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Rural vitalization strategy, timeline unveiled

[2017-12-30 07:40]

China has unveiled the timetable for realizing a key strategy to vitalize the country's vast countryside at the annual Central Rural Work Conference that concluded on Friday.

DPRK oil transfer reports called untrue

[2017-12-30 07:40]

Beijing called the reports on Chinese ships transferring oil to Pyongyang unfounded and said the country has always comprehensively and strictly implemented relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and carried out its due international obligations.

NY apartment fire is deadliest in 27 years

[2017-12-30 07:40]

NEW YORK - Investigators searched early on Friday for the cause of a blaze that ripped through an apartment building in the borough of the Bronx, killing at least 12 people including an infant, in the city's deadliest fire in over a quarter of a century.

Xi tells diplomats loyalty is key

[2017-12-29 07:47]

President Xi Jinping called on China's diplomats to remain loyal to the Party and make contributions to the nation on Thursday.

Companies reinvesting profits can get tax break

[2017-12-29 07:47]

China continues to welcome foreign investment through a temporary exemption of the withholding tax on profits that are reinvested in the country, the Finance Ministry said in a statement released on its website on Thursday.

Visa-free stay in Beijing area doubled

[2017-12-29 07:47]

Nationals from 53 countries and regions became eligible for 144-hour visa-free entry in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province starting Thursday in a move linked to the Belt and Road Initiative and the integrated growth strategy of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

Through parties, president aims to boost Japan ties

[2017-12-29 07:47]

President Xi Jinping has urged Beijing and Tokyo to boost exchanges among their ruling parties, deepen communication and cooperation and play a leading role in improving ties.

Guangdong residents trying out e-ID card

[2017-12-29 07:47]

Residents of Guangdong province are taking the lead in a pilot project to link their identity cards to a mobile social media app through facial recognition. The program will be rolled out nationwide early next year.

Looking ahead

[2017-12-29 07:47]

Events and stories coming up in the next few days

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[2017-12-29 07:47]

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Never look a resolution in the mouth

[2017-12-29 07:47]

The best thing about Chinese life, of course, is that you get two cracks at New Year's resolutions. That thought ran through my mind the other day as the creme de menthe liegeoise (or some such) Belgian chocolate melted in my mouth, my ninth such delight in the space of about 20 minutes. Well, people will keep on giving boxes of chocolates as gifts for that other great festival, Christmas.

This Day, That Year

[2017-12-29 07:47]

Item from Dec 29, 1998, in China Daily: More than 10,000 abandoned motor vehicles, including police cars, were sent to Beijing's Shougang Group to be melted down for scrap iron.

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