This Day, That Year

Item from June 20, 1999, in China Daily: A customer considers a milk product made of materials imported from New Zealand at the Qianmen Shopping City in downtown Beijing. Beijingers have become sensitive about milk products sold in the local market since the discovery of the cancer-causing chemical dioxin in animal feed in Belgium.

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The annual Yulin dog meat festival will be held tomorrow in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Animal rights activists have been seeking to shutdown the event, saying it fuels extreme cruelty to canines.

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Xi: We can help Serbia to better lives

China wants to share its advanced technologies and management experience with Serbia, to create job opportunities and improve people's livelihoods, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

First lady enjoys school show, garden tour

Peng Liyuan, China's first lady, met with a group of students and teachers from the Sirogojno special education school on Saturday morning. Clapping to the music, she watched a dance performance by the students, most of whom have mild to moderate intellectual disabilities or autism.

Relations upgrade a sign of solid progress

China and Poland are set to upgrade their strategic partnership to a comprehensive level on Monday during President Xi Jinping's visit to this fast-developing country, a senior Chinese diplomat said.

Dozens of deals herald greater investment

China and Poland are expected to sign "dozens of agreements" during President Xi Jinping's visit, according to Miroslaw Gajewski, the Polish ambassador to China.

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Tributes pour in for slain MP

Tributes flooded in on Friday for slain British politician Jo Cox, who died after being stabbed and shot in the head the day before.

Stubborn monkeys pose village dilemma

Villagers in Sichuan province who lured wild monkeys down a mountain 13 years ago to attract tourists and alleviate poverty are now facing a dilemma.

Arbitration tribunal's jurisdiction challenged

An international group of legal experts and lawyers have signed a legal opinion document questioning an arbitration tribunal's jurisdiction in a case filed against China by the Philippines.