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Israel's Chief of General Staff visits ChinaBeijing, May 19 (People's Daily Online)--Israel's Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Benjamin (Benny) Gantz, will embark an official visit to China this week, as a guest of PLA Chief of General Staff, General Chen Bingde. General Gantz's visit will follow General Chen's visit to Israel, last August. During his stay, General Gantz will meet China senior MOD officials and visit PLA's facilities. Israel's Chief of Staff's visit to China is part of reciprocal high officials' visit ...
people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 12:07
Two suspects arrested in killings of Chinese students in L.A.
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 12:06
China's Li Na enters semifinals at Rome Masters
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 12:06
Tulips burst into bloom in NE China
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 11:52
"Madagascar 3" premieres at Cannes Film Festival
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 11:51
Bayern players ready for Champions League final
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 11:51
Man honored after rescue
On April 5, Josep Sola-Niubo, 43, joined with Tang Shanlu, a young Chinese, to save the life of a 2-year-old boy. Hearing the boy's mother scream, Tang saw him floating face down in a pond in Xinzhuang township in Changshu and rushed to bring him back to the bank. Josep, who knows how to perform first aid, immediately began giving the boy cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Before learning of the emergency, he was riding his bicycle to another city. "At the beginning, I didn't know what was ...
people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 11:37
Beckham kicks off torch relay on British soil
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 11:36
2012 Youth Designers' Exhibition opens to public in Taipei
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 11:22
Polish artists perform in Beijing as part of "World Music Series"
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 11:07
Water level of Yangtze River rises after heavy rains
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 10:52
Rainbow wigs in Cannes
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 10:51
Expo Central China 2012 kicks off in Changsha
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 10:37
Buddha statues on display at National Museum of Afghanistan
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 10:36
Early arrival spells trouble for babies
Each year, about 1.8 million babies are born prematurely on the Chinese mainland, more than 10 percent of the world's total, said senior pediatricians. The number of pre-term infants in China is constantly rising and pre-term birth rates have increased in the past two decades, said Tong Xiaomei, deputy director of the professional committee on newborns of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association. Tong also heads the pediatric department of the Peking University Third Hospital. Possible re ...
people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 10:22
Audi Fashion Festival held in Singapore
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 10:21
College lessons in attracting foreign students
Nankai University, one of China's most prestigious universities, will have some of its most popular degree courses taught in English in the coming semester to attract more foreign students. The courses are about Chinese society, politics, culture and economics given by more than 20 Chinese teachers. "We want to attract more students from European countries as well as the United States by teaching in English," said Li Dan, who works in the Tianjin-based university’s office for internation ...
people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 10:07
Chinese leaders meet outstanding police officers
BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and other top leaders met on Friday with delegates of the country's outstanding police officers who have got national honors. Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping also attended the meeting. Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attended the meeting before speaking at an awarding ceremony. ...
people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 09:52
China, Croatia pledge closer parliamentary exchanges
ZAGREB, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China and Croatia on Friday pledged to boost their parliamentary exchanges in a bid to promote bilateral ties. The pledge was made during talks between visiting China's top legislator Wu Bangguo and Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Sprem in Zagreb. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), arrived in Zagreb on Thursday, starting his six-day official goodwill visit to Croatia. This is the first visit by a Chinese NPC S ...
people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 09:37
2012 Taiyuan Int'l Auto Fair kicks off in China's Shanxi
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people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 09:22
Fujian armed police hold flood control, anti-typhoon drill
&$&$Edited and translated by Yanmeng, People's Daily Online&$ &$ Armed police officers and soldiers stationed in Ningde City, Fujian province held a flood control and anti-typhoon drill on May 17 to improve emergency rescue and disaster relief capacity. The drill includes emergency action, reinforcing dikes and dams, erection of emergency shelter and rescuing the wounded. &$ &$【1】 &$
people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 09:07
Joint training of Chinese naval vessels in Gulf of Aden
&$&$Edited and translated by Yan Meng, People's Daily Online&$ &$ The "Zheng He" oceangoing training ship and “Yantai” guided missile frigate of the 11th Chinese naval escort flotilla launched a joint maritime training in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday. Read the Chinese version: &$&$“郑和”舰在亚丁湾海域与海军护航舰艇展开联合训练&$
people.com.cn | 19-May-2012 00:13
A little girl with strong spirit
&$&$Edited and translated by Liang Jun, People's Daily Online&$ &$ Due to the family poverty, Jabayuewei, a nine-year-old girl, has to bring her younger sister and brother together to go to school almost every day. Jabayuewei is in grade two at an elementary school in Mayizu village, Jinyang county, Liangshan Yi Autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province. Her brother is now six years old and her father passed away shortly after her sister was born. Her family is in heavy debt now due t ...
