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Christmas gives new spin to apples

Autumn scenery of West Lake in Hangzhou

Across America

The Interview gets mixed views

Activist Boggs honored for work toward social justice

Chinese-American activist and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs was awarded the 2014 Chora Prize by the non-profit arts organization Metabolic Studio in recognition of her contributions to social justice and the civil rights movement.
Chinese, American professors believe birds were descended from dinosaurs

A Chinese dinosaur hunter has teamed up with American paleontology professors to publish an article in the December issue of Science that makes a compelling case that birds descended from dinosaurs.

1,000 years on, the art of fish hunting is in safe hands

Metro use drops slightly as new fare hikes kick in

There was a slight drop in subway passenger numbers on Monday, the first working day since ticket prices went up, according to the municipal authority.
Record passenger numbers expected for upcoming chunyun

China's transport networks will convey a record number of passengers during the upcoming chunyun, a peak travel period around Spring Festival.
Children step out of Daliang Mountain

Up to 93 children from Daliang Mountain in southwest China's Sichuan province study at a private music school in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province.

Driving service warms up in holiday season

US-listed Chinese shares poised for more gains in 2015

The best-performing Chinese Internet stocks traded in the US are set to extend their rallies in 2015, unfettered by forecasts for slower growth in the world's second-largest economy.
China lifts restrictions on molybdenum export

The Ministry of Commerce scraps list of companies allowed to export molybdenum in the coming year, in the latest adjustment to China's rare metals industry.
China's imported iron ore prices slide

Prices of imported iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports have sunk to their lowest levels this year, a report showed Tuesday.

Yi Nengjing to marry Qin Hao next March

Take a seat in a rarified world

In the world of bespoke luxury furniture, every cloud or super yacht can have a silver lining if you are a US-dollar billionaire. Now a British company that defines the word 'exclusivity' is in China to buttress its list of clientele.
An independent image for women who smoke

Zhang Xuewen, 28, a white-collar worker in Beijing, has been smoking for three years.
Take a seat in a rarified world

In the world of bespoke luxury furniture, every cloud or super yacht can have a silver lining if you are a US-dollar billionaire. Now a British company that defines the word 'exclusivity' is in China to buttress its list of clientele.

Mouthwatering food you can't eat

Hotpot with a twist

Sukiyaki, Japan's version of hotpot, is a seasonal offer at one of Beijing's coziest and most authentic outposts of Japanese cuisine.
Raw eggs give dipping sauce a succulent edge

Beaten raw eggs as the dipping sauce for hotpot? Sound risky and gross?
Feast for the pocketbook

Falling food prices mean cooking at home for the holidays can be a sweet deal this year, Mike Peters reports.

Digital show of Qianlong Emperor's tour opens at National Museum

Ding porcelain making technique boom in Hebei

The Ding porcelain firing technique, which had disappeared for 800 years, is now back in use. Ding porcelain is one of the pillar industries of Quyang county, Hebei province.
Thoughts on a gloriously international pond

I walk past two women who are having a pop-up fashion show, modeling the contents of their designer shopping bags for each other right on the sidewalk. I enjoy their giggles, but I can't understand a word of what they say.

SK singer named world's most beautiful face

Angelababy poses for fashion magazine

Chinese actres Angelababy poses for L'Officiel magazine.
Yearender: Fashion Q&A

We have compiled 10 questions on the major events in this year's fashion. See if you can answer them all!

Bridging the legal divide

The establishment of courts to settle financial disputes between residents of the mainland and Taiwan has resulted in better security for businesses.

Jack Ma's bodyguard: master of tai chi

With an average height and plain looks, Li Tianjin does not impress at the first sight, but he has an eye-catching role: he is the bodyguard of Jack Ma.

Pilot in deadly China crash appeals prison term

A pilot serving a three-year prison sentence for a 2010 jet crash that killed 44 people has appealed the court's ruling.

Two arrested in cash spill case in HK

Two people were arrested in Hong Kong on Thursday on suspicion of theft for not returning the cash that fell out of an armor van on Christmas Eve.

Suspects nabbed in China "AIDS demolition team" scandal

Police in a central Chinese city have arrested major suspects in connection with an "AIDS demolition team", whose members reportedly claim to be AIDS patients and threaten to infect people who refuse to move out of their houses.

Yearender: What happened around the globe in 2014

The world in the past year suffered panic and terror the like of which looks set to continue with war and adversity seemingly around every corner.

Boy with HIV assured of care, education

China's health authority has pledged to assure Kun Kun the right to medical treatment, a living allowance and a school education.

The turning of the year

he winter solstice, which marks the shortest day and the longest night, is a time of celebration as the seasons change and winter begins to ebb.

15th anniversary of Macao SAR

Macao SAR celebrates its 15th anniversary of return to the motherland on Dec 20.

Wish Box opens new ways to warm the world

China Daily launches Web app by which potential donors will be put in direct contact with nomadic children in Qinghai province's Yushu prefecture.

PLA submariners defy death in the depths

For Senior Captain Wang Hongli and his crew, reacting fast enough in their submarine in the abyss of the ocean is a matter of life and death.

