The first dragon in the scroll depicts a Chinese myth — a carp leaping over Dragon Gate. The myth has it that if a carp successfully jumps over the gate at the top of a waterfall, it is transformed into a dragon.
The flap also has ensnared legendary Chinese basketball player Yao Ming. Yao, a Hall of Famer who played for the Rockets for eight seasons, is also the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the owner of the league's Shanghai Sharks.
The findings were published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal produced by the American Association for Cancer Research.
The firm is building its team in Shanghai to boost its research into more Chinese companies and "to find China's future winners", said John MacDougall, partner and chairman of Baillie Gifford in China.
The first-quarter surplus under the current account was cut to .4 billion from a preliminary figure of billion, data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) showed on Thursday.
The first 106 Hong Kong passengers from the Diamond Princess, who returned to Hong Kong on another chartered flight on Wednesday, are also being accommodated at Chun Yeung under a two-week quarantine.
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The first self-driving taxi in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, starts trial operation. [Photo by Liu Liqin/For China Daily]
The first talks between China and South Africa on people-to-people exchanges and culture was praised on Monday by President Xi Jinping, who said it would “build a foundation” of public support for the ties and stimulate cultural exchanges.
The forecast, made jointly by the National Climate Center and the Ministry of Water Resources, said cold air will be frequent in the northwestern and southern parts of China, including the provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Guizhou as well as the Xinjiang Uygur and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous regions, with temperatures an average of 1 C to 2 C lower than in previous winters.
The former general manager of China’s State-owned Sinochem Group Cai Xiyou was sentenced to 12 years in prison for taking bribes by a court in Shandong province on Wednesday.