The Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated annually on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet who drowned himself in the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month, when ancient Chu State was occupied by enemies in 278 BC.
People's to-do lists for the Dragon Boat Festival, traditionally celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often include hanging a plant called argy wormwood on the door, which is believed to eliminate evil spirits or misfortunes.
The Miluojiang National Wetland Park, located in Hunan province, covers an area of 2,954 hectares, and is crossed by the Miluo River, so countless pools are dotted around.
Esports, an umbrella name for organized competitive video gaming, is not what comes to mind when people think of sports.
Premier Li Keqiang will visit Germany and Belgium for the annual EU-China leaders' meeting from May 30 to June 2. It has been a hectic period of diplomatic activity for the European Union. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump visited the EU headquarters in Brussels and over the weekend EU leaders will take part in the G7 summit in Italy.
Moody's Investors Service has lowered China's sovereign credit rating from Aa3 to A1, and upgraded the country's outlook from "negative" to "stable". But the changes will not have as much impact on China as on other emerging markets that heavily rely on foreign debt for financing.
When does playing mahjong become gambling? Police in Wuhan, Hubei province, have an answer.
The ongoing anti-corruption campaign, intensified after 2012, is aimed at deterring officials from using their power to make illicit gains, and the anti-corruption rules prohibit officials from using public funds to buy personal comforts.
Police in China and Vietnam will strengthen exchanges of intelligence and evidence, and conduct joint investigations and exercises in a bid to smash large cross-border human trafficking rings, according to a top government official.
"I can't afford to marry a Chinese girl because I'm too poor, so I intended to buy a Vietnamese bride," said a 22-year-old from Henan province, surnamed Wang, who was arrested as he attempted to select a woman near the border between Yunnan province and Vietnam.
Chinese passengers can use their passports to board domestic flights as long as they use the same form of ID to make a booking, the country's top airport authority said on Tuesday after several airports began requiring people to present their identity cards.
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