The Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria lifted its freeze of its grants to China worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but the grant will be cut by over 50 percent, the Beijing Times reported Thursday.
Anxious mothers-to-be asking for caesareans crowded a maternity hospital in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province starting in late August, as they want their children to start school earlier, the Yangtze Evening News reported.
A bombed-out hole measuring up to 19 meters was found in the No.6 tomb of Qin state in June in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, but the treasures remain intact, chinanews.com reported on Thursday.
Starting Sep1, China's foreign ministry will hold five regular press conferences each week, up from the twice-a-week tradition that has been followed for the last 16 years.
Martial art schools are losing luster in Anhui province and Dengfeng city of Central China's Henan province, China Comment reported.
A group of environmental protection organizations jointly released a second report on Wednesday, accusing 27 Apple Inc's manufacturers of pollution.
The new Cost Of Living Index (COLI) will help improve the linkage mechanism between the adjustment of minimum wage and commodity prices.
To support struggling small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), China's State Council will hold a conference in September for SMEs to discuss policies for the sector's development.
A new personal income tax law of China will be implemented from Sept 1, exempting 60 million people from paying personal income tax from that date onwards, china.com.cn reported Wednesday.
China's banking industry may risk facing significant pressure in the future, Fitch Ratings warned during the 2011 Sovereign and Banking Seminar in Beijing.
A student from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies has made an online apology for his role in the mass hacking of his schoolmates' computers on Monday.
A man in Central China's Hunan province used a TV ad to bring his missing father home and helped him turn himself in to authorities, the Yangtze Evening News reported on Wednesday.