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City of Wild: Pretty olive-green collared finchbills in Beijing

The collared finchbill is a kind of songbird in the bulbul family. Its body is covered by beautiful olive-green feathers. The bird has a black head and black-tipped tai

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City of Wild: Common cranes fly over wetland in Beijing

Common crane is a medium-sized species with gray feathers, a bare red crown and a white streak on its upper back. In Beijing's Yanqing District, you can see flocks of c

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City of Wild: A pretty hoopoe foraging in the sun

Hoopoes are known for their colorful feathers and distinctive "crown." They have a long, curved beak that is used to forage on the ground for insects, such as dung beet

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City of Wild: Mandarin ducks enjoy winter in Beijing

Mandarin ducks are medium-sized ducks that are native to East Asia. They are regarded as a symbol of love in China and are often found in ancient Chinese literature and

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Where have Chinese cities overtaken Western ones?

Editor's note: Keith Lamb is a University of Oxford graduate with an MSc degree in Contemporary Chinese Studies. His primary research interests are international relations of China and China's "so

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Stage play to show China's poverty relief actions in Ningxia

A stage play based on true poverty relief stories in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region will run Nov. 19 - 22 in Beijing.The China Coal Mine Art Troupe and Yinchuan Municipal Bureau o

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City of Wild: The pretty peacocks in Beijing

Nanhaizi Milu Park in southern Beijing is known for hundreds of milu deer living there. But it's actually not just a haven for the deer, but also for peacocks, the colo

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Air quality improves in more Chinese cities, but ozone level rises

The air quality has improved in more Chinese cities, with Yinchuan, Lhasa, Luzhou, Beijing, and Meisha among the top 14 cities securing the full score for keeping pollu

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Upcoming exhibition to hail the Yellow River

Fishing by Duan Zhengqu. [Photo provided to China Daily] The Yellow River nourishes Chinese civilization. It's a cultural and spiritual symbol of the Chinese, who often call it the "mother rive

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Economic Watch: China's housing prices see slower month-on-month growth in July

China's housing market remained stable overall in July, with home prices in 70 major cities registering slower month-on-month growth, official data showed Friday. New

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China's surveyed unemployment rate flat in July

Photo taken on July 25, 2020 shows the site of a job fair in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) --

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (Aug. 8)

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua. Photo taken with a mobile phone shows firefighters transferring a senior villager to a

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Across China: Badminton, ballet and Lego...Youth activity centers change rural kids' lives

Yao Wenjing loves playing badminton. But unlike her urban peers, the 11-year-old village girl did not have a professional guide or an indoor badminton court. Yet an op

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Most Chinese have strong epidemic prevention awareness: survey

Nearly 90 percent of respondents in a recent survey by China Youth Daily believe they have strong awareness of epidemic prevention under regular control measures. Of t

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (July 26)

BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.The Ziyuan III 03 satellite is launched by a Long March

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China's Ningxia donates medical supplies to Ethiopia

A batch of medical supplies, donated by the government of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and bound for Ethiopia's Oromia regional state, set off from Y

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Farewell, high school!

Examinees leave the exam site in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)Gaokao, or the national college entrance exam, concluded in so