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Beijing is launching an 18-month global recruitment drive as it looks to hire around 27,000 volunteers to work at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Cristiano Ronaldo was named the Italian league's player of the year on Monday following his debut season at Juventus.

PARIS - Lionel Messi said he hoped to carry on undimmed by age after claiming a record sixth men's Ballon d'Or award at the age of 32 in Paris on Monday, while USA World Cup superstar Megan Rapinoe took the women's prize.

Li Haotong says he will be bursting with pride when he becomes the first Chinese mainland golfer to play in the Presidents Cup next week.

GENEVA - Paris Saint-Germain chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi and FIFA's disgraced former secretary-general Jerome Valcke were being questioned on Monday by Swiss prosecutors probing alleged corruption in the attribution of soccer broadcasting rights.

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Sometimes we all get tired of hearing the news from the real world - trade wars, political machinations and slowing economies. So, it is great to get immersed in a good long story.

Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

VIENTIANE - A team of eye specialists from Yunnan province concluded a "Bright Journey" in Vientiane, capital of Laos, late last month, highlighting the bilateral people-to-people friendship.

As a child, Zou Zhihan's idea of the law was related to legal aid. "I sometimes saw legal aid volunteers advising and helping the people who had hearing disabilities in my community. It could have been the beginning of my relationship with our legal system - constantly improving, with occasional ups and downs, pressing firmly forward."

Television or online streaming can offer tantalizing glimpses of bygone eras. Costume dramas, by definition, show the fashion of yesteryear in stunning clarity. But, aside from the clothes, social mores, politeness, manners and deference provide an elegant backdrop to unfolding plots. The Longest Day in Chang'an, broadcast over the summer, was no exception. The historical thriller, aired first on online streaming media platform Youku, put into sharp focus the intricate aesthetics of the Tang Dyn

The Yi ethnic group started to celebrate their new year at the end of November. This year, a theater festival made the occasion even more jubilant, with a grand gala, street performances and hundreds of theater productions.

A signing ceremony for a strategic partnership agreement between leading Chinese and British universities was held in Beijing on Nov 28, celebrating their mutual progress and forging deeper ties.

When young director Le Bojuan formed her troupe to attend the Daliangshan International Theater Festival in Xichang, Sichuan province, through Dec 1, she was surprised to find there were six "directors" on her team.

A growing number of Chinese internet users are willing to pay for digital content, with a rising need for high-quality products, video content and better user experiences brought about by new technologies, a report said on Tuesday.

An increasing number of Chinese smartphone vendors are marching into the chip sector, after realizing the importance of in-house research and development capabilities for the semiconductor sector.

BEIJING - Facing increasing global complexities and waves of tech revolution, China has outlined its blueprint for higher-quality growth with deeper reform and wider opening-up measures.