Item from Oct 21, 1988, in China Daily: Extravagant funerals like the one pictured above in Jincheng, Shanxi province, are widespread in China, especially in the outlying and underdeveloped areas. Despite the central government call for an end to what it calls "wasteful superstition", many families still spend thousands of yuan on funerals while neglecting the daily needs of the living.
Many young Chinese are divided between holding a traditional wedding and a Western one.
Editor's note: Despite China's economic slowdown, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region recorded better-than-average economic growth over the last two years thanks to the opportunities provided by the Belt and Road Initiative.
Seven Chinese provinces announced 287 public-private partnership projects on Tuesday that will be open to private investors. The projects, collectively worth around 940 billion yuan ($148 billion), include municipal works, highways, rail, airport, water conservation and energy projects.
The National Tourism Administration urged Hong Kong authorities to look into the death of a mainland tourist after a shopping brawl, and to safeguard the rights of all mainland visitors in the region.
The number of candidates for the 2016 national civil service exam has surpassed last year's numbers, with more than 132,000 applicants on Tuesday - the most in a single day - deemed qualified for the exam.
Kong Yiying, an online shopping zealot, was surprised when she saw a new-type of insurance that has been available on the Internet since last weekend.
Despite shrinking exports, China's leadership is pleased with a recent trade surplus increase, which is being counted on to ease pressure on capital outflows and back a stronger currency.
Beautiful handwriting is still valued in the Internet age, when many people have gradually lost the ability to write calligraphy, Li Jinghua, an English teacher from a Chinese high school, said in response to a recent debate over photos of extremely neat handwriting by the school's students.
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