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A few things to forget, but far more things to remember

[2015-11-21 09:26]

If you have a strong predilection for alcohol and you love prancing around in the bare minimum of clothes, you may want to give the Islamic Republic of Iran a miss.

You've got to hand it to Jack-and many do

[2015-11-21 09:34]

Is the Nov 11 shopping extravaganza a day for lightheartedness, or is there something sinister about it?

Iran: A treasure uncovered

[2015-11-21 08:51]

Iran: A treasure uncovered.

China's first 'test-tube baby' adjusts life as newsmaker

[2015-11-14 08:15]

A year before Zheng Mengzhu was born, her mother, a schoolteacher in Northwest China's Gansu province, and her father, a crop farmer, came to Peking University No 3 Hospital.

Making babies

[2015-11-14 08:15]

China Daily's Satarupa Bhattacharjya reports the preparations going on inside Chinese hospitals after China's government lifted its one-child policy.

Life in the West Bank behind the wall

[2015-11-07 08:05]

A Chinese journalist takes a trip to the West Bank where she witnesses a refugee camp and tear gas among other things.

Polyglot kings of the improv ring

[2015-10-31 08:27]

Performing live in front of an audience with no script and no rehersal can be a daunting experience for many. But for the Beijing improv scene, it's just another day in the ring.

Hot ideas for chasing away those winter blues

[2015-10-24 08:35]

A hearty beverage can sometimes be the best medicine

For the sake of a good drink

[2015-10-24 08:35]

Some home truths about the best and the worst of that fiery little drink from Japan

My life as an earth-bound alien

[2015-10-17 10:11]

It is 7.23 am in Liu Cixin's corner of planet Earth, and he is busy pounding the ground near his home. Breakfast will come after this 10-kilometer jog.

Pioneer pandas battle to survive new territory

[2015-10-17 14:11]

Lu Xin was kidnapped after collapsing from hunger and sickness along a country road in Luding County, Sichuan Province. She never returned home.

The troubled universe of Chinese sci-fi

[2015-10-17 10:08]

As soon as Liu's Hugo Award was announced, sales the Liu trilogy gathered pace. The fanfare continues for a literary star, but an ambiguous subplot continues to be written.

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