The "seed man's" mission took him to the greatest heights - that is, to the roof of the world - to lead a team collecting 40 million seeds from hundreds of thousands of species.
One cold evening in April 2015, I was stuck in Shanghai Pudong Airport when my connecting flight was rescheduled for the next day. Dragging two heavy suitcases onto a bus past midnight, I was exhausted and frustrated.
Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.
China is well prepared and will fight back immediately once the United States takes action based on its trade investigation into the country, the Ministry of Commerce warned on Friday as the world's two largest economies stood on the brink of a trade war.
President Xi Jinping received the credentials presented by six new ambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday, and he asked them to convey his greetings and good wishes to the leaders and people of their countries.
Two Chinese Navy ships identified and warned off a United States Navy destroyer on Friday that trespassed in waters surrounding China's territorial islands and reefs in the South China Sea, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
Premier Li Keqiang called on all countries to safeguard free trade by boosting trade liberalization and facilitating investment, in efforts to fight rising protectionism, when he met with visiting Cameroonian President Paul Biya on Friday.
BEIJING - Veteran Lyu Qingrong, 55, is a well-known "river guardian" in his hometown, Xingjiagou village, in northeast China's Liaoning province.
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