Beijing wins central approval for new international airport

Government approves plan for a new airport in Beijing that will enable the capital to handle 72 million more passengers each year.

US should pivot away from containment

Film sector's rosy picture dotted with dark clouds

Go to forum

'New normal' focus for new consul general in NY

China's economic "new normal" will make public diplomacy crucial in relations with other countries, the new Chinese consul general of New York said.

China says no role in Sony hacking

China said on Monday that it never allows any foreign country or individual to carry out cyber attacks from Chinese soil or with Chinese facilities.

'Human error' at fault in disappearance of AirAsia flight

An Australian aviation expert says human error undoubtedly led to the disappearance of AirAsia flight QZ8501 after the pilots flew directly into a well-known danger zone above the Java Sea.

Funeral set for Officer Wenjian Liu

Police stood guard outside the home of slain New York City Police Officer Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn on Sunday, whose funeral will be held on Jan 4.

Chinese Community Leaders

Susan Lee: Making Chinese community proud

Father's legal battle leads to helping immigrants

When Ted Wang's father filed a lawsuit in the late 1970s against the US government - specifically the secretary of the US Army and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld - he wanted acknowledgement that he had been wronged.
Man-Li Kuo Lin: always helping others

For Man-Li Kuo Lin,it always goes back to helping people.

Robert Daly: Many of his paths lead to China

Gary Locke: China hand extraordinaire

He is a man of many firsts: the first Chinese-American US ambassador to China, the first Chinese-American Secretary of Commerce and the first Chinese-American governor of the State of Washington.
Building bridges from Michigan to China

As Governor Rick Snyder wraps up another extended trip to China, Michigan continues to be a leader among US states in developing economic and cultural ties with China.

Funeral set for Officer Wenjian Liu

Harvard students seek meaty profits from alpaca

Alpacas are primarily bred for their fibers, not their meat.
Deals planned to recover illegal assets from abroad

China negotiating with United States, Australia, Canada to share intelligence
US trade with China a big deal

Something about doing business with China that makes American states and even cities act like their own countries.

New recruits of NY Police Academy are sworn in

US launches airstrike in Somali

According to Pentagon press secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby, "the strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia", targeting a senior al-Shabaab leader, but he did not mention the name.
US Navy to assist AirAsia flight searching

The United States has sent a destroyer to the Java Sea to assist in searching for a missing AirAsia jetliner, US officials said Monday.
2 gunmen open fire on LA police car

Two men opened fire on a police car patrolling a tough part of Los Angeles, but the two officers inside were not injured and one was able to shoot back.

Cameron takes part in Great Brook Run

Death toll in ferry fire rises to 10

Helicopter rescue crews on Monday evacuated hundreds of people trapped aboard a Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania, and the death toll climbed to 10.
Indonesian TV shows objects in Java Sea

Indonesian television shows pictures of objects floating in the Java Sea which an official says could be part of the AirAsia jet.
China says no role in Sony hacking

China said on Monday that it never allows any foreign country or individual to carry out cyber attacks from Chinese soil or with Chinese facilities.

Lallana double helps Liverpool end 2014 on a high

Martino: I don't aspire to make Messi better

Argentina's national football team coach, Gerardo Martino, said he has no illusions about improving the game of world-famous player Lionel Messi, a local daily reported Monday.
Peyton has no plans to call it a day in Denver

NFL fans and fantasy football owners debating Peyton Manning's prowess and problems can continue that discussion well into the new year.

Opinion
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Pray for QZ8501

US-Cuban detente a triumph of pragmatism

The recent announcement of the United States and Cuba to re-establish diplomatic relations, signaling the beginning of normalization of bilateral ties, is a welcome development.
EU needs to consider its New Year resolutions

Although the bloc has achieved success, it should deeply reflect on the causes and likelihood of a decade of extended crisis in the EU and surrounding neighborhood.
Seeking the way to heal wound

Japan should issue a sincere apology for the suffering it inflicted on its neighbors to pave the way for an East Asian Community.

New landscape represents prosperity thousand of years ago

High-speed railway linking Zhengzhou, Kaifeng starts operating

Zhou Xuefu, plays the role of Bao Zheng, an upright official known for his stressing the dignity of law, to mark the operation of Zhengzhou-Kaifeng high-speed train in Central China's Henan province.
Annual winter fishing tourism fair kicks off

Qagan Lake, or Qagan Nur in Mongolian, is the only area in China which still uses traditional Mongolian ice fishing method. The annual fishing tourism fair kicked off here Sunday.
Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Tibet

The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Tibet is one of the deepest and longest canyons in the world.

The Interview gets mixed views

Chinese-American activist and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs was awarded the 2014 Chora Prize by the non-profit arts organization Metabolic Studio in recognition of her contributions to social justice and the civil rights movement.

A Chinese dinosaur hunter has teamed up with American paleontology professors to publish an article in the December issue of Science that makes a compelling case that birds descended from dinosaurs.

1,000 years on, the art of fish hunting is in safe hands

There was a slight drop in subway passenger numbers on Monday, the first working day since ticket prices went up, according to the municipal authority.

