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Thursday, October 24, 2013
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When many people are still in bed in the early morning, Kou Shudong, a 55-year-old school bus driver, has been driving on a winding mountain road to send village children to school.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. As a witness of this historical period, 103-year-old Isabel Crook, a foreign teacher working in China, had just celebrated her birthday and received a special gift from the Chinese government.
New figures show the Palace Museum, better known as the Forbidden City, has received 17 million visitors this year, making it the most visited museum in the world, reports Beijing Morning Post.
Sniffing smelly socks is a trendy topic for funny videos online. But it may be a dangerous idea. A man in China's Fujian Province has recently been diagnosed with a fungal lung infection, because of his habit of sniffing his socks every day after work.
A Chinese fugitive accused of corruption returned to China on Friday to turn himself in after spending 11 years on the run in New Zealand.
Some of the former world leaders who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday following the Imperial Springs International Forum spoke of China's contribution to the world and of the country's role in the international community.
China's Chang'e 4 robotic probe has approached the moon and entered lunar orbit, marking a major step in its mission to make a soft landing on the moon's far side.
China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.
The legitimate rights of ethnic minority groups, women, children, the elderly and the disabled have been fully protected via improved mechanisms and measures since China began its reform and opening up in 1978, said a white paper released by the State Council Information Office Wednesday.
A Canadian court on Tuesday granted bail to Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, who is being held on an extradition warrant to the United States for allegedly breaking U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Recently, photos posted online showing a group of shirtless teenagers running outside in the freezing cold of Beijing have stirred up heated discussions among Chinese netizens.
The Institution of Civil Engineers journal "New Civil Engineer" has recognized the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Island Tunnel Project with its "2018 Tunnel Engineering Award of the Year" in the 1 billion U.S. dollar-plus project category, reports huanqiu.com.
Chinese enterprises with normal business activities in Japan shouldn't be discriminated against, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a routine press briefing on Monday.
China's fourth national economic census will officially kick off on the first day of 2019.
China will strengthen judicial cooperation with other countries to repatriate corrupt fugitives after the International Criminal Justice Assistance Law took effect earlier this year, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said ahead of International Anti-Corruption Day, which fell on Sunday.
Eight people have been pulled out of the debris of a landslide that toppled three houses Sunday afternoon in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
A new mothership for China's manned submersible Jiaolong successfully took to water in the central city of Wuhan on Saturday.
Chengdu University is teaching students how to properly climb a tree using professional equipment as part of the school's leisure sports major, reports the Chengdu Economic Daily.
China's banking and insurance regulator recently fined commercial banks over multiple violations including improper practices in wealth management.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Thursday night awarded the 2018 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery At Sea to Chinese diver Zhong Haifeng.
