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  • Through African eyes, the tale of two cities

    2014-05-23 09:09

    Guangdong is one of the most dynamic provinces in China. Two weeks ago, I visited its two biggest cities, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, both of which sharply reflect the image of China's growing economy.

  • Streets lined with trees - and success

    2014-05-23 09:09

    Shenzhen, a well-known symbol of China's opening-up policy, lived up to its billing when I visited it recently.

  • Hunting tigers in China 's political jungle

    2014-05-23 07:43

    A tiger hunt (打虎战争dǎhǔ zhànzhēng) has begun - and the hunting ground is the upper echelons of China 's government and powerful state-owned enterprises.

  • Life on the flipside

    2014-05-16 07:54

    Zhao Wanting had no idea where Guangzhou was when her parents asked if she wanted to live there. But that didn't matter. She was going, no matter what.

  • Worth millions of words

    2014-05-16 09:46

    A documentary now being made will tackle claims that China's investment in Africa has neo-colonialist overtones, with stories that highlight the good that such investment is doing to both China and the continent.

  • Arts and crafts to the fore

    2014-05-16 09:46

    The culture of ethnic groups in Qinghai province, West China, will be a feature of exhibitions at the Chinese Culture Center in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, this year.

  • Let the character fit the crime

    2014-05-16 07:54

    The human impulse to break the law has been around since law began, and in ancient China, the price paid was brutal. The lethal injection of today is lenient compared to the age when the character 罪 (zuì) was first scripted.

  • Books of the year

    2014-05-09 08:09

    The winners of China's top book award were announced recently. From the creep of big data into modern lives to the beauty of nature, the selection features some of the best books of 2013. here are the judges' comments

  • Couples who think three is a crowd

    2014-05-09 08:09

    While the family has long remained Chinese society's fundamental building block, couples who opt against parenthood are finding growing acceptance as the country's economic transformation challenges established norms.

  • Big implications of fewer little ones

    2014-05-09 08:09

    Linlin injected her upper arm with a fertility hormone every morning for two weeks.

  • Travelers get a taste of heavenly living

    2014-04-25 09:20

    The opening of the Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa makes it the first luxury property of the hotel group in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau.

  • Chinese in plain English

    2014-04-25 07:32

    Cheng Yangyang believes that we all have our own niche and teaching Chinese is hers. She started her teaching career on YouTube, creating more than 100 language learning videos and receiving more than 5 million views.

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  • Group a building block for Africa

    An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.
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