THE CHINA NATIONAL TOURISM Administration initiated a "delisting storm" two years ago, which has resulted in more than 400 scenic spots being downgraded or removed from the list of national-level tourist spots. Gmw.cn comments:
The decision-making process of the European Union can be painfully slow, and often leaders need to burn the midnight oil to reach an agreement. But at this Saturday's summit to agree negotiation guidelines for the United Kingdom's exit from the EU, the leaders of the 27 remaining EU member states were uncharacteristically quick.
Releasing giant pandas into the wild is a tricky business. A giant panda born in captivity at the Chengdu Research Base of the Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province died in September 2016 after being attacked by an unknown animal.
The photos on this page are all selected from a photographic competition named Maple Leaf Cup 2016 "Foreign Teachers in China".
SYDNEY - A fleet of 10 panda vans were officially launched in Sydney on Thursday to begin their journey around Australia to promote the China-Australia Year of Tourism 2017.
LONDON - A 90-centimeter-long giant rabbit died at a United Airlines pet holding facility in Chicago following a flight from London, in another embarrassment for the airline as it struggles with a global backlash this month over a passenger dragged from his seat.
CHAPEC, Brazil - When Sirli Freitas lost her husband in the air crash that wiped out Brazil's Chapecoense soccer club, she had to rebuild her life. So she took his old job.
LOS ANGELES - Alexandre Amiel was alarmed when his 11-year-old son asked the day after the January 2015 attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris: "Why do they hate us?"
NEW YORK - Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs whose four-decade career spanned a staggering array of work from romantic comedy and rock music to hard-hitting documentaries, died on Wednesday. He was 73.
CARACAS, Venezuela - Recent floods and deadly mudslides, as well as withering droughts in Latin America have put the spotlight on extreme weather conditions that are likely to be more frequent due to climate change, according to experts.
MOSUL, Iraq - Leaning on his crutch, Nizar picks through the rubble where the main building of Mosul University used to be, looking for whatever administrative documents can still be salvaged.
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