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Joint checkpoint to ease high-speed rail into Hong Kong

[2017-08-08 08:20]

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor stressed on Monday that she is confident in successfully implementing the joint checkpoint arrangement at Hong Kong's high-speed rail terminus in West Kowloon, which will maximize the transport project's social benefits.

Final round of pollution inspections underway

[2017-08-08 08:20]

China launched the final round of high-level environmental inspections in eight provinces on Monday, ensuring all provincial regions receive a thorough one-month review of the implementation of their pollution-control measures.

Wang meets Japanese minister

[2017-08-08 08:20]

Japan should play a constructive role in the region's peace and stability rather than following other countries' leads in making a fuss and troubles, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Monday.

Xi: Inner Mongolia makes gains

[2017-08-07 08:15]

Guo Yongcai, a retired forestry worker at Arshaan, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, moved from his shanty hut to a newly built apartment last year as the local government presses forward with renovations to the community.

'Tipping point' on Peninsula near, says Wang

[2017-08-07 08:15]

The situation on the Korean Peninsula is approaching "a tipping point for a crisis as well as a turning point for making decisions to return to peaceful dialogue", Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.

Light, strong alloy may alter design of aircraft

[2017-08-07 08:15]

A new kind of nano material developed by domestic researchers is expected to become the next-generation aviation material and boost the development of the country's homegrown large passenger aircraft.

Looking ahead

[2017-08-07 08:15]

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[2017-08-07 08:15]

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This Day, That Year

[2017-08-07 08:15]

Item from China Daily, Aug 7, 1994: A customer tries a piano at the Wangfujing Hongsheng Musical Instrument Store in Beijing. Sales of musical instruments were brisk in the first half of the year.

Wang, US counterpart hail interaction of two countries

[2017-08-07 08:15]

Senior Chinese and US diplomats agreed on Sunday to work together to make US President Donald Trump's visit to China this year benefit healthy development of the two countries' ties and to map out their relations for coming 50 years.

Shanghai woman dies hiking in US

[2017-08-07 08:15]

A Chinese woman who was recently found dead in Yosemite National Park in California might have drowned while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, said the park. Investigation results are expected to be released this week.

The next big thing

[2017-08-06 13:55]

Yang Shuo wants to be an entrepreneur who leads China's economic future.

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