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Calculating approach to math may be the sum of all our fears

[2012-11-27 08:09]

OK, answer this question. The marines are assigning dorms to new recruits. If each available room is shared by three marines, 20 will have nowhere to sleep. If six share a room, two lucky marines can each have a room to themselves. If 10 share each room, how many rooms will be left unoccupied?

Healthy debate over premarital checks

[2012-11-26 08:02]

'If you found any health problems that might affect whether or not you can have a child, would you still get married?" asked Xue Peng.

The nurse's story

[2012-11-26 08:02]

Yan Ruizhi, 29, a nurse at a branch office of the Xishan district center for women and children's health in Kunming, had a premarital checkup with her husband in 2009 as part of a promotion on the first day the center offered free premarital physical examinations.

Business school classes may be the bottom line

[2012-11-23 08:14]

China's rise to become one of the world's major economic powerhouses has boosted demand for MBA courses among students, all hoping to gain the sought-after qualification and increase their chances of claiming a well-paid, prestigious position.

Painting a grim picture in Songzhuang

[2012-11-22 08:05]

Three years ago, Dou Jinjun would never have imagined that he would one day be reduced to hawking his artworks outside a bustling open-air antiques market in southern Beijing, hoping to attract a customer or two.

Business vs brushes

[2012-11-22 08:05]

The rise in the price of land has forced an irrevocable change in the relationship between Songzhuang artists and the local farmers, their long time hosts, according to painter Lin Wei, who moved to the area in 2002.

University passes stiff examination

[2012-11-21 08:10]

If it were not for the nameplate on the small, locked gate, one could mistake the university for a high school. Through the gate, the entire campus is visible: two main buildings in the foreground, with a small running track behind them, while a dormitory and canteen stand in the distance.

Local authority aims to raise student numbers

[2012-11-21 08:10]

After the official founding of South University of Science and Technology in September, construction began on another university to which the Shenzhen government attaches great importance: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen Campus).

Q+A | Zhu Qingshi

[2012-11-21 08:10]

Editor's note: Zhu Qingshi is principal of the South University of Science and Technology and is also a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Mosques give women a major say

[2012-11-20 08:10]

It was still dark at 6:25 am on a late October morning in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province. Carefully gripping the handrail, Ma Guifang, 80, slowly climbed the stairs to the prayer hall on the second floor of Lulan women's mosque for morning prayers, her aching knees protesting at the ascent.

Texts and tolerance

[2012-11-20 08:10]

Ma Ying opened an envelope, took out a monthly magazine for Chinese Muslims and displayed it on a shelf along with the other publications at Lanzhou Muslim Library in Lanzhou, Gansu province. It's China's only library specifically for Muslims and has a collection of more than 30,000 books about Islam and its followers.