SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, churned across northern Caribbean islands on Wednesday with a catastrophic mix of fierce winds, surf and rain en route to a possible Florida landfall this weekend.
President Xi Jinping called the Arab states "good friends" and important partners in constructing the Belt and Road in his letter of congratulations to the 2017 China-Arab States Expo.
Since relocating to Beijing in September 2015, smog has been a recurring theme in chats with friends, much like weather was a fixation when I was in the United Kingdom. (It was consumerism in Singapore, and movies and cricket in India.)
Item from Sept 7, 1983, in China Daily: A group of gleaming white, pinwheel-shaped halls will rise in Beijing as the country's first science and technology palace.
China will keep streamlining administration approvals and reducing red tape to improve its business environment, a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang decided on Wednesday.
Argentina expects its commerce and relations with China to further benefit from the growing Chinese domestic market as well as the nation's increasing role on the global stage, Buenos Aires' top envoy to Beijing said.
Dong Jimin, the oldest living Chinese veteran of China's protracted struggle against the invading Japanese, from 1931 to 1945, died on Wednesday morning at the age of 113.
Zhang Haidi has pledged to increase the global influence of the Paralympic movement, stressing equality and inclusivity, as she runs for the International Paralympic Committee presidency.
President Xi Jinping called for efforts to enhance the representation and voice of emerging market and developing countries in global economic governance as their contributions to global growth has increased. Xi spoke while presiding over the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in coastal Xiamen, Fujian province.
Overseas athletes of Chinese ancestry have made their debut at the National Games as China expands its talent search globally for future Olympians.
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