This is a special basketball team: five players from three provinces, ages 14 to 54. It includes a police officer, a student and a coal miner.
What both China and the United States called "substantial progress" in the latest round of trade talks and the ensuing delay in tariff increases have fueled hope that certainty will return in business, and the world's top two economies will resolve their trade disputes sooner.
It has been nearly a century since the first recorded efforts to reach the summit of the world's highest peak, Qomolangma, which is known in the West as Mount Everest.
He Wei, 33, stretched out her hand in a vain attempt to catch a star twinkling in the sky. At Qomolangma base camp, at an altitude of 5,200 meters, the stars looked so close.
China, Russia and India agreed on Wednesday to strengthen trilateral coordination and cooperation to bring more stability and positive energy to the volatile international landscape.
The Chinese ambassador to the European Union warned on Tuesday against an "iron curtain" mentality in the age of 5G technology.
Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of preview stories focusing on major issues expected to be discussed at the two sessions - the nation's top body of political advisers will convene on Sunday and the gathering of the nation's top legislature will start on Tuesday.
Journalists from home and abroad covering the upcoming annual two sessions of China's top legislative and political advisory bodies will have better network and technological services available, including a 5G network at a media center that opened on Wednesday.
State Council departments handled 6,319 suggestions by national legislators and 3,863 proposals by national political advisers last year, during which targeted policies were promulgated to promote high-quality development and improve people's livelihoods, high-ranking officials said.
Most companies from the United States with operations in China said they have continued to see their revenues grow in China and urge governments on both sides to foster more sustainable economic ties, according to an annual survey published on Tuesday by the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
Police officer Niu Weilong was able to raise the 300,000 yuan ($45,000) needed for his young daughter's medical treatment in just one day.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea top leader Kim Jong-un and United States President Donald Trump have arrived in Hanoi one day ahead of their second summit, with high expectations that the two leaders can flesh out specific steps both sides will take to achieve denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
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