So the "straddling bus" has bitten the dust.
Item from July 4, 1990, in China Daily: Thousands of people converged on Beijing yesterday for the opening ceremony of an auto show.
President Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia will inject new energy into Sino-Russian relations and provide new opportunities for greater regional economic integration, said Li Hui, the Chinese ambassador to Russia.
More high schools in China are offering Russian courses as student interest in the language grows in secondary schools, particularly since the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed, educators said.
China Culture Week was launched and a China-related book exhibition opened on Monday in Moscow, further stoking Russians' growing interest in China.
Trade between China and Russia is expected to grow thanks to the opportunities created by the Belt and Road Initiative, experts said.
President Xi Jinping's trip to Hong Kong, which concluded on Saturday, boosted the confidence of its people for a better future, despite various challenges remaining ahead, analysts and residents said.
As a heat wave in northern China continues, more rain is expected along the Yangtze River, which flooded for the first time this year on Saturday.
The Chinese consulate in Chicago is asking for a thorough investigation and swift justice in the case of a Chinese scholar, Zhang Yingying, 26, who is feared dead after an apparent kidnapping.
LONDON - The introduction of the world's first emergency telephone number 80 years ago was celebrated on Saturday by police forces across Britain. Now the 999 number to alert police, fire, ambulances and coast guards to emergencies is the best known number in Britain.
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