China bags 15 golds at WorldSkills contest

China topped the gold medal count at the 44th WorldSkills Competition which closed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.

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Let's invite foreign foods to hold court

Listen up, fellow foodies. It's high time to revolutionize culinary exchanges between China and the West.

This Day, That Year

Item from Oct 20, 1991, in China Daily: Qingdao TV Factory in Shandong province has seen a great leap in exporting its black and white and color TV sets to 40 countries and regions in the past seven years. ... The assembly line imported from Japan's Matsushita Company in 1984 marked a turning point in the production of the factory.

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Lifting the veil of online anonymity

I've been away a lot these past few weeks filming the latest episodes of the Good Luck China video series.

This Day, That Year

Item from Oct 19, 1982, in China Daily: Workers at the Dalian Shipbuilding Yard are constructing an oil rig for the Baker Marine Corp of the United States.

Punctuality improves at airports

Nearly three-fourths of passenger flights in September landed or departed on time, an official from the Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Tuesday, representing a significant improvement over the previous months.

Private companies to monitor water

Private companies have been put in charge of collecting and analyzing water samples for quality in a bid to prevent interference from local authorities, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Monday.