It was 4 am and fog shrouded the southern Indian Ocean, famous for its roaring westerly winds and unsettled weather.
After dinner on Dec 5, 2014, my wife dragged me to a shopping mall to buy me a new overcoat - however, while I was trying it on, my base called to alert me about an urgent task. I dropped everything and rushed back.
This album celebrates the 40th anniversary of economic reform and opening-up, and is China Daily's salute to the ordinary Chinese people without whose painstaking efforts China would not be the country that it is today.
Sixty years ago, Yichun, the so-called forest capital of China, was thriving thanks to its vast woodland. Day after day, its trees were felled and loaded onto trains bound for markets across the country.
Liu Jinguo worked as a fire-spotter on the Lesser Khingan Mountains for 12 years before a bear attack ended that part of his working life.
NANJING - New historical materials that present fresh evidence of the Imperial Japanese Army's war crimes during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and the sexual enslavement of women for the military - the so-called comfort women - were donated to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall on Saturday.
Editor's note: The 12th Women's National Congress will be held on Tuesday. Organized by the All-China Women's Federation, the event is expected to help mobilize women nationwide to contribute to the country's ongoing development. Below, we profile five women whose dedication has had a major influence on their colleagues, friends and the wider community.
Few people are as familiar with the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall as Zhou Wanping.
College-educated, well-traveled and with a white-collar job in a global corporation, Guo Qi was the epitome of a cosmopolitan Chinese millennial until she returned to the vast prairies of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region two years ago.
Shao Dongsheng, a ranger in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, still remembers the fear he felt the first time he encountered a leopard.
Confucius, China's ancient philosopher, said that at the age of 40, one shall have no more doubts.
The United States has launched a trade attack against China this year, and China has resolutely fought back. Some observers have said that one of the intentions behind the US move is to crack down on the foreign direct investment into China, in order to impede China's industry upgrading and squeeze China out of the global value chain.
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