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Profile: Model ship maker sails on to keep history alive

Wearing a mask and gloves, Wu Pei, 65, carefully smoothed the wooden steps on the scale model of the famed Swedish warship Vasa with a file and then polished them with

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Discover China: Olympics ignites children's passion for winter sports

Wearing a pink ski helmet, 12-year-old Ruan Jiahui tried to keep her balance while smoothly navigating her way down a ski slope in Yanqing, a suburban district of Beijing. Red-faced and sweaty, Ruan

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Experts: Chinese footballers "lack quality"

A panel of Chinese Football Association-approved experts has decreed that Chinese footballers "lack quality" and should be put on a specialized training regimen. The comments came after the CFA reve

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Feature: Chinese, Germans pay homage at tomb of John Rabe, "China's Schindler"

At a corner of a cemetery in the west of Berlin stood the tombstone of John Rabe, an ordinary German businessman who became revered and remembered by Chinese, for he h

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AI drama thinks inside the box

A new multimedia play explores our reliance on artificial intelligence, Cheng Yuezhu reports.At the 2017 Beijing Fringe Festival, young director Chen Ran entered a theater competition where she was as

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Broadcaster's book opens a new chapter

After years of broadcasting news on China Central Television, Kang Hui has become an item of newsworthy interest himself. Despite his fame, he prefers to keep a low profile but he has actually become

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Nepal's Chitwan National Park records first rhino death of 2020

A young and rare one-horned rhinoceros has died in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park (CNP) in central Nepal, authorities confirmed. The baby rhino estimated to b

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Frenchman Clement Noel wins alpine ski men's slalom race in Zagreb

France's Clement Noel wearing the Snow King crown celebrates after winning the alpine ski World Cup men's slalom race in Zagreb, Croatia, January 5, 2020. /AFP Photo France's Clement Noel edge

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ATP Cup day 3 roundup: Medvedev blunts Isner's serve as Russia roll on

Russia's Daniil Medvedev celebrates after winning his match against American John Isner (not pictured) during the ATP Cup group stage in Perth, Australia, January 5, 2020. World No. 5 Daniil M

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The future (and past) of mobile gaming

The summer of 2008 changed everything.Apple’s launch of the App Store a year after the release of the iPhone was a watershed moment not only in the business of technology, but in every aspect of

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Week in Review: Selling out in the Instagram age

Hey everyone, happy 2020. Welcome back to Week in Review where I dive deep into a bit of news from the week or just share some thoughts and go over some of the more interesting stories of the week.If

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Bacteria in Hollywood: Separating fact from (science) fiction

Spoiler alert: Not everything in Hollywood movies is true to life. Off-screen, the lovable loser doesn't always find happiness, the have-a-go hero isn't strangely impervious to the bad guy's bullets

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Six Germans killed, 11 injured in Italy road accident

Six Germans were killed and 11 others injured when a speeding car plowed into them in northern Italy on Sunday, Italian media reported. The incident happened at around

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China to give grace period to people on credit blacklists

China will give leniency to wrongdoers on the credit blacklists and who are restricted from consumption for court order defaults with a grace period from one to three

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Fear isolates the U.S.

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice goes beyond the headlines to dissect, examine and analyze hot-off-the-press issues and break down breaking news into simple bits. The daily column offers a Chines

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Fear isolates the U.S.

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice goes beyond the headlines to dissect, examine and analyze hot-off-the-press issues and break down breaking news into simple bits. The daily column offers a Chines

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Xinhua Headlines: Qinghai tourism set to blossom with winter sports boom

Xinhua Headlines: Qinghai tourism set to blossom with winter sports boom. By Xinhua sportswriters Li Linhai, Shi Yu XINING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- As winter arrives on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the extr