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China demands Japan protect Chinese crew's safety: spokesman

China on Friday demanded that Japan protect the safety and rights of Chinese crew members days after a Taiwanese trawling boat was detained in waters off Kagoshima, Japan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.

• Xi calls for supporting youth entrepreneurship
• Chinese land reform at crucial stage
• Premier Li calls for greater efforts to develop economy, enhance welfare

Chinese man detained over fatal explosions in Taiyuan

A 41-year-old ex-convict has been detained by police over explosions that killed one person and injured another eight in north China's Shanxi Province earlier this week, police said on Friday.

• Singles Day ignites online retail frenzy
• Triple murderer executed in China
• American adventurers helping to teach in China

A bite of Denmark

A Danish food tasting event was held in the Danish Embassy in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2013. John Kofod, the Danish chief presented his cuisine creations to the attendees.

• Tombs of Han Dynasty unearthed in NW China
• Ethnic textiles excite Chinese youth
• Smog, challenge for Beijing’s Olympic bid

Politics & Foreign Affairs

China, US have seen positive results from cyber security cooperation

• FMs of China, Sierra Leone discuss closer ties
• China supports efforts by DR Congo parties to seek lasting political solution: UN envoy
• Sri Lanka's president wants speedy completion of Chinese funded highway

Society

A record of Beijing air quality change

• All parking lots in Beijing to be numbered, mapped
• Journalists value credibility amid new media challenges
• Medical graduates reluctant to become doctors
• Experts suggest cracking down on increasing junk messages

Business

Fast developed Jinchuan road construction

• China to provide 1 billion USD loan to Pacific islands
• Singles Day ignites online retail frenzy
• German firms expects bigger role in China's reform progress

Life & Culture

Live a harmonious life in Pu'er, SW China

• The language of laughs
• Chinese translator of Hemingway's masterwork remembered
• Feature: A Englishman's dreams of Great Wall
• Living in an urban village: 'Iron-digger' Xiong Sansan

Military

Female sailors of Chinese Navy participate in escort mission in Gulf of Aden

• WZ-10 designer: armed helicopters are no longer
  'weak points' of PLA's equipment
• Military parade held in Red Square in Moscow
• Foreign military attaches observe "Queshan
  Vanguard - 2013B" Exercise
• Test flights of China's J-15, Y-20

Travel

Silk Road Cultural Street in Xi'an

• Autumn scenery in Beijing's Ditan Park
• Colorful autumn scenery of Tianzhu Mountain
• Knotweed flowers liven up Poyang Lake
• Picturesque autumn scenery of Daocheng

Sports

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• Asian Beach Volleyball Championship held in C China
• Highlights of 2013 FEI World Cup Grand Prix
• Nadal seals year-end world No 1 ranking
• Highlights of Judo Grand Prix in Qingdao

Sci-Tech

3D printing experiencing store opened in NE China

• China's satellite navigation system to start oversea operation next year
• Vietnam successfully produces Nano Curcumin for cancer treatment
• Chinese scientists sequence genome of kelp, seafood species