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Keeping tabs on safety

[2012-12-24 07:55]

After the Fukushima nuclear accident, Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management Co instigated 17 specific action plans to improve the safety features of its reactor units. So far, it has fulfilled more than half of them.

Monks vent anger at self-immolation

[2012-12-21 07:05]

Carrying a large bottle of liquefied butter, Thangmokor walked slowly in his red robes - a distinguishing feature of Tibet's Buddhist monks - toward one of the halls of Kirti Monastery in the northwest of Aba county, Sichuan province. The elderly monk was on his way to refill the butter lamps in the halls so the flames could continue to burn as part of the daily rituals.

Interview: Prime suspect

[2012-12-21 07:05]

Editor's note: Lorang Konchok is currently awaiting trial. The 40-year-old became a monk at Kirti Monastery at age 17.

From the streets to the Great Hall of the People

[2012-12-20 08:04]

A number of migrant workers have become political figures after being elected as delegates at high-level political meetings. Tang Yue reports from Shanghai and Beijing.

Ningxia residents begin the long climb out of poverty

[2012-12-19 08:08]

Zhang Yanqin and her poverty-stricken family are used to relying on charity. To show their gratitude, Zhang has pasted donation receipts on the wall of their cave dwelling in a remote village in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

The region where water tanks denote social status

[2012-12-19 08:08]

In the rural areas of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, most people measure success by the number of cisterns they own. In the dry sandy region, rainfall is the only source of water and cistern ownership denotes social status.

Microfinance in Ningxia

[2012-12-19 08:08]

Microfinance is widely used in Ningxia by farmers whose access to banking and related services is limited because of high transaction costs.

Yellow River Valley Charity

[2012-12-19 08:08]

The Yellow River flows through the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Aging communities not too old to change

[2012-12-18 07:57]

Almost 12 months after villagers in Wukan, Guangdong province, made national and international headlines with their organized and, admittedly sometimes, violent protests, the coastal province is piloting more than 120 projects to reconnect with the public and avert future disputes.

The end of the world as we know it?

[2012-12-17 09:46]

According to some readings of the Mayan calendar, the world will end on Friday, Dec 21. China Daily canvassed the views of a popular Buddhist monk, a student who invented a clock that tells people how much longer they have to live, an astrologer, a best-selling science fiction writer, and an entrepreneur.

An unfolding drama for online video sites

[2012-12-14 08:04]

Yang Lei, a 25-year-old student at Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, loves comedy movies and stuffed animals.

Content will drive payment

[2012-12-14 08:04]

It will take a long time to cultivate a market for subscription-based online video services in China, according to a report published by the China Internet Network Information Center in March.