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Bringing charm of Jiangsu to Belgium

Titanic Memorial Cruise

Dance gets festival moving

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School demolition prompts return of HK donation funds

Li presents award for architecture

Vice-Premier Li Keqiang attends the award ceremony for the Pritzker Architecture Prize in Beijing on Friday.
Cultural heritage set to attract visitors

China's southernmost city of Sanya, Hainan province, will seek to exploit its unique cultural heritage, rather than simply build luxury hotels.
You are what you wear, survey suggests

Women in different Chinese cities have different ways of dressing, and their fashion choices reflect regional characteristics.

Multinationals feeling pressure of Chinese companies

China less likely to make hard landing

There is only a 5 percent probability in the coming 12 months that China's economy will have a hard landing.
New lure for private investment in SOEs

China is moving ahead with reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) by inviting private investment in their restructuring.
Full steam ahead for cruises

More big international cruise liners are set to enter and boost China's growing cruise travel market, with more routes to domestic ports due to open next year.

Dream team

The mind's eye

Jiao Xiaojian's works focus on the relationship between sight and perception in his portrayals of ordinary scenes of southern China.
Light at the end of the tunnel

Dongguan's first visually disabled social worker has set up a job-training and matchmaking service at his Home for the Blind.
Sojourn touches the heart of a blind man

Cao Shengkang is perhaps China's first blind backpacker to have traveled abroad alone.

Velvet bird of old Beijing

On paper wings

Lei Xiangsheng - aka, Siberian Butterfly - blazes new territory with his homoerotic paper-cutting.
Kites festival dazzles Beijing

We remember as children taking a dime-store kite to the park and running like mad. Well, things have changed. The average kite flier isn't a kid, and running isn't required.

Celebrities attend Cinema Against AIDS event

Cecilia Cheung at Cannes

Cecilia Cheung promotes 'Dangerous Liaison' in Cannes during 65 Cannes Film Festival.
Usher accused of cheating on wife

'Without You' singer Usher's ex-wife claims their nanny was caught in bed with her husband.

Lapping up success

Tall in the saddle

A lot of weight rests on the shoulders of 20-year-old Zhu Meimei - not for this year's Olympics in London, but the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
James, Wade scorch the Pacers

Miami Heat just a victory away from advancing to the East finals.

Poverty relief poorly directed

Financial support does not always reach the most deserving.

Safer and better water access

New standards for drinking water will come into force in China on July 1, but concerns remain.

Visualizing the future

China's special effects industry is catching up to the global box office.

Work is a matter of life and death

A place where work is a matter of life and death.

Coconut adventures

Don't be deceived by coconut sago's pure white broth or playful pearls of chewy goodness.

Contrasting delights

Ancient or modern, Changsha enjoys the best of both worlds. .

Ready to rock

Zhang Fan, founder of what is considered the country's oldest and largest rock music festival

Tea's refreshing change

Li Jiayi and her friends are happy to spend 1,000 yuan between them over a pot of tea.

Huang Xiangyang

Inquiry into the health of citizens

Huang Xiangyang

High price to pay for brazen profits

The US Department of State will sort out a visa issue that affects Confucius Institute teachers.

China not a currency manipulator

But US will "press for policy changes that yield greater exchange rate flexibility" in the yuan.

China may not to make hard landing

There is only a 5 percent probability in the coming 12 months that China's economy will have a hard landing.

Li presents award for architecture

Vice-Premier Li Keqiang attends the award ceremony for the Pritzker Architecture Prize in Beijing on Friday.

China-US

China Telecom busy exploring Americas market

China not currency manipulator: US

The US Treasury Department said on Friday China has not met standards of a currency manipulator.
'Double standard' applied by the US

Beijing swiftly hit back at Washington's annual report on China's human rights. Full Text
US to clear up confusion over institutes

The US Department of State will sort out a visa issue that affects Confucius Institute teachers.

Aerial firefighting in Wellington

US releases annual human rights report

US released its controversial annual human rights report, again pointing its finger at the human rights situation in other countries and regions.
US pushes to adopt UN sea agreement

In a move designed to give it more say in disputes over the South China Sea, the US began a new push to join the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
US nuclear submarine catches fire

A fire that broke out overnight on a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine docked at a shipyard in Maine, northeast of the US, injured at least 7 people.

Gunman shoots self after hostage released in US

4 killed in US drone strike in NW Pakistan

The strike came before 4:30 am local time on Saturday and the target was a house suspected of being a militant's hideout in Miranshah.
China wants deeper ties with Japan

China wants to deepen the strategic and mutually beneficial relations with Japan and hopes Tokyo will respect Beijing's core interests and major concerns
Japan 'eager' to join trilateral FTA

Japan is becoming increasingly "eager" to join a free trade agreement with China and South Korea.

Confucius in the US

Ways to stabilize growth

Focus should be on release of demand for lower-priced housing.
Foreigners are still welcome

It is natural to criticize anyone who ignores basic social decencies.
US action self-defeating

Ten times more Chinese students come to the US to study than US students come to study in China.

