Martial arts master Chen Fusheng (back) looks at students practicing Chinese Kung Fu at his family-run martial arts school in Lixian Town, Daxing district of Beijing June 28, 2012.
The People's Liberation Army troops had been at the garrison for a month, following the return of Hong Kong to China on July 1, 1997, and many residents expected them to have a high-profile presence.
Between 38 and 41 people were missing as of press time on Thursday in the aftermath of rain-triggered mudslides in Southwest China's Sichuan province.
The astronauts bid their farewells on Thursday to the Tiangong-1 space lab module, their home for 10 days, and prepared to return home on Friday.
Flocks of sheep are seen in this picture taken on June 27, 2012 in the grassland Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
More than 300 people, 21 vessels and three aircrafts participated in a joint drill by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
The Beijing International Copyright Trade Center joined with the Web portal new1001 on a "listed trade platform" for international performing arts during the China International Copyright Expo last week.
The central government said on Wednesday that it will encourage foreign investors to use China's currency to conduct trade settlements and investment in Hong Kong.
Beijing has proposed forming a China-Latin America cooperation forum and both sides should strive to increase trade to $400 billion within 5 years.
Assailants attacked the offices of Microsoft in Athens early Wednesday, setting off an incendiary device that burned the building entrance.
China's manned submersible Jiaolong set a new national dive record on Wednesday after reaching 7,062 meters below sea level.
A latest door-to-door check has found 394 people were injured in Sunday's earthquake that shook a mountainous area in Southwest China, up from 118 previously reported.
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