The Chinese government recently announced plans for a massive investment and research program aimed at turning the country into the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030. Artificial intelligence represents the latest goal in a technological revolution that in recent decades has changed not only the world but also the way we live, work and communicate.
A mother recently posted on the internet a long list of expensive extracurricular classes for her child, including 12,000 yuan ($1,786) a year for English, 14,000 yuan for logic and mathematic, 7,000 yuan for dancing, 11,000 yuan for photography and 6,000 yuan for drawing, and complained that she is not raising a child, but a money burner.
Since the standoff began between China and India on a remote Himalayan plateau in mid-June, Foreign Ministry spokespersons have issued one strong statement after another, asking India to withdraw its troops from Donglang, and warning it against miscalculations and nurturing illusions. And Defense Ministry spokespersons have stressed the resolution of the People's Liberation Army to defend China's territory and called on India not to underestimate the country's determination to safeguard its sovereignty.
At the northern fringe of Saihanba, China's largest man-made forest, just a few hundred meters separate green from yellow.
Liu Jun's most-treasured possession is a pair of binoculars. For the past 12 years, he has carried them with him almost wherever he goes. During spring and autumn, the fireprone seasons, he picks them up once every 15 minutes during daylight and once an hour at night.
After starting with a welcoming glass of sparkling wine, Kevin Davy and his first-time clients were set to embark on a vinous adventure. They sipped and reveled in glasses of wine poured from carefully chosen bottles. Davy,
When Brent Johnson first arrived in Shanxi province in 1990 to study Chinese culture and history, it proved the start of a close bond with orphaned and disabled children there.
A large residential community in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has begun to reserve parking spaces for people visiting their elderly parents, making it easier for children to drop by on a regular basis.
People in the southwestern city of Chongqing are famed for their love of spicy food - and now their pets appear to love it, too.
There are more than 40,000 townships in China, but few are as famous as Chengmagang, Hubei province, known as the hometown of generals and revolutionary martyrs.
To educate cadres and officials, the disciplinary watchdog of Macheng, a city in Hubei province and the site of a former revolutionary base, is scouring military history in search for examples of clean governance.
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