For easy bike riders, a new cycle of choice

Everywhere you look in Beijing these days, bicycles stand propped against walls and lined in rows stretched across sidewalks. Pedestrians have taken the development in their stride, dodging only a bit more often or widely to the right or left to skirt the obstructions.

This Day, That Year

Item from April 7, 1997, in China Daily: An elderly man wipes dust off the tombstone of a relative in Babaoshan, western Beijing on Saturday during the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, when Chinese people pay their respects to their dead.

Senior court official calls for more judicial fairness

A senior official of the Supreme People's Court underscored the importance of judicial fairness on Wednesday and called on all courts to improve their performance in criminal trials.

Canadian envoy settles into Beijing

Canada's top envoy to China has spent three busy weeks in the country since he arrived in Beijing last month on a mission to promote stronger ties between the two countries.

Autopsy to shed light on death of student

An autopsy is being conducted on a middle school student alleged to have fallen to his death on Saturday, with no evidence having been found so far to suggest he was physically abused, officials in Luzhou, Sichuan province, said at a news conference on Thursday.

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Ozone Could Turn Cities Into No-go Zones

After the heavy, prolonged smog that often shrouds China during winter, the return of blue skies in spring and summer is always welcome.

Monitoring network to be further expanded

China's air quality monitoring network is to be expanded to cover a wider area, especially at the grassroots level, to facilitate scientific and effective control of airborne pollution.

Belt and Road to prompt rise in Chinese visitors

Located on the banks of the Nile, in the cradle of civilization, Sudan was home to several ancient Nubian kingdoms - from the Kush in about 1000 BC through to the Kerma, the Meroe, the Makuria and Nobatia, and lastly the Alodia, which endured until the early 16th century.

Ancient nations look forward to a bright future together

Visiting Sudan was my first trip to Africa, and I was more than a little surprised when one of the first things I saw after touching down at Khartoum International Airport was the Chinese flag.

New realities 'rebuild' Beijing's lost city gates

Advanced technologies are bringing China's past to life - and it all started with a little girl's question for her father.

How the modern world is preserving old culture

The virtual reconstruction of Beijing's city gates is not the first attempt to preserve cultural heritage through the use of digital technology. In fact, augmented reality, along with other tools such as virtual reality, three-dimensional printing and drones, has already brought new possibilities for the conservation and preservation of cultural heritage across the globe.