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This Day, That Year

[2017-06-15 07:33]

Item from June 15, 1984, in China Daily: As night descended, Xidan Street, one of the busiest shopping areas in Beijing, was flooded with people. Mobile stalls lined the well-lit walks and clothing for sale festooned roadside trees. ...

Reform will 'free hands' of businesses

[2017-06-15 07:33]

China is cutting the number of products whose manufacture requires official licensing, the State Council decided at an executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.

Uganda retracts diplomat allegation

[2017-06-15 07:33]

China commended the clarification Uganda made on Wednesday, in which the African country's Foreign Ministry said that Chinese diplomats were not involved in ivory smuggling and that the Ugandan government is committed to strengthening ties with China.

Overseas Chinese can help build Belt, Road

[2017-06-13 07:15]

Premier Li Keqiang called on Monday on overseas Chinese to invest more in China and participate in building the Belt and Road.

Remains of WWII airman buried in US

[2017-06-13 07:15]

On Jan 25, 1944, 24-year-old Robert Eugene Oxford and seven other crew members were on a routine supply mission, flying their B-24 Liberator heavy bomber from Kunming in Yunnan province to Chabua, India. They never arrived.

Features booming on shared bicycles

[2017-06-13 07:15]

With competition between China's bike-sharing companies growing even hotter, rivals are rolling out new models to tempt customers.

China, Singapore pledge to deepen economic links

[2017-06-13 07:15]

China and Singapore pledged on Monday to cooperate on trade and regional infrastructure projects as the two countries try to speed up talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

Panda's birth at Tokyo zoo brings joy to Japan

[2017-06-13 07:15]

The birth of a giant panda cub at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Monday was toasted in Japan.

China, US states show climate leadership

[2017-06-13 07:15]

Having just thawed out from the Beijing winter freeze, a friend and I set out for the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in early April for what we thought would be a lovely spring holiday full of sunny strolls around lakes and satisfying hikes up mountains in northwestern China. What we had not imagined doing was pushing our hire car along an ice-covered road as snow swirled around us. This would in fact turn out to be one of our main outdoor activities as the unseasonable dump made those lakes and mountains impenetrable.

This Day, That Year

[2017-06-13 07:15]

Item from June 13, 1988, in China Daily: Engineers are installing drilling equipment at an oilfield in Henan province. Such equipment, made in China, is now operational in three oil and gas fields.

Looking ahead

[2017-06-13 07:15]

Events and stories coming up in the next few days

Beijing upgrades Luxembourg ties

[2017-06-13 07:15]

Airline freight shipping was a major highlight of the cooperative agreements made by China and Luxembourg on Monday as Premier Li Keqiang met with visiting Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.

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