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Fighter jets lawfully warded off intruders

[2017-05-29 08:19]

China denied US allegations that two Chinese fighter jets unsafely intercepted a US military plane last week, saying that its aircraft were acting in accordance with the law.

Prosecutors: Stabbings amounted to 'excessive' act of self-defense

[2017-05-29 08:19]

Prosecutors in the appeal of a young man who had been sentenced to life in prison for intentionally causing injury said his behavior fit the legal definition of excessive self-defense when the case was reheard over the weekend.

Navy's reforms aiming for strength, modernity

[2017-05-25 07:03]

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged the Navy to accelerate reforms and strive to become a strong and modern force.

Beijing rebuts credit rating downgrade

[2017-05-25 07:03]

China rebutted international rating agency Moody's downgrading of the country's credit rating on Wednesday, saying the company overestimated the difficulties facing the world's second-largest economy and underestimated the effect of its restructuring reforms and financial strength. Analysts said Moody's has been too pessimistic to appropriately assess China's debt management.

Xi: Two sides of Taiwan Straits share one destiny

[2017-05-25 07:03]

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has called both sides across the Taiwan Straits a community of shared destiny that cannot be prized apart.

Manchester comes amid 300 terror deaths in EU

[2017-05-25 07:03]

The 22 people who died at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester are the latest victims in a wave of attacks that has swept Europe and killed at least 302 people since 2015, all at the hand of Islamist extremists.

Li urges action on urban housing

[2017-05-25 07:03]

By the end of 2017, China will secure full delivery of 18 million new homes for rundown urban areas as part of a three-year program.

China seeks the ultimate high-speed train

[2017-05-25 07:03]

News that Chinese scientists are conducting research in the hope of developing a maglev train that would reach speeds of up to 2,000 kilometers per hour as it rockets through an underwater tube made my jaw drop - until I realized that man's constant search for speed isn't that new.

This Day, That Year

[2017-05-25 07:03]

Item from May 25, 1991, in China Daily: Property hunters look for homes at the 10th Housing Exchange Fair at the Working People's Cultural Palace in Beijing. Most were searching for homes closer to where they work.

Xi: Deep sadness for Manchester

[2017-05-24 07:29]

President Xi Jinping was among world leaders who sent condolences to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II over the deadly explosion in Manchester that killed 22 and injured more than 50 on Monday night.

Reforms to further ease restrictions on foreign investment

[2017-05-24 07:29]

China will ease restrictions on foreign investment, including a further opening-up in sectors such as services, manufacturing and mining, according to a news release issued after a key Party meeting on Tuesday.

AlphaGo 1, human 0 in first of 3 games

[2017-05-24 07:29]

Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo is one step closer to omnipotence in the ancient game of Go on Tuesday after it prevailed in the first of three matches against Ke Jie, a 19-year-old Chinese prodigy who is the world's No 1 human player.

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