As one of the allied forces who won WWII, China's first military parade to mark the victory day will attract the world's attention. Here are some facts about the parade before it starts.
Moody's has downgraded growth forecast in the G20 economies to average 2.8 percent next year, from 3.1 percent, said the rating agency.
China Daily photographer Wang Zhuangfei talked to local people during a visit to Tibet in August and recorded their stories.
The 1949 parade, the first grand parade of People's Liberation Army, was the first military ceremony after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Property tycoon Wang Jianlin from the Chinese mainland overtook Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing as the richest man in China, with a personal fortune of about $42.6 billion, said a new ranking.
Models present Atlas silk in the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 25, 2015.
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Six hot and two cold dishes with abundant staple food, including rice, steamed buns and noodles, are served at each meal to soldiers.
When the decades-old settlement in the Nantun district of Taichung city in Southeast China's Taiwan was set to be demolished, the 93-year-old former soldier Huang Yung-fu embarked on a project to cover the walls of the small village with colorful figures, from birds and animals to celebrity singers and sportsmen, in order to save it.