China stocks close 1.3% higher--Aug 15

BEIJING-- China's stocks closed higher on Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.3 percent, or 33.60 points, to close at 2,626.77.

The Shenzhen Component Index rose 1.0 percent, or 116.45 points, to finish at 11,767.74.

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Li Xing, China Daily's assistant editor-in-chief and veteran columnist, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Aug 7 in Washington DC, US.

Robots are not new to industrial manufacturing. They have been in use since the 1960s.

The movie remake of a classic 1980s cartoon series is expected to have special cross-generation appeal to Chinese filmgoers