 Yangtze marker lights to go solar |
| The Yangtze River waterway administration has announced that it will use solar power for the more than 5,700 marker lights along China's busiest waterway.
All 5,700 of the battery-powered navigation mark lights along the world's third longest river...... (9/4/2008 6:46:02 PM) |
| Bye-bye to "bad hair days" as experts unsnarl tangled hair |
| "Bad hair days" could soon become a thing of the past, according to German researchers who say they have unsnarled the mystery of frizzy and tangled hair. (Photo: Chinadaily.com.cn) BEIJING, Sept. 3 -- "Bad hair days" could soon become a thing of...... (9/3/2008 10:04:17 AM) |
| Death toll rises to 38 in SW China earthquake |
| Firefighters dig, bare-handed, two bodies out of the debris in quake-hit Huili county in Sichuan Province August 31, 2008. Death toll from the 6.1-magnitude earthquake has risen to 32 in Sichuan and Yunnan, and more than 400 were injured.(Xinhua...... (9/1/2008 12:30:11 AM) |
| Villagers enjoy free outdoor movies |
| Movies will be shown in rural areas for free in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province.A man uses a projector to play free movies for villagers in Zaozhuang of Shandong Province on Thursday night, August 28, 2008.Ten groups of mobile film projection teams...... (8/31/2008 8:10:08 PM) |
| "Mobile library" open in Shanghai subway station |
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orking staff set a bookrack of the "mobile library" in a subway station in Shanghai, east China, on Aug. 27, 2008. The "mobile library" on the No. 9 subway Line was opened to public on Wednesday. Passengers could fetch books and magazines from the...... (8/28/2008 1:00:06 AM) |
| Olympic souvenir stores see sales boom as team China collects gold |
| A man looks at commemorative coins of "fuwa", mascots of Beijing Olympic Games in a shop in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 12, 2008. The Olympic souvenirs sell briskly in Taiyuan as the event goes on. (Xinhua/Peng Yang)As...... (8/22/2008 2:35:54 AM) |
| Quake-destroyed Sichuan homes 'ready by 2009' |
| People from rural areas of Sichuan who were made homeless by the May 12 earthquake will be able to move into their new homes before December of next year, Vice-Governor Huang Yanrong said Tuesday at a press conference at the Beijing International...... (8/19/2008 6:50:48 PM) |
| 'Mooncake special zone" in supermarket |
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Customers choose mooncakes at a supermarket in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu province, August 18, 2008. As the Mid-Autumn festival approaches, many supermarkets across the country have set up a special area to sell mooncakes. Mid-Autumn Festival,...... (8/18/2008 8:36:02 PM) |
