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Premier Li Keqiang visits 12-year-old earthquake victim Cao Jiandong in Minxian county, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Saturday. The county was hit by an earthquake on July 22. Liao Pan / China News Service
Premier Li Keqiang, visiting an earthquake-hit area in Northwest China's Gansu province, has encouraged villagers to be confident about the future, and assured them the government will help them get on their feet again.
Sunday News
China intends to be thoroughly connected to the internet by 2015, with urban and rural household broadband speeds reaching 20 Mbps and 4 Mbps respectively, according to a blueprint issued by the State Council on Saturday.
Sunday Special
In downtown Beijing, in a basement in a residential complex, there is a 7-year-old boy with a bunch of golf balls. He is carefully balancing them to make a tower, oblivious to the adults speaking in serious tones around him.
Sunday People
In 1992, when 13-year-old Wu Na was studying guqin (seven-stringed zither) at the Affiliated High School of Central Conservatory of Music, she was given a cassette from her roommate called China Dream.
Sunday Expat
In her decades-long career, African-American quilt artist Edna J. Patterson-Petty has never used patterns, photos or drawings.
Sunday Special
For Huo Chunyang, a master of traditional Chinese painting, art is not just about skill but more importantly a philosophy and a lifestyle.
Sunday Sports
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may not be a crowd pleaser or have the records of fellow sprint champion Usain Bolt but her battle to rise out of poverty to become queen of women's sprinting says a lot about a champion's drive and mental strength.
Sunday Special
An Zhongyan has a passion for Italian furniture, an affinity that changed the course of her life and retailing in Beijing.
Sunday Life
From the earliest days of the Internet, robotic programs, or bots, have been trying to pass themselves off as human.
Lifestyle Trends
SAN FRANCISCO - In Hollywood, there are umbrella holders. Outside corner offices, there are people who know exactly how much cream to pour in the boss's coffee. In British castles, members of royal families have their valets.
Science and Technology
"Monogamy is a problem," said Dieter Lukas of the University of Cambridge.
Arts and Styles
In 1979, the Ramones were recording at a studio in Los Angeles with the producer Phil Spector, whose work with the Ronettes and the Beatles had earned him a reputation as both a musical genius and an exacting, combustible egomaniac. He hadn't produced a hit since John Lennon's "Imagine" in 1971, and the Ramones, known for their exuberant punk rock, were still searching for a breakthrough.
Sunday Style
For most enthusiastic Chinese shoppers who line up patiently outside luxury-goods boutiques in fashion capitals, designer-logoed handbags, shoes, visible accessories and even clothing recognizable by style are trophy purchases.
Sunday Food
His hands turn pastry into fantasies, from dainty puffs shaped like swans to a multi-layered chocolate bar bristling with paper-thin sails of caramelized sugar.
Sunday Kaleidoscope
We all have guilty pleasures. For some, it's chocolate; for others, it's reality TV. For me, it's Air Supply.
Travel Special
Beaches offer a great place to relax and unwind during a well-deserved holiday, which is why Planet Travel, a "private travel butler", recommends the Philippines for those who want to temporarily escape from work to rejuvenate their minds and bodies.
