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China mulls law revision to accelerate national water network construction

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday began reviewing a draft revision to the country's Water Law, with the latest draft incorporating provisions to speed up the development of a ...
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Tokyo stocks end higher on tech buybacks

TOKYO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Tuesday on dip-buying of technology shares. The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended up 328.34 points, or 0.50 ...
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Across China: Millennia-old Chinese brocade weaves new threads of expression

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vincent van Gogh's iconic painting "Irises" has found an unexpected new canvas -- a traditional Chinese Qipao dress woven in brocade.
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New Yellow River tunnel opens in east China, easing cross-river traffic

JINAN, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Drivers can now cross the Yellow River, China's second-longest river, in just about five minutes, as a new tunnel opened to traffic on Tuesday in Jinan, capital of east ...
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1st LD-Writethru: China launches 7 new satellites

TAIYUAN, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday launched a Long March-6C carrier rocket, placing seven satellites into space. The rocket blasted off at 11:21 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan ...
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Glimpse of e-commerce giant JD.com's robot data collection center in E China's Jiangsu

A technician collects data for housework scenario at a robot data collection center of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com in ...
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Animated movie 'Mystery of Chang'an' explores uncharted territory

China's animated movie industry has never seen a detective comedy quite like "Mystery of Chang'an." Blending Tang dynasty ...
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China launches 7 new satellites

China on Tuesday launched a Long March-6C carrier rocket, placing seven satellites into space. The rocket blasted off at ...
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South Australia announces H5N1 bird flu vaccination program for captive species

CANBERRA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in South Australia (SA) on Tuesday said they will vaccinate about 100 captive birds against the H5N1 strain of avian influenza amid a growing outbreak in the ...
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China seeks to revise banking regulation law to strengthen consumer protection

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday began the second reading of a draft revision to the banking supervision and regulation law, which aims to better protect consumers' rights and ...
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US threatens 'economic D-Day' sanctions on Iran

The U.S. Treasury Department said in a press release that the new sectoral sanctions determinations target five critical ...
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China raises weather alert as two typhoons approach

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authorities on Tuesday upgraded its typhoon alert from yellow to orange, the second-highest in its four-tier system, as two typhoons are expected to ...