Silk Road strategy attracts overseas countries

China's initiative to build the Silk Road economic belt and the 21st century maritime Silk Road has received interest from more than 50 countries, an official said Saturday.

Taiwan bans poultry killing at slaughterhouses

Taiwan on Saturday began a four-day ban on the killing of chickens, ducks and geese at slaughterhouses across the island, as a bird flu outbreak spreads.

• Xi stresses adherence to dialectical materialism
• Fire engulfs east China chemical plant
• Gun, explosives crimes in China at lowest level
• One dead, seven injured in China knife attack
• Beijing to start building four subway lines in 2015
• Fake Chinese bank cheats 200 mln yuan deposit
• Taiwan's ex-leader indicted on new charges
• Top leaders warn of 'unprecedented' security risks
• Beijing to limit population growth this year
• Shanghai reports 2nd H7N9 case in 2015

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  She crosses big China to accost you

  She attained fame overnight, almost rudely. But then she is no ordinary poet, for she has been serving the three muses of poetry, Calliope, Euterpe and Erato, for 16 years.

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  Firemen deaths prompt civil service reform

  The five young firemen who died in the recent Harbin building blaze have prompted public to think about how fire rescue services could be reformed in China.

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Human beings have always found paths to distraction

While obsession with a mobile phone or tablet can be dangerous to one's life, reading a book everywhere one goes can be as dangerous.