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FDI to get boost, new commerce chief vows

[2017-02-28 07:56]

China's newly appointed minister of commerce vowed on Monday to further boost foreign direct investment and let foreign companies play a bigger role driving local manufacturing and service industries.

Oscars' mix-up entangles providers of online news

[2017-02-28 07:56]

The 89th Academy Awards drew millions of Chinese viewers, but also sparked an online upheaval over the unprecedented announcement of the wrong winner of the best picture award.

Top diplomat's US trip may lead to additional high-level contacts

[2017-02-28 07:56]

China's top diplomat embarked on a trip to the United States on Monday for the first time since US President Donald Trump took office, in a move that analysts said may pave the way for a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Trump.

UK royals promote China science teamwork

[2017-02-28 07:56]

China's top scientific research institute has joined up with a member of Great Britain's royal family to attract British scholars to do research in China.

The world has a real fight on its hands

[2017-02-28 07:56]

Our planet will never cease to surprise us. Scientists have now found that warming temperatures can transform small natural ponds from absorbers of one type of greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide) into emitters of another (methane). The discovery may appear trivial, because small ponds cover only a tiny fraction of the Earth's surface. But consider the fact that ponds emit about 40 percent of the methane from inland water bodies.

This Day, That Year

[2017-02-28 07:56]

Item from Feb 28, 1998, in China Daily: China's top three tourist cities are cooperating with credit company Visa to woo more overseas visitors, taking advantage of Visa's international coverage. ...

Regulator vows to speed up IPOs

[2017-02-27 13:52]

China's top securities regulator vowed on Sunday to facilitate more market-oriented share offerings while keeping market manipulation and other illegal activities under tighter scrutiny.

Xi's life experiences bolster poverty fight

[2017-02-27 13:52]

President's work in remote villages has given him deep insight, Xinhua reports

Rocket to haul commercial satellites

[2017-02-27 13:52]

China's biggest manufacturer of carrier rockets will soon begin to develop the next-generation Long March 8 medium-lift carrier rocket to meet the demands of commercial launch service, according to a senior manager.

Pickup injures 28 US parade-goers

[2017-02-27 13:52]

NEW ORLEANS, US - A suspect is in custody after 28 people were injured on Saturday when a pickup plowed into a crowd watching the Krewe of Endymion parade in the Mid-City section of New Orleans, police said.

Getting priorities right in toilet revolution

[2017-02-27 13:52]

There are two subjects that seem to come up often in travel-related stories, and they are both closely related daily activities.

'Toughest year' ahead for work to cut capacity

[2017-02-27 13:52]

Editor's note: This is the fourth story in a series of previews on the two sessions-the annual gatherings of the nation's top legislature and its top body of political advisers. The sessions will start in early March.

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