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 23:58
Jin Shan Yellow River Grand Bridge nears completion
&$&$Edited and translated by Ma Xi, People's Daily Online&$ &$ The 10-kilometer Jin Shan Yellow River Grand Bridge is the special transport line of Great Western Railway. The construction started in March 2010, and 85 percent of the total project is completed at present.&$ &$【1】 &$&$【2】 &$
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 12:05
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 11:50
College girls make preparation for cross-straits fair
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 11:35
China's first wireless valley
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 11:20
Nanjing stories
The city is replete with history. But, our reporters, Chitralekha Basu and Song Wenwei, were intrigued by much more. Every evening feels like Christmas Eve at the four-point crossing at Xinjiekou. The place is awash with lights. Streams of illumination pour down the sides of the towering chrome-and-glass structures. Giant digital display boards play advert clips, showcasing multinational brands in endless reruns. Store windows glow like expecting mothers, panting yet happy under the stagge ...
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 11:05
Virtual engagement
More museums are using micro blogs to interact with the public, with positive results. Liu Xiangrui reports in Beijing. When the Palace Museum registered a Sina Weibo account on Jan 1, 2011, it took merely five hours to collect about 100,000 followers. The multitudes' sudden emergence stunned the account's operators. "We tried to use Weibo because we're aware of its power for direct communication. But we didn't expect it would be so popular," Feng Nai'en, one of the account's three operato ...
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 10:50
Chinese language contest held in Sofia, Bulgaria
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 10:35
Fan Bingbing shines at "Rust and Bone" premiere in Cannes
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 10:20
Chinese stars attend Marche du Film opening night in Cannes
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 10:05
Hoh Xil Mountain Patrol Team – The true men on the "No Man's Land"
&$&$Edited and translated by Xue Meng, People's Daily Online&$ &$ Hol Xil, the "Paradise of Wild Animals", is the biggest "No Man's Land" in China. It encompasses an area of 45,000 square meters and is one of the most well-preserved natural environments in the world. On this land, 35 men from plateau have carried the burden of patrolling in the mountain for many years. They are isolated from the outside world, camping on the alpine zone with average elevation more than 5,000 meters, cra ...
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 09:50
Folk artist and his dough figurines
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 09:35
Crafty girls, beautiful handwork
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 09:20
Guizhou ethnic minority costume exhibition opens in Harbin
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 09:05
Equisite root-carving art works exhibited in China's Fujian
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 08:50
Photocall for "Mystery" at Cannes Film Festival
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 08:35
Teacher spends savings on awards
Du Weixin, a fifty-year-old primary school teacher, has spent all of his savings that exceed 100,000 RMB purchasing awards over the past 17 years, Guangzhou Daily reports. Since 1995, Du Weixin has spent half of his earnings for his hobby. After covering his basic living costs and the medical costs of treating his mother, Du spent the remainder of his money on purchasing awards. "Currently, I'm in charge of more than 100 social positions, including the positions of curator, headmaster and ...
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 08:20
Songbai frontier defense company garrisons border
Zheng Yongfeng, political instructor of the Songbai frontier defense company of the Yili Military Sub-command under the Xinjiang Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), led the soldiers to patrol along the borderline on May 14, 2012. &$ 【1】 【2】 【3】
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 08:05
Cleaners working on cliffs
&$&$Edited and translated by Ye Xin, People's Daily Online&$ &$ Known as "the most precipitous mountain under heaven", Hua Mountain, located 120 kilometers east of Xi'an, is famous for its "bizarrerie, straightness, steep and beauty." As a national-level scenic spot, sanitation workers are often seen clearing away the rubbish left by tourists on the cliffs of the five peaks of Hua Mountain. They, wearing safety helmets and fastened with cords, go up and down the cliffs. Only in 2011, th ...
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 07:50
Peking and Tsinghua top in donations from grads
More than 30 percent of Tsinghua alumni gave money to their alma mater in the 2010-2011 academic year, higher than the donation rate of any other Chinese university, according to 2012 data from cuaa.net, an independent Chinese website focusing on alumni affairs. In terms of total donations over the past 20 years, the report also showed that Peking University, which received 1.2 billion yuan, ranked first, while Tsinghua ranked second with nearly 1.1 billion yuan. Alumni donations are not o ...
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 07:35
Firefighters join flood-relief drill as water level rises in E China
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 07:20
Eleven schools get gift of computers from China
Yangon, Myanmar - Students at 11 schools in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, received 100 free computers from the China NGO Networks for Exchanges (CNIE) on May 15. It was part of the 2012 China-Myanmar Brotherhood Tour organized by CNIE and the China Foundation for Peace and Development (CFPD). Wang Gang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), visited BEHS No 4 S ...
people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 07:05
Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka in Rogers Cup's semi-final
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 06:50
Fantastic view of Dajiuhu Lake Wetland Park
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people.com.cn | 18-May-2012 00:08