Since the founding of New China on Oct 1, 1949, the China story has been one of meeting challenges with creative solutions. When new challenges emerge, they are overcome with even more creative solutions.
There comes a time when an administration has to say, enough is enough.
Herman Daly, a US ecological and Georgist economist, has proposed three rules to help build a sustainable human society: the pace at which renewable resources are used should not be faster than the rate at which they regenerate; the pace at which nonrenewable resources are used should not be faster than the rate at which their renewable substitutes can be put in place; and the pace at which pollution and wastes are discharged should not be higher than that at which natural systems can absorb or recycle them, or render them harmless.
Fluent in Chinese and seasoned in bargaining, Mohammed Al-Sabri cuts a popular figure as he roams between different stores at a bustling clothing mall.
Sitting in front of her computer screen, Lai Jinxing is fine-tuning the details of a reindeer handicraft to be ready for sale in Western markets by Christmas next year.
Every Friday, the Qingjing Mosque in Quanzhou, Fujian province, welcomes hundreds of Muslims attending prayers. Among them are dozens of foreign visitors.
Editor's note: As the People's Republic of China prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Oct 1, China Daily is featuring a series of stories on the role regions have played in the country's development and where they are today.
Lin Shaoyun, a farmer who lives near the city of Yixing, Jiangsu province, remembers the days when villagers blew up mountains for their resources.
In the early 1950s, Jiangsu province had only 3,000 kilometers of roads, most of them nothing more than compacted earth.
The Shandong First Medical University will welcome its first batch of medical students next month at a center with aspirations of becoming a world leader in its field.
When the national opera Yimeng Mountain debuted in Jinan in February, many in the audience were moved to tears because of Shandong province's close connection to the story.
Eighty-year-old scientist Guan Huashi is steering an independent research team to find cures for diseases, and his source is the ocean.
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