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This Day, That Year

Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.

Glut of travelers clogs way home from holiday

As the weeklong Chinese New Year holiday comes to an end, a halt of ferry services across the Qiongzhou Strait due to heavy fog created lengthy traffic jams, obstructing more than 10,000 cars that were leaving the southern China region.

City works to lure natives back for business, family

Looking ahead to Spring Festival, Yu Bingjian and his family returned to their rural hometown in Fuyang, Anhui province, on Feb 7.

Spring Festival revitalizes a village in Anhui province

In 2017 I spent more than a month in Guhe, a poverty-stricken village in Fuyang's Linquan county, to see how officials and villagers had been doing on poverty relief.

New Year celebrations enter global mainstream

Lunar New Year celebrations, exported around the world by Chinese miners, sailors and workers in the 19th century, expanded during the 20th century as Chinese communities developed vibrant Chinatowns in major cities. Now, as millions of Chinese and non-Chinese alike celebrated the Year of the Dog over the weekend, Chinese New Year has moved from Chinatown to Downtown.

A Bite of China offers new delights

The popular documentary A Bite of China, which explores the relationship between Chinese people and food, returned for its third season on Monday during the Spring Festival holiday.

Experts to repair warrior's thumb

The cultural relics authority of Northwest China's Shaanxi province will send conservationists to repair a Terracotta Warrior that had its thumb stolen by a member of the public while on display at a Philadelphia museum.

Blast from the past

Technology has been shaping modern life at an unpredictable speed, and many things can be done by a simple click on a mobile phone. But that has not deterred some young Chinese people from immersing themselves in nostalgia and bringing new life to items from the past.

Beijing ready to dazzle at handover

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Beijing's eight-minute show at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will convey warm greetings to the world from the host of the 2022 Winter Games in a high-tech way, producer Sha Xiaolan said on Tuesday.