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China, France vow to safeguard free trade

[2017-02-22 07:26]

China and France vowed to boost globalization and safeguard free trade by condemning rising protectionism after Premier Li Keqiang met with his visiting French counterpart on Tuesday.

2 famed scientists enlisted by CAS

[2017-02-22 07:26]

Nobel laureate C.N. Yang and Turing Award winner Yao Qizhi have become Chinese citizens and officially joined the Chinese Academy of Sciences as academicians - the highest academic title in China, the academy's faculty office said on Tuesday.

Swapping Shantytown For The Suburbs

[2017-02-22 07:26]

At the entrance of an old, dilapidated residential community in downtown Shanghai, two women were going about their daily business. One of them was washing her hair in a sink, while the other used another sink to rinse out a spittoon.

AI is far more than just fun and games

[2017-02-22 07:26]

It all started with a magician's performance at the court of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in the late 1760s.

This Day, That Year

[2017-02-22 07:26]

Item from Feb 22, 1984, in China Daily: Workers supervise automatic equipment imported from Japan at the Beijing No 2 Pastry Factory.

Quality key for CPPCC proposals

[2017-02-22 07:26]

Quality should take precedence over quantity when it comes to proposals from members of China's top political advisory body, officials said on Tuesday.

Mongolia to get help from China

[2017-02-21 07:31]

China extended its support to Mongolia on Monday for overcoming economic difficulties, as Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced a number of measures to help the debt-ridden neighbor.

Girl gaining weight so she can donate bone marrow to sick mom

[2017-02-21 07:31]

An 8-year-old girl is continuing to eat more in the hope of gaining enough weight to meet a requirement for transplanting bone marrow to her ailing mother.

6 cities rebuked for poor smog control

[2017-02-21 07:31]

Six cities across Hebei, Henan and Shandong provinces have been named and shamed for failing to effectively tackle air pollution.

Second child brings happiness, survey finds

[2017-02-21 07:31]

Most mothers in China feel they are happier after having a second child, according to a survey report released a year after the country relaxed its family planning policy.

DPRK ambassador denies saying body was that of Kim's half-brother

[2017-02-21 07:31]

The ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea denied on Monday confirming for Malaysian authorities that a man whose death is under investigation in Kuala Lumpur was Kim Jong-nam, the elder half-brother of DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un.

Here are the gadgets Beijingers really need

[2017-02-21 07:31]

The recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas brought the usual buffet of brilliance. Phones so smart they would make an astrophysicist feel a bit silly. Clever cars and supermodel-thin TVs the size of football pitches. All very impressive, no doubt. But will all this wizardry really improve our lives? I'm not so sure. Here's a selection of gadgets someone needs to invent. And quickly.

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