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An ethnic minority member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee listens attentively to the opening speeches. Zou Hong / China Daily
BEIJING - China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin highlighted real economy and a "steady and robust" economic development in a work report delivered on Saturday.
Holiday Special
GUANGZHOU / BEIJING - Thousands of people in a village in South China's Guangdong province went to polls on Saturday to elect a new village committee, several months after staging massive protests over illegal land sales and other issues.
Holiday News and Commentary
MOSCOW - Russians will go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president from among five candidates.
Holiday People
This spring, a Chinese organization is looking for women who are more beautiful than the flowers in bloom. This is not a beauty pageant, a reality TV show or a matchmaking activity. It is a search for ordinary Beijing women who are beautiful inside and out. The contest will be launched on Thursday, International Women's Day, and is sponsored by the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation to mark 30 years since Soong Ching-ling's Beijing residence opened its doors to the public.
Holiday Image
KATHMANDU - Home to part of Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest in the West, the scenic country of Nepal on Sunday added another height-related superlative - of having the world's shortest man.
Holiday Read
BEIJING - Finally, here comes the March Madness of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Holiday Trend
Despite China's significant role in international sports, it is still a comparative novice with only a few professionals and enthusiasts tackling the rugged sport of rugby for China. However, its return to the Olympic family has given it an opportunity to raise its profile in the country.
Holiday Business
Any visitor to the New Museum in New York in early February might have thought that the fourth floor was being gutted. It was almost impossible to walk without stepping on a piece of wood or a pile of rubble.
Holiday Travel
Could an eating discipline pioneered by Buddhist monks and nuns help teach us how to get healthy, relieve stress and shed many of the neuroses that we've come to associate with food?
Holiday Sports
COUNTY WICKLOW, Ireland - When Sinead O'Connor opened the door of her home recently, wearing a T-shirt that read "Property of Jesus" and a wool hat low over her blazing eyes, she sounded weary. "I'm very physically tired in a way that I've never been in my life," she said. "It's almost like my blood feels like lead."
Arts and Styles
In the past few years researchers have been testing simple video-game-like programs aimed at relieving common problems like anxiety and depression. Recent results have been encouraging enough that the programs are being delivered on smartphones " therapy apps that may soon make psychological help accessible anytime, anywhere.
Sunday Food
Business travelers are the envy of others because they seem to enjoy all the privileges of luxury that shoestring backpackers forgo.
Sunday Style
She is walking proof that Chinese women have an almost ageless beauty. Yue-sai Kan has seen a few decades go by, but no one could possibly guess she's over 60, unless they were immigration or tax officers with privileged information.
Sunday Kaleidoscope
Sometimes life as a journalist means you get to meet fascinating people. On one recent day, for example, I find myself standing with China's President Hu Jintao, who cheerfully waves to an eager crowd that seems to admire my good fortune.
Sunday Travel
Most people responded with a mixture of perplexity and bewilderment when I told them where I was going next. Some questioned my sanity. Others simply listed an inventory of personal belongings to bequeath them should I fail to return.
