Her eyes glued to the screen of her smartphone, a 28-year-old accidentally fell into a river in Wenzhou, Southeast China's Zhejiang province, and drowned on Dec 29. No one was around at that time.
I recently had the opportunity to interact with students and faculty of Peking University, which I first visited way back in 1982. At that time, there were barely a dozen Indian students in China; today, some 14,000 Indians are studying here.
Su Zhou: Better protection for children and wildlife
In the first of a two-part series, China Daily reporters recall the stories and incidents that stood out last year.
As the catering industry laps up what appears to be the entree in an upswing in business for which it has had a growing appetite for many months, one sign that this is no flash in the pan is surging sales of liquors.
Justin Yifu Lin, economics professor at Peking University and former World Bank chief economist
As a new year approaches, China Daily invited researchers and experts to share their thoughts on 20 major issues that are expected to have an impact in 2016.
Almost all the delegates seemed to agree the UN climate change conference in Paris was a great success.
The steel industry, coal burning and growing factories around cities are the main factors causing dense smog in North China, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Dec 14.
A spate of senior officials' resignations hit the headlines recently, making people inquisitive about their motives. One of them was Ye Zhaohui who resigned as deputy mayor of Zhuji, a prosperous city in East China's Zhejiang province.
News from Puerto Rico is depressing these days as the United States Congress last week denied the beautiful Caribbean Island a bankruptcy bailout to overcome its deep debt.
The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, together known as the Belt and Road Initiative, are aimed at building an inclusive community of shared interests and political mutual trust, and integrating developed and developing economies. They will not only help more Chinese enterprises to "go global" but also benefit many Middle East states.
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