China's growing excellence in scientific and medical research is playing a major role in the global war on pathogens and infectious diseases, according to Alain Merieux, chairman and CEO of French conglomerate Institut Merieux.
Editor's note: US President Donald Trump has announced that his second summit with Democratic People's Republic of Korea's top leader Kim Jong-un is likely to be held soon, which is expected to take the Korean Peninsula denuclearization process forward. And Kim's four-day visit to China from Sunday sparked speculations on the second summit. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:
A lot of achievements have been made on the ecological transformation front over the past four decades. China faced the "Malthusian trap" when society was overwhelmingly agricultural in nature. The "Malthusian trap" refers to a condition when excess population stops growing because of shortage of food supply.
A cleaner wipes the toilet and the wash stand with a towel. Then she picks up a cup and wipes it with the same towel.
China impressed former Afghan president Hamid Karzai when he first visited the country in 2002 - the friendliness of the people, the depth of the culture, and even the traditional Chinese cuisine.
Former US diplomat Jeff Moon had not planned to visit the Chinese mainland when he took a gap year in 1984 to travel Asia. But when he got to Hong Kong, he heard Beijing was issuing tourist visas, so he changed his plans.
Chen Zhuying runs a vegetable stall at a morning market in Nanping, Fujian province. After Chen tells her customers how much their goods cost, they scan a sheet of paper bearing her QR payment code and transfer the money to her account while she packs their goods.
Liu Jinyin, 29, has taught his neighbors to use online payment technology
Zhu Naiqiang, 72, from Suzhou, Jiangsu province, has appealed for society to pay more attention to seniors' needs.
When asked to sum up his life as a grassroots cadre tasked with eradicating poverty, Qu Jia thought for a moment and then said it was tough but rewarding.
A man in his 60s, medium height, and a little thin. That was all Zhang Xin needed to know when he was composing the portrait of the suspect who caused an explosion in Linfen, Shanxi province, in 2014.
China FAW Group's premium brand Hongqi is the country's first and oldest luxury marque, with its first model in 1958 hailed as the start of China's car industry.
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