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Kashgar gives top priority to education

[2013-03-13 07:12]

Education has become the top priority for Kashgar, a prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Watcher follows path of nation's reform

[2013-03-13 07:12]

One of Harvard University's top China scholars, Ezra Vogel, has been keeping an eye on the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. This year's NPC is especially important because it is selecting new government leaders for the next decade.

Look forward to a new-look China

[2013-03-13 07:12]

Nostalgia is a funny thing. Some of the veteran expats I meet yearn for the good old days when the spidery network of hutong in Beijing defined the capital city. They like to tell of the time long ago when a kebab cost a few fen rather a couple of yuan, and they get all misty-eyed at the thought of people riding around on bicycles rather than in cars.

Growth with Guizhou flair

[2013-03-13 07:12]

Poverty-stricken Guizhou province will push its own style of industrialization and urbanization to realize its goal of building a prosperous society by 2020, authorities said.

Pig farmer deputy keeps one eye on life at home

[2013-03-13 07:12]

"I am already homesick," said Liang Wentong, 38, a farmer from Congjiang county in Guizhou province, when interviewed on March 5, the first day of the annual session of the National People's Congress.

Two sessions: a test and a feast for reporters

[2013-03-13 07:12]

Being in an occupation that abounds with night owls, getting up before 6 am for more than 10 consecutive days is already quite a challenge. But this is just the beginning for reporters covering the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.