\”Very few ceramics from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) have survived. The scarcity is like the giant panda. Exceptionally rare, very rarely preserved even around the globe,\” President Xi Jinping said to
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China launches four meteorological satellites
A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying four meteorological satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 5, 2024. The satellites, belonging to the Tianmu-1 met
China\’s futures market sees robust trading in 2023
BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — China\’s futures market logged brisk trading in terms of both volume and turnover in 2023, data from the China Futures Association showed.
The market\’s transaction volume st
China\’s foreign trade in agricultural produce up
BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — China\’s foreign trade in farm produce went up 0.4 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2023, official data shows.
The country\’s total value of imports and exports
Rare spoonbills spotted in wetlands in Xiamen, SE China\’s Fujian
Eurasian spoonbills, a bird species under national second-class protection in China, fly above the Maluanwan wetlands in Xiamen, southeast China\’s Fujian Province. (People\’s Daily Online/Chen Bo)A go
Trending in China | Indigo-dyed cloth
Indigo dyeing has a history in China that stretches back millennia. The dye‘s distinctive blue color comes from indigo leaves, which are fermented in rice alcohol with wild plants and lye. The resulti
Fishermen engage in winter fishing in Zhangshu, E China\’s Jiangxi
Aerial photo shows fishermen catching fish in a reservoir in Dianxia township, Zhangshu city, east China\’s Jiangxi Province. (Photo/Zhou Liang)Fishermen are busy engaging in winter fishing in a reserv
Chinese electric airplane completes maiden flight
BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — A Chinese homegrown electric airplane has completed its maiden flight at an airport in the country\’s eastern province of Zhejiang, according to the Science and Technology D
Shanghai handles over 19.6 million inbound, outbound travelers
SHANGHAI, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — Shanghai recorded more than 19.6 million inbound and outbound travelers in 2023, the city\’s border inspection authorities said on Thursday.
Some 19 million passengers ente