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  • Research team defends Internet addiction project

    2012-05-17 21:40

    Peking University has responded to a furor over its attempts to compile a list of students addicted to the Internet.

  • Earthquake warning system successful

    2012-05-17 20:33

    An earthquake pre-warning was broadcast on TV for the first time in China.

  • Experts: Relax family-planning policy in Guangdong

    2012-05-17 20:32

    Officials in Guangdong, China's most populous province, are being encouraged by population experts to ask the central government for exemptions from the family planning policy.

  • At 75, man becomes dad again

    2012-05-17 20:31

    A newborn girl must have been a pleasant surprise for a 75-year-old father.

  • Progress needed in dodgy drug hunt: watchdog

    2012-05-17 19:50

    China's drug safety watchdog has urged local authorities to give harsh and quick punishments to producers of unsafe gel capsules.

  • Documentary on Lu Xun College of Arts to be aired

    2012-05-17 18:24

    A documentary on Lu Xun College of Arts, a prestigious art school that had far-reaching effects on China's contemporary culture, will be aired on CCTV-10.

  • International book carnival in Ditan Park

    2012-05-17 17:14

    The 2012 Beijing International Book Carnival will take place in Ditan Park from May 18 to 27.

  • Beijing refines its fuel standards

    2012-05-17 17:01

    Beijing will introduce new fuel standards that municipal officials say are nearly on par with the European Union's Euro V on May 31.

  • Guangdong cities team up

    2012-05-17 16:53

    Three cities in Guangdong province have agreed to connect their subway lines, a step forward for the province to promote internal economic integration.

  • Hubei bank bombing principal appeals death sentence

    2012-05-17 16:52

    The major offender of an attempted bank robbery that saw explosives killing two people and injuring 15 others in Central China's Hubei province late last year said Thursday that he would appeal against his death sentence.

  • 3 killed, 1 injured in gas blast, N China

    2012-05-17 15:23

    Three people were killed and one injured after an explosion ripped through a factory in North China's Shanxi province Thursday, local authorities said.

  • Cleaning up in the air

    2012-05-17 15:13

    A total of 146 sanitationmen bustle around the 2100-meter-tall Huashan Mountain, which is famous for its sheer cliffs and plunging ravines, every day at 6:00 am before visitors arrive.

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