• Mainland's Taiwan affairs chief expresses condolences over Taiwan quake again

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  BEIJING - Zhang Zhijun, the Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief, on Monday conveyed condolences from leaders of the mainland to the victims of the strong earthquake that struck southern Taiwan more than a week ago.

• Chinese investors renew 'gold rush' as market prices rocket up

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  A "gold rush" during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday and chaos in the global stock market have pushed the price of gold up on a daily basis in China, the China Business News has reported.

• Lost foreign tourists receive help from local police

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  A local policeman attempts to communicate with a Russian tourist to provide help in Yuchen city, East China's Shandong Province

• A thirst for change in polluted waterways

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  The quality of China's water resources has been in decline for several decades. Now, measures are being introduced to return the country's lakes, rivers and subterranean supplies to health.

• Chinese Visit Temple Fairs During Spring Festival Holiday

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  A folk artist performs during a Spring Festival temple fair held

• Watch this space for signs of alien life

  People & Stories |

  The surest indication that intelligent life is out there is that they have not tried to contact us. We, on the other hand, have been trying for decades to contact them - whoever, or whatever, they may be.

• Why Spring Festival reunion is important

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  In recent Spring Festivals, I've been a road warrior alternately visiting my parents and parents-in-law who live thousands of kilometers apart.

• Red-Letter Day: Uncovering Beijing’s Literary and Ideological Past

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  It’s a bitterly cold Beijing morning with flurries of snow floating around us. I’m joining Nelly Alix from Beijing by Heart (who also took us on a visit of Guozijian last August) for a three-hour walking tour. We’ll be exploring the city’s past, with stops at the former residence of writer Lao She, the Red Building of the old Peking University, and Zhongshan Park, where writers gathered for artistic inspiration in the 1920s.

• Netcoms executives deny porn allegation

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  Four executives from a former online video service company pleaded not guilty to spreading pornography on the Internet when they stood trial in a Beijing court on Thursday.

• Nanjing gets defensive about city wall after claims by Xi'an

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  The Tourism Administration Bureau of Xi'an has apologized for suggesting that while its city wall has stood for more than 600 years, walls in Nanjing and Beijing had disappeared long ago.