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Foundation, university to train food-safety experts

[2014-05-26 07:05]

A foundation in Hangzhou is helping to plant the seeds of food safety amid increasing public concern over the industry.

Around China

[2014-05-24 08:02]

A man in Zuoquan county has been feeding his 3-year-old daughter mouth-to-mouth for more than 500 days, as she suffers from the rare cardiac failure flaccid disease, Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday. From 2012, the girl started to vomit every day and couldn't eat. The girl is receiving medical treatment in Shanxi Children's Hospital. The disease causes the lower esophageal sphincter muscle to lose its relaxed state so that food gets stuck in the esophagus.

Quotable

[2014-05-24 08:02]

"Job vacancies in our oil field are open to the public. This year, we have signed labor contracts with more than 1,000 graduates, nearly 90 percent of whom are not the children of employees."

The Number

[2014-05-24 08:02]

2.4 percent

On the web

[2014-05-24 08:02]

Highlights from chinadaily.com.cn

Sino-Russian exercise a learning experience for both sides

[2014-05-24 08:02]

Chinese and Russian naval officers can better hone their capabilities in joint operations thanks to a host of improvements, according to commanders from both nations overseeing a large ongoing exercise in the East China Sea.

Industry hopes for second wind

[2014-05-24 08:02]

Turbine maker counting on new ultrahigh-voltage lines to push up market demand

Maintaining credit growth is key, Li tells business heads

[2014-05-24 08:02]

Premier Li Keqiang said appropriate policy tools and timely fine-tuning have been developed to tackle capital shortages in the real economy, as the world's second-largest economy continues to face "relatively big" downward pressure.

Urumqi cafe owners aid victims of attack

[2014-05-24 08:02]

"Life will go on, and we will continue to run our restaurant in Urumqi," said Chen Zongyan, 46, owner of a dumpling restaurant on the street where terrorists attacked on Thursday in the capital city of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Govt to compensate local vendors after deadly bombing

[2014-05-24 08:02]

Vendors at the open-air market where a terrorist attack took place in Urumqi on Thursday morning were asked to report their losses to the local government on Friday.

7,000-strong tour group breaks record in US trip

[2014-05-24 08:02]

A record-breaking group of nearly 7,000 Chinese visitors began gathering in California this week, an example of what an analyst called "Chinese travelers' growing interest in the United States as a tourist destination despite political differences".

Sound Bites

[2014-05-24 08:02]

If China is to attract foreign experts, not just for short periodic visits, as in my case, but as permanent faculty members of universities such as SJTU, then it is essential also to provide a congenial and supportive intellectual environment, which takes for granted that real innovation in science and technology must inevitably rest on the freedom to challenge even the most strongly established beliefs.

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