Ground collapses under mined N China village

Cracks begin around a row of makeshift houses built by local government and a coal mining company in Pangpangta village, Aug 15, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

Cracks begin at a makeshift house built by local government and a coal mining company in Pangpangta village, Aug 15, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

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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