Item from Dec 1, 1999 in China Daily: A visitor tries out a bowling ball at an exhibition in Beijing. Foreign bowling equipment manufactures are vying for attention from China's increasingly affluent consumers. ...
Hungary has decided to speed up the visa procedure for Chinese travelers to attract more investment and tourists from the world's second-largest economy.
The goal for China's ongoing nationwide value-added tax reform is to reduce the tax burden for enterprises by 500 billion yuan ($73 billion) by the end of this year.
The Ministry of Finance issued a guideline on Wednesday to regulate local government debt levels, the latest top-level document issued after an emergency plan to fend off debt risks came out in early November.
China is building an overseas supply facility to better fulfill its international responsibilities and duties and to protect China's rightful interests, and not for military expansion, Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said on Wednesday.
Courts across the country will retry controversial cases that might involve improper expropriation of land and houses in an effort to better protect property rights, the top court said on Tuesday.
A roadside bomb in the southern Philippines on Tuesday wounded seven members of the president's security team, a day ahead of his planned visit to an area gripped by intense fighting between Islamist militants and government troops.
Editor's note: In April, 28-year-old Ecuadorean Santiago Navarrete had his right leg amputated after being injured in a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Thanks to Beijing-based international disaster relief NGO Pearl Humanitarian Rescue, he now wears a prosthesis. This is the story of how Navarette lost his leg, but found a new love for a far-flung country.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that she'll resign - if parliament arranges the technical details - in her latest attempt to fend off impeachment efforts and massive street protests amid prosecution claims that a corrupt confidante wielded government power from the shadows.
President Xi Jinping paid a visit to the Cuban embassy in Beijing on Tuesday to mourn the passing of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, whom he called a "great friend of the Chinese people".
Two incidents. The first happened as I was cycling home. I nearly crashed into another cyclist. Both of us stayed on our bikes. No bones broken. No scratches. A limp, apologetic smile from me.
Item from Nov 30, 1999, in China Daily: Children call for clean air: Elementary school pupils from the children's organization Hand-in-Hand Global Village read a letter expressing their concern over ozone layer depletion. ...
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