Almost 12 months after villagers in Wukan, Guangdong province, made national and international headlines with their organized and, admittedly sometimes, violent protests, the coastal province is piloting more than 120 projects to reconnect with the public and avert future disputes.
According to some readings of the Mayan calendar, the world will end on Friday, Dec 21. China Daily canvassed the views of a popular Buddhist monk, a student who invented a clock that tells people how much longer they have to live, an astrologer, a best-selling science fiction writer, and an entrepreneur.
Yang Lei, a 25-year-old student at Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, loves comedy movies and stuffed animals.
It will take a long time to cultivate a market for subscription-based online video services in China, according to a report published by the China Internet Network Information Center in March.
Whenever he's evaluating a new investment target, the first question that springs into Liu Wenrui's mind is: Does it meet environmental protection standards?
June and July are the best months to travel to the Arctic, while November to January is the best period for Antarctica. These are the summer seasons at the two poles and provide optimum conditions for visitors.
Bao Cheng, 42, is the owner of a decorating company in Beijing.
With savings after six years in Singapore, Yang Wu started the Qihang Consulting Center for Workers Going to Singapore. As the name suggests, this is an online agency that helps Chinese workers find jobs in the country.
In October, a 16-year-old Chinese national Chen Long was killed and 101 Chinese miners detained during a two-day joint operation by Ghanaian police and immigration officials. They were investigating illegal gold mining by foreigners in the town of Manso, 60 km from Kumasi, the country's second-largest city. A few days later, the detainees were released.
'A great port will be built in northern China. It is my and my compatriots' idea to develop the port in a limited amount of time and make it as big as New York," says a line in Methods and Strategies of Establishing the Country, published in February 1919.
Farmer Sun Xiaoming used to be a victim of the ever-fluctuating prices of tomatoes. Even when the harvest was plentiful he was anxious, because more produce on the market meant a lower price.
When Xi Jinping started a two-day inspection tour in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Friday, it was no surprise that the trip attracted huge media attention.
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