Li Brocade Weaves Its Way To Global Fame

"Busy, tired but happy every day," is how Fu Xiuying describes her life. From the Li ethnic group on Hainan Island, Fu has won fame both at home and abroad for her double-sided Li brocade embroidery, weaving artworks using highly refined techniques that span 3,000 years.

A doctor in Africa whose medicine is humanity

Zhong Risheng was determined to go to Africa regardless of his family's protests. The continent's pull was difficult to ignore as was the doctor's passion to help people.

THAAD only hinders efforts to denuclearize peninsula

The militaries of the United States and the Republic of Korea are accelerating installation of the controversial Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system south of Seoul.

Craftsmanship spirit needed

Two technicians demonstrated their formidable dexterity at a recent display of craftsmanship organized by a vocational and technical college in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

Faking overseas identity hurts fairness of college entrance exam

SOME AGENCIES ADVERTISE THAT they can help mainland students acquire the identity of being "overseas Chinese" so they can sit the much easier national college entrance exam for overseas Chinese students. People's Daily comments:

Strippers expose lack of good cultural products

A VIDEO was recently spread online showing a so-called performance group doing a striptease at a 3-year-old's birthday party in Fuyang, Anhui province. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Culture announced that it has asked the local culture department to investigate and co-work with the police to crack down on illegal activities. Legal Daily comments:

Hangzhou's de facto new driving license for delivery riders

THE TRAFFIC POLICE in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, recently issued a traffic safety manual to scooter delivery riders. Yanzhao Metropolis Daily comments:

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Focus on economy can propel HK forward

The 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with the motherland is also an occasion to review its past and look forward to its future. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has made great achievements since the reunification. The principle of "One Country, Two Systems" and the Basic Law have been successfully implemented in the SAR, and its security and interests fully safeguarded. And with the implementation of the principles of "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" and a high-degree of autonomy, Hong Kong residents have enjoyed extensive rights and freedom.

Tailored services have a good future

On a sunny Saturday four young men and 30 children were seen playing a form of treasure hunt in Jiefang Park in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province. Divided into four teams, they searched for sequential clues to find hidden messages, instead of prizes. And even though the game took the entire morning to complete, all the boys were happy.

A special day for safety and health of workers

As we observe World Day for Safety and Health at Work on Friday, latest International Labour Organization estimates show that 1.4 million work-related deaths occur annually in Asia and the Pacific out of the 2.3 million worldwide. This means the region accounted for 70 percent of the global fatal occupational accidents and 60 percent of the work-related fatal diseases.

US, DPRK are key to denuclearization of Korean Peninsula

The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula has become ever more complicated due to the words and deeds of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States.