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Covering the changing times of China
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| As the year ends, we return to some of the people who told us their stories. |
Billions to be spent to protect forests
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| The central government will spend 220 billion yuan ($33 billion) over the next decade to protect China's natural forests. |
Marriage database to go online
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| China will establish a nationwide online database for marriage registration by the end of 2015 to enhance efficiency and prevent marital fraud, a senior civil affairs official has said. |
Citizens rush to comment on new requisition law
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| People who wanted to express their views about a proposed new law on building requisitions have rushed to submit their opinions before Friday's deadline. |
Public irate about VIP train seats
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| Many are demanding the removal of expensive VIP train seats after it was revealed the cost of a new first-class service between Shanghai and Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu will exceed that of airfare between the cities. |
Govt plans for output losses due to climate change
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| China has been working to reduce the risk of decreasing grain harvests caused by global warming in coming decades. |
Officials claim new villas on heritage site built illegally
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| Developer avoids need for approval claiming area under military control |
14 children die in accident
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| At least 21 people were killed - including 14 schoolchildren - and 21 injured in two car accidents on Monday, one involving a pileup of more than 100 vehicles. |
Arms trafficking gangs cracked
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| A police investigation that caught a gang allegedly trafficking in firearms and ammunition online in East China's Jiangsu province led to a nationwide crackdown that uncovered 366 cases, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday. |
Experts dismiss State secret claims
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| The State-owned traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) giant, Yunnan Baiyao Group Co, is under a spotlight following the suspected leaking of State secrets overseas. |
Coal mining probe nets hundreds
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| A total of 906 government officials in North China's Shanxi province were punished in the past 11 months during a provincial campaign against corruption in the coal mining sector. |
Fisheries to get more protection
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| China will intensify management of the fishing industry in its territory, an annual national fishery conference heard on Thursday. |
Experts: Beijing on target for low-carbon economy
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| China is set to move toward a low carbon economy, experts at the 2nd US-China Low-Carbon Economy Conference in New York said. |
Peking Opera can come on wheels, too
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| Care for a side of traditional Peking Opera singing with that order of chicken fried rice, sir? |
Journalist left in a coma after gang's mystery attack
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| Six people have been detained on suspicion of attacking a journalist, police in Kuitun, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, announced on Monday afternoon. |
Residents return to apartments after fire safety project is completed
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| Reluctant householders troubled by view of burnt-out shell and paint odors |
Mercy may be shown to the elderly
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| Offenders will be spared death for non-violent crimes |
Improved family planning to sustain development
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| China will stick to its national family planning policy, but improve its policies in aspects like reproduction, migration and gender equality to achieve a more balanced and sustainable population development, said a senior official. |
Teacher detained for burning kindergartners
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| A kindergarten teacher accused of burning seven children with a hot iron on last Tuesday has been detained by police for 10 days and fired from her job in East China's Jiangsu province, local authorities said over the weekend. |
Family cries foul over father's death in detention
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| Prosecutors in an East China city are probing the sudden death of an inmate who was in police custody for less than a month after his family claimed he might have been beaten, local authorities said on Sunday. |
Early puberty under the microscope
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| The Ministry of Health has issued its first clinical guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of precocious puberty to ensure that increasing incidents of the condition are properly managed. |
Boat sinks after hitting ROK ship
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| Investigation begins after a sinking that leaves two Chinese dead |
From the editor
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| Greetings from China Daily, the national Englishlanguage newspaper of the People’s Republic of China. |
Subsidy for sea burials to increase fivefold
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| This municipality on China's eastern coast will increase subsidies for sea burials by fivefold to preserve limited land resources. |
2 flour additives may be banned
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| China's health authority is soliciting public views on a proposed ban on two popular flour-bleaching agents that could take effect by next December. |
Consumers concerned about too many antibiotics in meat: Survey
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| More than 90 percent of Chinese surveyed said they were worried about health hazards posed by the intake of unwanted antibiotics through meat consumption and called for mandatory labeling. |
Officials feeling pressure over illegal land use
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| Heads from 12 cities and regions with serious illegal land-use problems across China were invited to the Ministry of Land and Resources on Thursday for a face-to-face chat. |
Diplomacy goes on for DPRK-ROK tensions
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| China continues to push for a new round of talks as hostilities run high |
China's navy takes charge on the high seas
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| Just upon its arrival at the Gulf of Aden towards dusk on Christmas Day in 2009, the frigate Chaohu received its first task - to escort the Chinese bulk carrier Dexinhai 800 nautical miles away. |
Musk deer poachers detained
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| The carcasses of 10 forest musk deer, which join pandas on China's most endangered species list, have been found in a crackdown on poaching in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. |
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