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Cooperation helps Riyadh tap growth potential

[2017-03-18 06:57]

While some countries blame globalization for their sluggish economies, others remain positive about and ready to explore business opportunities offered by free trade. Saudi Arabia belongs to the second group and is eager to continue reaping the fruits of globalization.

It's time China and EU lifted all digital barriers

[2017-03-18 06:57]

Mobile phone users in China will not have to pay roaming charges while travelling within the Chinese mainland from October and people in European Union member countries will start enjoying the same concession within the union from mid-June.

Hospitals look to reverse male nurse shortfall

[2017-03-17 08:14]

Traditional views and prejudice are discouraging men from entering the nursing profession. Zhu Lixin reports from Hefei.

'I rarely have contact with my female colleagues'

[2017-03-17 08:14]

Yang Bin, a male nurse in Hefei

A common goal achieved by stealth

[2017-03-17 08:14]

A group of male nurses found it so difficult to win the support of their prospective parents-in-law that they resorted to tricks to gain their approval.

She really loves those tiger feet

[2017-03-17 08:14]

For centuries, children in North China wore tiger-head shoes - so named because of the toe cap that resembles the head of a big cat.

Artist with hearing loss teaches disabled children

[2017-03-17 08:14]

Chen Hongxi has been teaching art since 2011. But at the Anxiang Special Education School in Anxiang county, Hunan province, the typical becomes atypical.

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[2017-03-17 08:14]

Guangxi

Online imported goods falling short of standards

[2017-03-16 07:55]

More than 40 percent of consumer goods exported to China last year through e-commerce platforms fell short of standards, China's top quality watchdog said on Wednesday, World Consumer Rights Day.

Suzhou sets out to protect 2,500-year-old walls

[2017-03-16 07:55]

Culture officials in Suzhou, the so-called Venice of the Orient, have drafted regulations aimed at preserving the city's 2,500-year-old walls.

Xinjiang increases size of aviation fleet

[2017-03-16 07:55]

Xinjiang's general aviation fleet will import 10 new aircraft from Switzerland this year to develop tourism, improve emergency rescue capabilities and boost its role in the Belt and Road Initiative, according to officials.

Chicken rental helps fight against poverty

[2017-03-16 07:55]

In Shaanxi province, one man's rent-a-chicken business has helped hundreds of rural families cast off poverty. Zhang Chunpu's program is a free loan of chickens to farmers who then make money by selling the free-range eggs back to Zhang's cooperative.