Wildfire burns in SW China

A helicopter helps to extinguish a wildfire burning through a forest near Chongqing, on August 21, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

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US Vice-President Joe Biden visits China August 17-22.

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

Tea-making treasures catch the fancy of connoisseurs as record prices brew up interest