This week is the World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated globally every year from Aug 1 to 7 to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. According to data released from China's health department, the breastfeeding ratio has reached 58.5 percent.
Editor's note: Safety is the top priority for any tourist planning to travel abroad. Compared with other countries, is China safer for travelers? China Daily's expat readers share their experiences.
Every culture has its own taboos, and Chinese people are no exception. However, most people ignore them today– and many Chinese taboos are actually rather amusing. China Daily's forum readers have compiled a list of taboos they heard about during their stay in China.
China is a vast and culturally diverse country, which makes traveling in it for the first time incredibly daunting. China Daily sums up the most famous to help foreign travelers plan their China tours, and the forum readers share some tips to make newcomers' lives a little easier.
The Istana Nurul Iman palace, the residence of Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, opens to the public from July 7 to July 9. The Sultan, along with other members of the royal family, will celebrate the annual Muslim festival of Hari Raya Aidil Fitri with Bruneians and foreigners at the palace, providing every visitor with free buffet and souvenirs. Thousands of people join the annual open house celebration at the palace every year.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Wednesday blamed the Islamic State (IS) for the terrorist attacks on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport that killed 36 people including foreigners and injured many others.
Advertising media Campaign unveiled its annual "Asia Top 1000 Brands" report on Monday, with Samsung occupying the top spot as the most desirable brand in Asia for the sixth year, followed by Apple, Sony, Nestle and Panasonic.
Hokkien Association of Brunei, one of the sultanate's biggest local Chinese organizations on Sunday held a variety of activities to celebrate the coming traditional Dragon Boat Festival.
On Sunday, Barack Obama delivered a stirring commencement speech to the graduating seniors of Rutgers University in which he condemned the toxic “anti-intellectualism” that has taken hold during the current presidential campaign. “Class of 2016, let me be as clear as I can be: in politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue,” the outgoing president opined. “It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness, that’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.”
Hong Kong’s graft-buster has warned of increasing risks of malpractice and corruption in the city’s retail sector amid intensified competition in the current economic downturn.
Here are 4 other mysterious forests around the world that you might not want to visit any time soon.
Travel agencies are pitching popular "smog-escape routes" to attract those looking to get away from air pollution.
Recently-released photos by the crew of Mr.Six show special effects artists meticulously pasting man-made muscles on the chest of award-winning actor Zhang Hanyu so as to help him play the supporting role of Men Saner, a gallant street gangster always ready for a fight and to help his fellows.
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