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Chain eateries are bringing local Hangzhou specialties everywhere

[2016-09-17 09:08]

If you weren't hanging out with G20 leaders recently, you don't have to miss out on what they might have eaten. In fact, you don't really have to be in Hangzhou to enjoy the culinary traditions of Zhejiang's provincial capital. Two popular eateries that started there, Green Tree and Grandma's Home, have grown into huge networks with outlets in many Chinese cities

Us To China And Back Again

[2016-09-16 09:44]

Lindy Tse can't forget the first night when the couple brought her back to the US from Fujian province at age 4. She cried silently all night because she didn't want to cause them any trouble. She thought they were total strangers. They were her parents.

Researchers study 'satellite babies' in Boston's Chinatown

[2016-09-16 09:44]

Stephen Chen, associate professor at Wellesley College, Leslie Wang from UMass Boston, and Cindy Liu at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, are conducting a study that examines the stress, health and well-being of families with satellite babies.

The home of fruit

[2016-09-15 08:16]

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is known as the home of fruit. Some say that once you taste what's grown in Xinjiang, the same fruits produced elsewhere will seem tasteless. This is because the long sunlight hours and wide temperature differences between day and night make its varieties sweeter and juicier.

Opposition holds out for 'guarantees' as a crucial truce looms

[2016-09-13 07:08]

A cease-fire set to start at sundown on Monday was left in doubt as rebels raised questions

PM warns of new terror threats as boy is arrested

[2016-09-13 07:08]

French police have arrested a 15-year-old boy at his Paris home to thwart what they feared was a planned weekend attack, as the prime minister warned on Sunday some 15,000 people in the country could be in the process of being radicalized.

Hajj pilgrims reach site of last year's deadly stampede

[2016-09-13 07:08]

Muslim pilgrims reached Mina on Monday for the ritual stoning of the devil, the last major rite of the annual hajj and the scene of a devastating stampede last year.

Tech, devotion blend at Hajj

[2016-09-12 08:19]

Hajj has gone high-tech. A religious ritual performed 1,400 years ago by Prophet Muhammad and which drew believers arriving on foot and on camels for centuries is today broadcast live through cyberspace.

Drug users turn to libraries to get high

[2016-09-12 08:19]

The same qualities that make libraries ideal for studying and reading - unfettered public access, quiet corners and nooks, minimal interaction with other people - also make them appealing places to shoot up heroin, librarians are finding.

Dozens killed in airstrikes against rebels

[2016-09-12 08:19]

Airstrikes killed dozens in rebel-held parts of Syria as the opposition considered whether to join a US-Russia truce deal due to take effect on Monday.

Cracks in building hamper search after packaging factory fire kills 26

[2016-09-12 08:19]

The fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh that killed at least 26 people has been extinguished, but heavy smoke and the risk of the building collapsing further were hampering the search of the premises, officials said on Sunday.

Flood damages 'tens of thousands' of buildings

[2016-09-12 08:19]

Floods have damaged tens of thousands of buildings in northeastern Democratic People's Republic of Korea after the worst downpour in decades, state media said on Sunday, urging all soldiers and civilians to join a drive to help victims.

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