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    Exotic species get claws into pet market

    Higher wages and better living standards mean many Chinese are no longer satisfied with cats and dogs, so they are embracing lizards, snakes, crocodiles and even rare ants. Yang Wanli reports. Pet ownership is not a new phenomenon in China.…

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    Exhibition displays Chinese paper-making culture in Hangzhou

    The Contemporary Art on Chinese Paper-making Culture exhibition is being held at the Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province through Sept 19, featuring creative paper artworks by about 40 contemporary Chinese artists. The show includes sculptures, art…

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    10 masterpiece films from the 1990s

    Editor’s Note: Last week, fans from around the world reveled as news surfaced that The Shawshank Redemption would return to theaters as part of its 25th anniversary celebration. The announcement even made the most-discussed topics on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter…

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    New CFA chief sets clear targets

    Chen Xuyuan, newly elected president of the Chinese Football Association, has set realistic agendas for the national men’s and women’s teams. “We will make full efforts to make our men’s team the leading contingent in Asia and develop our women’s…

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    Real estate sees slower growth in earnings

    The majority of property developers in China reported continuous but slowing profit growth in the first half of 2019. Industry experts said that this reflects that a stable development trend is emerging in the nation’s real estate market. The net…

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    Rich tapestry of tenacity

    The story of Wei Yaping and her husband, Tsetan Sharpa, who run a thriving Tibetan-rug business, is also about overcoming cultural differences and succeeding, Daqiong and Palden Nyima report in Lhasa. It was butter tea-not her fluent Tibetan or clothing-that…

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    Ethics body set to improve oversight of tech

    The establishment of a national ethics committee on science and technology will improve supervision and ensure they develop along the right path, experts said. “There have long been calls to set up a top-level ethics committee to enable unified supervision…