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Several major Chinese cities have some of the world's highest per capita carbon footprints, a World Bank report said on Thursday.
China Digest
The United States may loosen its restrictions on high-tech exports to China, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said at the fourth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
China
The railway authority has said that passengers who mislaid train tickets will soon be allowed to reclaim booked seats for free, but netizens ridiculed it as the "most complicated procedure ever".
Focus
Recently unearthed archaeological treasures give scientists a fascinating insight into mankind's origins, reports Zhang Yuchen in Beijing.
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Despite China's splendid past 30 years, the next 30 will decide whether it can become a superpower, or be slowed in its tracks. As suggested by Deng Xiaoping, the reform architect, China's economic development needs two 30-year periods. In the first, industrialization was needed, and that is now complete.
Business
Private investors can now trade renminbi bonds in London as the first yuan-denominated bond released outside China was listed on the London Stock Exchange this week.
