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More Silk Street shops shut down
2023-12-06Seven more merchants of the capital's Silk Street Market, well known as a place to pick up cheap designer knock-offs, were ordered to shut shop fo...
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Giant blaze consumes luxury hotel
2023-12-06It burned like a towering inferno turning the sky over Beijing's central business district (CBD) a bright red last night.The fire in the 44-story ...
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Airlines slash fares by 60%
2023-12-06Airlines have slashed ticket prices on both international and domestic flights to boost sales following the weeklong Chinese New Year holiday.Foreign ...
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CCTV staff blamed for fire tragedy
2023-12-06Staff at China Central Television (CCTV) started the tragic blaze that engulfed their $714 million headquarters on Monday night, Beijing fire authorit...
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Manila Bay presented a sorry sight yesterday with hundreds of volunteers and fishermen using their boats and hands in the shallow waters to drive 200-...
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Beauty and brains for a diplomat
2023-12-06A Chinese woman was seen chatting with the wives of diplomats at US President Barack Obama's inauguration. Nothing unusual in that, except that Ya...
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Bilateral climate change talks urged
2023-12-06Beijing and Washington should arrange climate change dialogues and more relevant summits for the two sides' leadership, a major US think tank said...
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Expert calls to reform social security
2023-12-06Premier Wen Jiabao is "very likely" to ask legislators to review his cabinet's proposal to significantly boost social security spending ...
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A newspaper that reported China had pulled out of a deal to buy 150 aircraft from Airbus, causing a stir among the national media, had mistranslated t...
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Cabinet drafts rule over Food Safety Law
2023-12-06The State Council is busy drafting a detailed rule for the new Food Safety Law to ensure its implementation from June 1, a senior legislator said duri...