Asia's largest underground train station began to operate on Wednesday in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, which neighbors Hong Kong. The Futian Station is second only in size to the Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The ...
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China on Wednesday hailed the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declaring the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea. "This is a big victory in the fight against Ebola in West Africa. We ...
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Investment in China's railways in 2015 is still growing despite an economic slowdown. China spent 820 billion yuan (126 billion U.S. dollars) on rail projects in 2015 and put more than 9,000 kilometers of new track into operation, meeting ...
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Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, will offer 72-hour visa-free entry for international transit passengers starting Jan. 1, 2016. The policy covers travelers from 51 countries, including 37 in Europe, six in the ...
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China's top economic planner unveiled goals Wednesday on cutting PM2.5, unhealthy particulate matter with a diameter of less than 2.5 microns, which is the main pollutant in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. An official of the Department ...
A Chinese mainland spokesman has slammed the small bunch of Taiwan people who use money they made on the mainland to support secessionist activities for "Taiwan independence". "We will never tolerate those small number of people who make ...
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Thanks to tireless promotion by top Chinese leaders, the country's railway industry has seen another year of good harvest in overseas markets in 2015, culminating in the launch of a railway project in Asia and the start of another in Europe ...
Beijing's central Xicheng and Dongcheng districts have phased out coal-fired heating stoves, with over 29 thousand households now equipped with electric heaters. The move aims to reduce emissions each year by an estimated 3 thousand ...
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China's recent moves to defend its sovereign territories in the South China Sea make sense, a U.S. scholar has noted. China has described the issue in the Nansha Islands as a "core interest" because it involves sovereign territory, and it ...
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Twenty-five members of China's top leadership criticized themselves and each other at a two-day meeting which ended on Tuesday. But unlike the attacks, defamation and even insult commonly seen in western political rivalries, the ...
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A total of 108 Chinese suspects committing job-related crimes, with 1.2 billion yuan (185 million U.S.dollars) of embezzled money involved, have been repatriated during the past 15 months, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced ...
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Two Chinese nuclear power giants on Wednesday concluded a deal on a joint venture to promote China's third-generation nuclear reactor design, Hualong One, in overseas markets technologies. The Hualong international nuclear power ...
South China's Guangdong Province launched regular helicopter trips between Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai city on Wednesday. The intercity flight, reportedly the first of its kind on the Chinese mainland, has stops in the CBDs of the ...
Tourism authorities in Hong Kong and Guangzhou have signed agreements in Hong Kong on Wednesday to crack down on low-cost tours and forced shopping. Authorities will publish a list of some 40 travel agencies in Guangzhou who operate tours ...
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Senior leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have called for "rock-solid will and resolve" to ensure the success of the Party's clean governance and anti-corruption campaign. They also agreed that the sixth plenary session of the ...
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