The United States will go to the polls to elect a new president on Tuesday. But whether Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump wins the election, one thing is certain - that the presidential election campaign has widened the rift in American society.
Are you ready to loosen your purse strings on online shopping gala on Nov 11 to avail yourself of the many discounts on offer?
Jiang Jianguo, minister of the State Council Information Office
Many parts of Japan are happy with the news that a preliminary review panel of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has recommended that 33 traditional Japanese festivals be registered as part of the world's intangible cultural heritage.
In the 15 years since its inception, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has developed a new type of international relations, featuring mutual benefit and common development among its member states which have greatly contributed to regional economic development and stability. Upholding the "Shanghai Spirit" of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for cultural diversity and pursuit of common development, Thursday's SCO Prime Ministers' Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, has further deepened pragmatic cooperation in economic and security matters among the member states.
Would-be Chinese investors in Europe are encountering a growing mood of protectionism among politicians and officials there who have raised barriers against many major deals. This is generating pressure to tighten the rules on Chinese takeovers, particularly where issues of fair competition and national security are said to be involved, and is twinned with demands for greater European access to investment opportunities in China.
Publish or perish? Now it seems that if you publish, you will sooner or later perish.
This December marks the 15th anniversary of China's accession to the World Trade Organization. In the past 15 years, China could have played a bigger role in promoting global governance had the world's institutional structures allowed it optimum participation in the global rule-making process. That will be China's main objective in the future.
One of the biggest hits at the Chinese box office during the recent National Day holidays was Operation Mekong, an action-thriller by Hong Kong director Dante Lam, which depicts the hunt for a drug lord in the wilds of the Golden Triangle, Asia's largest opium-producing area that straddles Myanmar, Laos and Thailand.
1. Aug 17: an SUV traveling from Ruili, a city on the border with Myanmar, to Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, was discovered to be carrying 35 grams of methamphetamine in a water drainage channel, plus 31 kilograms of opium and about 4 kg of opium poppy seeds in the spare tire. The driver was found to have concealed nearly 16 kg of opium and 5 kg of methamphetamine at his home.
Two years ago, Wang Fei was a typical middle school student - an aspiring fashionista, who enjoyed Korean movies and hanging out with friends.
Chongqing's Museum of Natural History boasts one of the largest collections of dinosaur fossils in the country and since 1977, Zhu Songlin and his team have worked hard to preserve nearly 200 dinosaur skeletons.
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