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Terra cotta warriors come to Beijing for Olympics
2008-07-31The world-famous terra cotta warriors and horses, which were buried more than 2,200 years ago as the army guarding China's first emperor's afterlife, have come to Beijing for an exhibition ahead of...
Beijing to have cooler weather during Olympics
2008-07-30The capital will get cooler weather in August and Olympic participants are unlikely to suffer from the humid, hazy conditions that have affected the Games host city in recent days, local meteorologica...
Yuanmingyuan to open core section to public
2008-07-30The Ruins of Yuanmingyuan, also known as the Old Summer Palace, will open a part of its core area to the public for the first time this Tuesday. Officials at the garden said Jiuzhou, which co...
Beijing confident of air quality during Olympics
2008-07-30Beijing is confident to meet its air quality commitment by maintaining clean air during the upcoming Olympics, the Olympics organizers said on Saturday. Beijing has pledged three commitments in terms...
Qiang culture fights for world heritage status
2008-07-29Photographer Cheng Weidong felt a sense of great relief when he managed to reach Taoping village in Sichuan province a week after the deadly May 12 earthquake. File photo of ancient stone towers in a...
1st Olympic delegation arrives in Beijing
2008-07-29The Polish delegation, the first of the delegations to the Beijing Olympic Games, arrived at the Beijing Capital International Airport around 6:35 am on Sunday, marking the beginning of mass Olympic a...
Beijing taxi to become IC card friendly before Olympics
2008-07-29About 67,000 taxicabs in the Olympic host city of Beijing will soon be able to take payment with pre-paid public transport cards, making traveling in the city more convenient. From Aug. 1, taxi pass...
Dalian: a shining pearl of north China
2008-07-25At the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in northeast China's Liaoning province, Dalian is increasingly important in global trade due to its strengths in shipping, manufacturing, finance and tourism. ...
Tianjin sees bright future
2008-07-22The planned over-the-counter (OTC) market and the Beijing-Tianjin express railway are upgrading the importance of Tianjin and spurring the economic integration of the cities. The State Counci...
Panda Twins Born in Wolong
2008-07-22A panda at the Wolong-based Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in southwest China's Sichuan province has given birth to twins in the early morning on Monday, China News Service reported. ...
Olympic media hub 'best equipped ever'
2008-07-09To Richard Palfreyman, press chief of the 2000 Sydney Games, media advisor to the 2004 Athens Games and MPC manager of the 2006 Turin Winter Games, the Main Press Center (MPC) where accredited jour...
One more Chinese property on World Heritage List
2008-07-09QUEBEC CITY -- One more Chinese property was inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List Sunday during the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee that is taking place in this eastern Canadi...
Over Taiwan Straits, historic flights take off
2008-07-04The Chinese mainland and Taiwan witnessed their historic regular flights being officially launched on Friday, in an apparent sign of accelerating conciliation and getting to each other nearer and clos...
Happy Days Here Again in Tibet
2008-07-01Tibet welcomed its first batch of foreign tourists on June, 25th, 2008, after a hiatus of more than three months following the March 14 riots in Lhasa. The first two foreigners to arrive in the regio...
Airlines to Apply for Lifting Fuel Surcharges
2008-07-01Airlines will appeal for higher jet fuel surcharges to help air carriers offset the rising prices of oil, according to Monday's Beijing Business Today. "Airlines will submit an application to the Nat...
Tibet Reopened to Foreign Tourists on June 25
2008-07-01Tibet will re-open to visits by foreign tourists on Wednesday, the local authority said Tuesday. An official named Tanor, the Tibet regional tourism administration deputy director, said two Swedish t...
Cultural Relics Destroyed in Quake
2008-06-20According to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, sixty-five cultural relics under state protection and one hundred and nineteen under provincial protection have been severely damaged as a r...
China Travel Information - Current Situation
2008-06-20The giant earthquake that hit China's Sichuan Province at 2:38pm on May 12th was China's largest natural disaster in over three decades. Although the 8.0-magnitude quake could be felt in most province...
Current China Travel Situation - Serious Affected Areas
2008-06-20The giant earthquake that hit China's Sichuan Province at 2:38pm on May 12th was China's largest natural disaster in over three decades. Although the 8.0-magnitude quake could be felt in most province...
Massive Earthquake Rocks China
2008-06-20On Monday May 12, 2008 at 2:28 p.m. local time, China had its worst natural disaster since an earthquake rocked in the country in 1976. Western China had a massive earthquake which was estimated to...
