Moments before I could lift my carry-on baggage to put it in the plane's overhead locker ahead of our recent holiday to mainland Europe, my father gently urged me to stop. He held its thick handles and lifted it with his thin arms, pushing it into place with a sigh.
Item from May 12, 1996, in China Daily: The free reign of cigarette smokers is being choked off as a batch of municipal bans begins to snuff out smoking in public places throughout the country.
President Xi Jinping will meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday, and they will discuss coordination between the Belt and Road Initiative and Eurasian Economic Union, said Andrey Denisov, Russia's ambassador to China
The United States is "close to deciding" on sending a representative to the Belt and Road summit in China, according to a minister at the Chinese embassy in Washington.
China has had good cooperation with Belt and Road countries in education, culture and think tanks, and looks to generate more of it during and after the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Sunday and Monday, officials said.
Business opportunities are arising for creative industries along the Belt and Road routes, especially for small to medium-sized enterprises, as China promotes cultural exchanges through the initiative.
President Xi Jinping called for joint efforts to strengthen mutual political trust and properly handle disagreements in a congratulatory message on Wednesday to the newly elected president of the Republic of Korea.
China started a yearlong experiment on Wednesday using an airtight advanced life-support system to house eight volunteers as a way to help with the nation's goal of long-term manned deep-space exploration, the project's operator said.
Belarus will strengthen ties with China, as the Belt and Road Initiative provides a new focus for global economic growth, President Alexander Lukashenko told China Daily in an exclusive interview.
The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will promote ties through a platform of change and improvement, with more than 50 documents on infrastructure construction expected to be signed, officials with the nation's top economic regulator said on Wednesday.
Former vice-premier Qian Qichen, who was China's foreign minister for a decade, died on Tuesday night in Beijing, according to a statement from the central authority released on Wednesday. He was 90.
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