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President Xi Jinping will arrive in the UK on Monday - the first state visit to that country by a Chinese president in a decade. I am convinced that Xi Jinping's visit will officially usher in a golden era for China-UK relations. According to Ambassa

南医大撩衣男神走红 教师"走火"脱衣示范

Photos of a Nanjing medical school professor have become hugely popular online. 近日，南京医科大学一位教授的照片在网上迅速走红。 In the photos, the professor can be seen teaching without a shirt on in front of the class, using

Drinking coffee may cut risk of skin cancer

BEIJING, Otc. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The more coffee people consume, the less likely they develop the most common form of skin cancer, a new study suggests, according to media reports Tuesday. Our study indicates that coffee consumption may be an importan

Coffee may protect against endometrial cancer: study

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Long-term coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for endometrial cancer, according to a study published online Tuesday in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers Prevention, a journal of the American Associat

Coffee may protect against endometrial cancer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Long-term coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for endometrial cancer, according to a study published online Tuesday in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers Prevention, a journal of the American Associat

Working too much may increase risk of depression

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The odds of a major depressive episode are more than double for those working 11 or more hours a day compared to those working seven to eight hours a day, according to a report published Wednesday in the online journal

India Coffee Culture Brewing as Tea Holds Ground

India is traditionally a tea-drinking country. But it is now acquiring a taste for coffee, prompting global coffee chains to eye the huge market. And local entrepreneurs are also hoping to cash in on the countrys tea-drinking habits by opening new ou

China expands lending to fund-hungry small firms

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese banks have extended more loans to small firms to ease their financial predicaments as the government tightens monetary supply, a banking regulator said Wednesday. Outstanding loans to small firms grew 26.6 percen

中国呼吁梵蒂冈改善对华关系

China has called on the Roman Catholic Church to attempt to improve relations with the East Asian country by adapting Catholicism to Chinese society. 中国呼吁罗马天主教会推动天主教适应中国社会，改善对华关系。 201611301004

British Lt. Gen. Nick Parker to lead foreign forces

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The White House announced Wednesday that British Lieutenant General Nick Parker would serve as acting Commander of NATO's International Security Assistance（援助） Force in Afghanistan until a new U.S. Commander is

中关村二小校园霸凌事件引发群众关注

The Internet has been buzzing about a recent school bullying incident in Beijing. 北京近日发生的一起校园霸凌事件在网络上引发热议。 The mother of a 10-year-old student at Zhongguancun No 2 Primary School wrote an article online

今年前八个月中关村高新企业收入增速创新高

Beijing's high-tech zone Zhongguancun saw fast revenue growth in the first eight months this year despite the country's economic slowdown, statistics show. 统计数据显示，尽管我国的经济有所放缓，不过北京高新技术区中关村今

德国政治家强调预防接种的重要性

BERLIN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- German Federal Health Minister Hermann Groehe stressed Thursday the importance of further expanding vaccination of the population on the occasion of this year's European Immunization Week, which starts on April 22, 2014.

Rainstorm-triggered floods in NW China prove deadly

LANZHOU, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Floods have left one villager dead and two others missing in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province. From 10 p.m. Sunday to early Monday morning, floods have ravaged several districts and counties of the city. In Yuzhong c

Hail, rainstorms hit Beijing

BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Heavy hail and rainstorms hit Beijing on Saturday afternoon, diffusing lingering mugginess in the city. Rainstorms swept the city from northeast to south, and the city's weather forecasting department issued hail and wind

More than 900,000 affected in Chinese rainstorms

BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rain last week affected about 750,000 people in central China's Hunan province, the provincial flood control and prevention headquarters said on Monday. Heavy rain have poured on Hunan since last Wednesday. A t

Over 326,000 people affected in north China rainstorm

TAIYUAN, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- More than 326,000 people have been affected after heavy rain battered a county in Lvliang city, in north China's Shanxi province, local authorities said Wednesday. Torrential rains lashed 512 villages of Linxian county las

Typhoon-triggered rainstorm leaves 23 dead, 9 missing

WUHAN/SHENYANG/BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-three people have been confirmed dead and nine others remained missing after typhoons Damrey and Saola tore through China's eastern coastal regions over the weekend, local authorities said Monday. As

Rainstorms force 656,600 people to relocate in SW China

CHENGDU, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Continuous rainstorms have affected over 656,600 people as of Saturday in southwest China's Sichuan province, said the provincial flood control authorities. As of 5:30 p.m. Saturday, over 62,600 people have been forced to

Iniesta, Benat shine in Spanish La Liga

Iniesta, Benat shine in Spanish La Liga