SIPO: Efforts continue to strengthen IP protection

China will establish a better environment to protect intellectual property rights as it continues to battle infringements, a senior official from State Intellectual Property Office said at a recent meeting.

'Top 10' cases in Jiangsu named as patents, plant varieties flourish

East China's Jiangsu province unveiled its top 10 intellectual property investigations in 2011 at a press conference in Shanghai at the end of last month.

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Mobile phone focus on rural eye care

Mobile phones are not just devices to make calls. They have already played an active role in combating social challenges, such as healthcare, education and environment inefficiencies by providing solutions to allocate recourses and spread knowledge in underserved communities.

Raising awareness of water use

Having a short shower can save some water but people can do more than that by purchasing a water-friendly pair of jeans.

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Encouraging poorer youngsters to read

Grade six student Zhu Xueli from Yunnan province owns just one extracurricular book, How the Steel was Tempered. She bought it at a second-hand bookstall with pocket money she had saved.

Coffee chain reaches out to locals

Starbucks brought together 400 employees and their families, customers and local college students at the Hujialou North community in Beijing's Chaoyang district on April 17 to build a GREEN neighborhood.

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Drug headache for testers

Despite increased testing, WADA is facing an uphill battle to catch cheats in London

The lure of the Games for Stosur

When Australian tennis player Sam Stosur competed in her first Olympics at the 2004 Athens Games, she readily admits she was overawed by the occasion and too shy to mix with athletes from other sports.

Clippers rally from 27 down

Chris Paul begged coach Vinny Del Negro to put him back into the game for the fourth quarter and not give up despite being down 21 points.