Prior to 2011, kung fu, Jackie Chan and pandas were the images readers in the Arab world associated most with China, according to Ahmed Elsaid, an Egyptian publisher who operates from a base in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
Since March 2013, the Chinese public's passion for reading has undergone a big change.
Ma Huateng (Pony Ma), a deputy to the National People's Congress from Guangdong and chairman of Tencent
China's judicial authorities have taken measures to prevent corruption and abuse of judicial power after they were given more room to offer leniency to those willing to plead guilty, a senior legislator said on Thursday.
With massive spending on foreign stars by Chinese soccer clubs impressing the world, insiders have called for more focus on the cultivation of young talent to breed the country's own counterparts of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Seeing more youngsters watch Peking Opera in recent years has made everything that she did for the art and the industry's development worthwhile, said Wang Rongrong, a deputy to the National People's Congress.
In order to remove the stigma surrounding disabilities and encourage a more inclusive society, a national political adviser has called for a change in the law that would compel mainstream schools to admit children with special needs.
Cooperation between China and Africa is still in its early stages but the benefits are already being felt, according to the head of an economic-policy think tank based in Kenya. "Infrastructure is a key component to the growth of any economy and the lack thereof has severely impeded the continent's growth," said Robert Kagiri, director of the Africa Policy Institute's center for strategic policy management.
An unusual piece of futuristic reporting equipment that enables its operator to broadcast on 16 platforms at once certainly caught my eye at this year's two sessions.
Editor's note: During the two sessions, China Daily has collected questions foreign netizens care most about and solicited answers from experts, CPPCC National Committee members and NPC deputies.
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