A traveler's treasure trove

Henan promotes tourism in Osaka

A special presentation event titled "Henan Province Tourism and Aviation Information Session" to promote tourism in China's central province of Henan was held in Osaka.
Sojourn touches the heart of a blind man

Cao Shengkang is perhaps China's first blind backpacker to have traveled abroad alone.
Retreat to Yanqing calms body and soul

With the temperature heating up, it is time to look for a cooler hideout. Those living in Beijing do not have to travel too far out to cool down.

10,000 yuan fine for unpaid Internet fees

A man has complained to the consumer rights protection committee of Sichuan province that he was charged more than 10,000 yuan ($1,580) by a telecom operator for 240 yuan of fees he owed six years ago.
Loner pesters police with calls for arrest

A man in Chongqing called the police hotline 110 repeatedly over the past eight months to report false cases because he wanted to be arrested.
Premarital chastity backer seeks love

Tu Shiyou, a 38-year-old single woman who runs Preserve Virginity, a website dedicated to promoting virginity before marriage, posted a personal ad on Sina Weibo seeking a husband.
Girl makes poem calenda for lover

Xiao Xue has prepared a special gift for her boyfriend: She wrote poems about the 12 most touching moments in their relationship, for a calendar, one poem for each month.

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Gen Next

New generation of migrant workers are more demanding - which could impact competitiveness of China.

Sleepless in Shanghai

Where are all the young people?

Making the right moves

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School demolition prompts return of HK donation funds

Vice-Premier Li Keqiang attends the award ceremony for the Pritzker Architecture Prize in Beijing on Friday.

China's southernmost city of Sanya, Hainan province, will seek to exploit its unique cultural heritage, rather than simply build luxury hotels.

Women in different Chinese cities have different ways of dressing, and their fashion choices reflect regional characteristics.

Multinationals feeling pressure of Chinese companies

China is moving ahead with reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) by inviting private investment in their restructuring.

More big international cruise liners are set to enter and boost China's growing cruise travel market, with more routes to domestic ports due to open next year.

Dream team

Jiao Xiaojian's works focus on the relationship between sight and perception in his portrayals of ordinary scenes of southern China.

Dongguan's first visually disabled social worker has set up a job-training and matchmaking service at his Home for the Blind.

Cao Shengkang is perhaps China's first blind backpacker to have traveled abroad alone.

Velvet bird of old Beijing

Lei Xiangsheng - aka, Siberian Butterfly - blazes new territory with his homoerotic paper-cutting.

We remember as children taking a dime-store kite to the park and running like mad. Well, things have changed. The average kite flier isn't a kid, and running isn't required.

Celebrities attend Cinema Against AIDS event

Cecilia Cheung promotes 'Dangerous Liaison' in Cannes during 65 Cannes Film Festival.

'Without You' singer Usher's ex-wife claims their nanny was caught in bed with her husband.

Lapping up success

A lot of weight rests on the shoulders of 20-year-old Zhu Meimei - not for this year's Olympics in London, but the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Miami Heat just a victory away from advancing to the East finals.

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The US Department of State will sort out a visa issue that affects Confucius Institute teachers.

China Telecom busy exploring Americas market

The US Treasury Department said on Friday China has not met standards of a currency manipulator.

Beijing swiftly hit back at Washington's annual report on China's human rights. Full Text

The US Department of State will sort out a visa issue that affects Confucius Institute teachers.

Aerial firefighting in Wellington

US released its controversial annual human rights report, again pointing its finger at the human rights situation in other countries and regions.

In a move designed to give it more say in disputes over the South China Sea, the US began a new push to join the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

A fire that broke out overnight on a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine docked at a shipyard in Maine, northeast of the US, injured at least 7 people.

Gunman shoots self after hostage released in US

The strike came before 4:30 am local time on Saturday and the target was a house suspected of being a militant's hideout in Miranshah.

China wants to deepen the strategic and mutually beneficial relations with Japan and hopes Tokyo will respect Beijing's core interests and major concerns

Japan is becoming increasingly "eager" to join a free trade agreement with China and South Korea.

Confucius in the US

Focus should be on release of demand for lower-priced housing.

It is natural to criticize anyone who ignores basic social decencies.

Ten times more Chinese students come to the US to study than US students come to study in China.

A traveler's treasure trove

A special presentation event titled "Henan Province Tourism and Aviation Information Session" to promote tourism in China's central province of Henan was held in Osaka.

Cao Shengkang is perhaps China's first blind backpacker to have traveled abroad alone.

With the temperature heating up, it is time to look for a cooler hideout. Those living in Beijing do not have to travel too far out to cool down.

A man has complained to the consumer rights protection committee of Sichuan province that he was charged more than 10,000 yuan ($1,580) by a telecom operator for 240 yuan of fees he owed six years ago.

A man in Chongqing called the police hotline 110 repeatedly over the past eight months to report false cases because he wanted to be arrested.

Tu Shiyou, a 38-year-old single woman who runs Preserve Virginity, a website dedicated to promoting virginity before marriage, posted a personal ad on Sina Weibo seeking a husband.

Xiao Xue has prepared a special gift for her boyfriend: She wrote poems about the 12 most touching moments in their relationship, for a calendar, one poem for each month.

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