Ahead of Foreign Minister Wang Yi's US visit this week, Beijing has noted the US defense deployment in Hawaii, hitting back at the latest US criticism that China's presence on its South China Sea islands is boosting "militarization".
The newly overhauled SAT exam, which puts a heavier emphasis on reading comprehension, may affect the performance of Chinese students, who have traditionally excelled in the math part of the test and relied heavily on rote memorization and cramming.
China's stocks rallied by more than 2 percent on Monday to the highest level in almost a month. More than 2,000 shares gained as investors' sentiment rose after the nation's securities regulator installed a new chairman over the weekend.
The Chinese embassy in Washington received a special, retrospective gift on Friday from a retired US Foreign Service officer.
The Islamic State group has said it was behind a string of suicide bombings near a Shiite shrine outside Syria's capital and in Homs that killed more than 150 people on Sunday, as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a cease-fire.
I keep reading that 2016 is going to be a pivotal year for "social robots". These are lifelike dummies known as androids that think and talk like a computer programmer's idea of a human.
Item from Feb 23, 1987, in China Daily: Street vendors, crammed into the Quzhuang Overpass area of Guangzhou in southern China, conduct their business after night falls.
Many parents worry about their children's use of e-books, such as the harmful effects on eyesight and over-reliance on modern technology.
Tourism industry on the march: China, the largest market for outbound tourism, has seen rapid growth in the number of overseas trips and consumption, according to the China National Tourism Administration and the National Bureau of Statistics.
China's to pleadership pledged on Monday to stabilize and improve macro policies to create an amicable environment for economic growth and ongoing structural reforms.
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