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Xi'an and its Hui connection

[2016-10-03 08:38]

Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, was the starting point of the Silk Road during the Han Dynasty (202-220). Xi'an, then known as Chang'an, became an international metropolis as China's capital during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Diplomatic envoys, businesspeople, missionaries and foreign students visited the city in droves those days.

Fanning The Flames Of Tradition

[2016-10-01 08:04]

It is the middle of June in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and the temperature is at a stifling 32 C.

Beneath The Glittering Facade Of Cinema'S Stars

[2016-10-01 08:04]

Fifty of Brigitte Lacombe's most iconic works were on exhibition recently at the Shanghai Center of Photography, a new museum founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing.

National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2016-2020)

[2016-09-30 08:13]

The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China issued the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2016-2020) on Thursday. Following is the full text of the document.

First baby born with DNA from 3 people

[2016-09-29 08:38]

Scientists say the first baby has been born from a controversial new technique that combines DNA from three people - the mother, the father and an egg donor.

Coins of ancient Rome unearthed in Japan

[2016-09-29 08:38]

Japanese archaeologists said Wednesday they have for the first time unearthed ancient Roman coins at the ruins of an old castle.

Lion hunters become defenders

[2016-09-29 08:38]

In the Maasai heartland of southern Kenya, some young men have swapped their ancestral role as lion-hunters to instead protect the big cats under a conservation scheme that also aims to help their community.

Musk envisions ships flying en masse to Mars

[2016-09-29 08:38]

On a personal quest to settle Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk envisions 1,000 passenger ships flying en masse to the red planet well within the next century, Battlestar Galactica style.

Hunts, slaughter threaten bison in Yellowstone Park

[2016-09-29 08:38]

Wildlife advocacy groups are suing to force the US government to look again at whether the hunting and slaughter of bison that wander outside of Yellowstone National Park threaten the survival of one of the last genetically pure populations of the national mammal.