China's transport networks will convey a record number of passengers during the upcoming chunyun, a peak travel period around Spring Festival.

Up to 93 children from Daliang Mountain in southwest China's Sichuan province study at a private music school in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province.

Driving service warms up in holiday season

The best-performing Chinese Internet stocks traded in the US are set to extend their rallies in 2015, unfettered by forecasts for slower growth in the world's second-largest economy.

The Ministry of Commerce scraps list of companies allowed to export molybdenum in the coming year, in the latest adjustment to China's rare metals industry.

Prices of imported iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports have sunk to their lowest levels this year, a report showed Tuesday.

Yi Nengjing to marry Qin Hao next March

In the world of bespoke luxury furniture, every cloud or super yacht can have a silver lining if you are a US-dollar billionaire. Now a British company that defines the word 'exclusivity' is in China to buttress its list of clientele.

Zhang Xuewen, 28, a white-collar worker in Beijing, has been smoking for three years.

In the world of bespoke luxury furniture, every cloud or super yacht can have a silver lining if you are a US-dollar billionaire. Now a British company that defines the word 'exclusivity' is in China to buttress its list of clientele.

Mouthwatering food you can't eat

Sukiyaki, Japan's version of hotpot, is a seasonal offer at one of Beijing's coziest and most authentic outposts of Japanese cuisine.

Beaten raw eggs as the dipping sauce for hotpot? Sound risky and gross?

Falling food prices mean cooking at home for the holidays can be a sweet deal this year, Mike Peters reports.

Digital show of Qianlong Emperor's tour opens at National Museum

The Ding porcelain firing technique, which had disappeared for 800 years, is now back in use. Ding porcelain is one of the pillar industries of Quyang county, Hebei province.

I walk past two women who are having a pop-up fashion show, modeling the contents of their designer shopping bags for each other right on the sidewalk. I enjoy their giggles, but I can't understand a word of what they say.

SK singer named world's most beautiful face

Chinese actres Angelababy poses for L'Officiel magazine.

We have compiled 10 questions on the major events in this year's fashion. See if you can answer them all!

Columnists

China's economic "new normal" will make public diplomacy crucial in relations with other countries, the new Chinese consul general of New York said.

Susan Lee: Making Chinese community proud

When Ted Wang's father filed a lawsuit in the late 1970s against the US government - specifically the secretary of the US Army and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld - he wanted acknowledgement that he had been wronged.

For Man-Li Kuo Lin,it always goes back to helping people.

Robert Daly: Many of his paths lead to China

He is a man of many firsts: the first Chinese-American US ambassador to China, the first Chinese-American Secretary of Commerce and the first Chinese-American governor of the State of Washington.

As Governor Rick Snyder wraps up another extended trip to China, Michigan continues to be a leader among US states in developing economic and cultural ties with China.

Funeral set for Officer Wenjian Liu

Alpacas are primarily bred for their fibers, not their meat.

China negotiating with United States, Australia, Canada to share intelligence

Something about doing business with China that makes American states and even cities act like their own countries.

New recruits of NY Police Academy are sworn in

According to Pentagon press secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby, "the strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia", targeting a senior al-Shabaab leader, but he did not mention the name.

The United States has sent a destroyer to the Java Sea to assist in searching for a missing AirAsia jetliner, US officials said Monday.

Two men opened fire on a police car patrolling a tough part of Los Angeles, but the two officers inside were not injured and one was able to shoot back.

Cameron takes part in Great Brook Run

Helicopter rescue crews on Monday evacuated hundreds of people trapped aboard a Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania, and the death toll climbed to 10.

Indonesian television shows pictures of objects floating in the Java Sea which an official says could be part of the AirAsia jet.

China said on Monday that it never allows any foreign country or individual to carry out cyber attacks from Chinese soil or with Chinese facilities.

Lallana double helps Liverpool end 2014 on a high

Argentina's national football team coach, Gerardo Martino, said he has no illusions about improving the game of world-famous player Lionel Messi, a local daily reported Monday.

NFL fans and fantasy football owners debating Peyton Manning's prowess and problems can continue that discussion well into the new year.

Pray for QZ8501

The recent announcement of the United States and Cuba to re-establish diplomatic relations, signaling the beginning of normalization of bilateral ties, is a welcome development.

Although the bloc has achieved success, it should deeply reflect on the causes and likelihood of a decade of extended crisis in the EU and surrounding neighborhood.

Japan should issue a sincere apology for the suffering it inflicted on its neighbors to pave the way for an East Asian Community.

New landscape represents prosperity thousand of years ago

Zhou Xuefu, plays the role of Bao Zheng, an upright official known for his stressing the dignity of law, to mark the operation of Zhengzhou-Kaifeng high-speed train in Central China's Henan province.

Qagan Lake, or Qagan Nur in Mongolian, is the only area in China which still uses traditional Mongolian ice fishing method. The annual fishing tourism fair kicked off here Sunday.

The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Tibet is one of the deepest and longest canyons in the world.

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