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The Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain in Ear, (Chinese: 芒种), the 9th solar term, begins on June 6 this year and ends on June 20. The arrival of Grain in Ear signifies the ripening of crops such as barley and wheat. It is also a busy period for farmers. The ...Read more »
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Ancient crops linked to modern behavior By WANG MINGJIE | China Daily | Updated: 2018-04-28 06:52 A bird's eye view of a rice harvest competition held in Dazhu village, Wuxing district, Huzhou city in East China's Zhejiang province, on Dec 8, 2016. [Photo by Zhu Weiliang and Zhang Dong/...Read more »
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Foreign investment sees growth momentum By Zhong Nan and Ren Xiaojin | China Daily | Updated: 2018-03-16 09:10 Technicians work on a car production line of a General Motors venture in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province.[Photo provided to China Daily] Capital inflow into high-tech sector rises 27....Read more »
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With firecrackers booming, the Dragon Light festival falls on Feb 24 in Shibing, a county in Southwest China’s Guizhou province. The Dragon Light festival, which has been celebrated in Guizhou for several hundred years, kicks off with colorful dragons and traditional performances such as dancing...Read more »
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China calls for deeper cooperation on internet of things By Ouyang Shijia | chinadaily.com.cn | He Xuming, executive chairman of the World Internet of Things Convention, gives a speech at the World IoT Innovation and Application Forum held in Beijing on Jan 22, 2018. [Photo provided to chi...Read more »
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By WANG QINGYUN | China Daily Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea delegations shake hands during their meeting at Tongilgak, the DPRK's building in the truce village of Panmunjom on Monday. YONHAP The international community should support the improvement o...Read more »
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Xinhua Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi (L, front) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R, front) in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, on Dec 27, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] TUNIS -- Tunisia and Turkey signed Wednesday four cooperation agreements concerning security, economic a...Read more »
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By Conal Urquhart in London | chinadaily.com.cn World leaders did not shrink from controversial or difficult subjects in their Christmas messages this year. The British monarch Queen Elizabeth highlighted a series of tragedies that hit the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth this year, wh...Read more »
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By Zhang Yue in Dali, Yunnan | China Daily | Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (3rd R), Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (3rd L), Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai (1st R), Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith (2nd R), Union Minister for International Cooperation of Myanmar ...Read more »
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Xinhua | Updated: Red shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan (center) speaks with members of Thai media as he arrives at the United Nations building in Bangkok, Thailand, June 20, 2016. [Photo/Agencies] BANGKOK - Thailand's Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan was sentenced by the Supreme Court to one ...Read more »