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Thursday, October 24, 2013
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China is set to transform its fire services and armed forestry police to build a national firefighting rescue team, according to a new government plan.
China and Belgium on Wednesday agreed to keep unleashing complementary advantages, tapping more cooperation potentials, and yielding greater development achievements in pragmatic cooperation.
China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 6.7 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2018 to about 65.09 trillion yuan (about 9.38 trillion U.S. dollars), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Friday.
China and Cambodia are ready to expand cooperation in areas including trade and investment, the two countries' leaders said Thursday.
A hutong museum opened Thursday in a historical district in central Beijing, offering visitors more knowledge about the city's iconic traditional alleys and courtyards.
The world's population will increase by 2.2 billion by 2050, and more than half of that growth will likely be in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday.
The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday that no major trading partner of the United States manipulated its currency.
At least 19 people, mostly teenagers, were killed and 40 others were injured Wednesday in an attack on a college in the city of Kerch in Crimea, local media reported.
Tencent has announced that it has entered into a new partnership with BBC, Britain's largest broadcaster, to launch a new BBC fan community called BBC Earth Tribe. The company has also announced that it is co-producing the BBC natural history documentary series "Dynasties".
Chinese authorities on Tuesday handed out penalties totaling more than 9.1 billion yuan (1.32 billion U.S. dollars) to a company for the illegal production of a human rabies vaccine.
A middle school student seriously injured in a car accident was transferred from Inner Mongolia's provincial capital Hohhot to Beijing, a distance of around 500 kilometers, in only five and a half hours thanks to the joint efforts of medical staff, police, and the public.
A team of 59 Chinese researchers returned Tuesday to Sanya in southern Hainan Province from the Mariana Trench after completing a 54-day, 7,292-nautical-mile deep-sea research mission.
North and South Korea will discuss the details for their planned joint bid for the 2032 Olympics later this month to follow up on an ambitious agreement reached between their leaders in September.
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai has voiced China's position on issues of mutual concern with the United States, dismissing recent accusations against China as "groundless."
Hundreds of Asian Americans on Sunday afternoon held demonstrations in central Boston to show support for a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian American applicants by using "de facto racial quotas, racial stereotypes and higher standards." Harvard has denied the charges. The lawsuit, launched by the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), an anti-Affirmative Action advocacy group, will go to trial on Monday at a U.S. District Court in Boston.
No. 2 seed Novak Djokovoic captured his fourth ATP Shanghai Masters title on Sunday with a commanding straight-sets victory (6-3, 6-4) over 13th seeded Borna Coric.
Sprint legend Usain Bolt made his case for becoming a professional footballer Friday when he scored his first goals after starting up front in a preseason game for Australia's Central Coast Mariners.
China's first algorithms laboratory for the aviation sector was jointly launched by Tongji University and Xiamen Airlines in Shanghai on Thursday, and the two parties expect the lab to play a key role in utilizing artificial intelligence to solve problems and improve the overall efficiency of the industry.
More than 700,000 college students have joined a rural vitalization program since it was launched in March, China's Education Ministry has said.
Alibaba's grocery supermarket chain Hema is using robots to deliver fresh imported food to guests at the China International Import Expo, which will be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10.
U.S. top social media network Facebook admitted Friday that the accounts of 29 million users have been illegally accessed by attackers in the latest cyber attack it announced last month.
Supported by 3D printing technology, the movable replica of a cave in the Yungang Grottoes, a 1,500-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site, has passed experts' tests this week.
Tourists watch lion dance during a lantern fair to greet the upcoming Lantern Festival in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 26, 2018.
