior Supreme People's Court judge, said on Thursday.
Westerners are often daunted by the thought of learning Chinese, mainly because of the perceived complexity of Chinese characters. In fact, if they knew that they'd be able to get by if they had to learn only pinyin, they might not be as tentative.
Item from April 8, 1996, in China Daily: Employees at an artificial rain-making center check a catalyzer before a plane takes off on a cloud-seeding mission in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, on Friday.
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