"But is it a boy or a girl?" I found myself asking when it was announced last week that New Zealand, that trailblazer of social reform, had declared that one of the country's longest rivers, the Whanganui, is a person.
Item from March 20, 1986, in China Daily: Designers and dressmakers in Shanghai have joined forces in a new association aimed at sewing up new prospects for the city's garment industry.
China will continue to deepen its supply-side structural reform to address economic imbalances while holding the bottom line to contain risks in the financial and property markets, the head of the top economic planner said on Sunday.
China has opened the world's first production line that converts coal into ethanol, the main chemical ingredient in alcohol, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced.
Europe can reduce the risk of encountering an economic "black swan" by cooperating more with China, according to analysts at the China Development Forum.
Private investors will be encouraged to play a bigger role in upgrading the manufacturing sector, as China steps up efforts to widen access to key industries, the top industry regulator said on Sunday.
The Chinese government encourages more companies to invest in Rwanda's major infrastructure construction projects in such areas as transportation and energy, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.
A facsimile edition of two manuscripts that are believed to be the earliest-known historical references to China's Diaoyu Islands was unveiled at the University of Oxford on Thursday as part of this year's London Book Fair.
Premier Li Keqiang will make official visits to Australia and New Zealand starting next week as a major effort to boost economic ties with the two Oceanian countries.
Economies along the Belt and Road Initiative and emerging industries have become the hot draws for China's outbound direct investment, as Beijing steers toward a healthier and more rational ODI portfolio.
The Korean Peninsula nuclear issue is rooted in distrust among the sides concerned, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, responding to reports that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will press China on the issue during his upcoming visit.
NANCHANG - The mountainous terrain of Jiangxi province in eastern China is the birthplace of rice cultivation, which dates back to around 10,000 years ago.
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