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Ancient books from the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties are now on show at a new exhibition at the Shanghai Museum and about half of the exhibits are listed as "treasured ancient books "in China.

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The city of Xian, ­Northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province, once a key stop and starting point of the ancient Silk Road trade route, has recently hosted a monumental China-Central Asia Summit, which reached a declaration among China and Central Asian countries about cooperation in energy, education, science, healthcare and other areas.

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Dedicated craftsmen and women battle against time itself, breathing new life into China's precious ancient artifacts, report Wang Kaihao, Zou Hong and Sun Ruisheng.

LHASA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Five versions of the Four Treatises, an ancient medical book on traditional Tibetan medicine, have been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory

A research team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered a new species of Jiangxialepis (Galeaspida) in the Silurian strata, which dates back to approximately 438 million years ago, in East Chinas Jiangxi Province.

GUANGZHOU, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Early summer is one of the most enchanting seasons for the city of Maoming in south China Guangdong Province, as the harvest seaso

'Every time I’m afraid, and I’m doing this,' said one devotee.

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