"If English is removed from gaokao, will high schools still offer it as a compulsory course? If not, what about the large number of full-time English-language teachers in the education system? Are they going to lose their jobs?"
An instruction by the education authority in Shaanxi province for primary schools not give written homework to pupils in grades one and two to prevent myopia has been both welcomed and questioned by parents.
Shanghai has become the country's most popular city for the floating population, a survey showed, but the accolade also renews concerns among residents over increased pressure on urban resources.
Beijing will move 300 heavy polluters out of the capital before October to reduce smog and speed up industrial reform, according to authorities.
Five unidentified metal objects landed in three villages in Qiqihar, the local government said on Friday. The objects, reportedly oval in shape, were in flames when they fell from the sky at about 1 pm, witnesses said. Police cordoned off the sites and launched an investigation. No toxic gas or liquid leakage was found, authorities said, adding that the objects' source remains to be confirmed.
"Several financial risks, including local government debt and property market restructuring, lurk in the Chinese market. If all of them launch a strike at the same time, the country would very likely face an overall financial crisis."
The leader of a group that sold more than 20 Vietnamese infants in China was sentenced to death on Friday, sending a strong signal that China will crack down on cross-border human trafficking, authorities said.
Infant trafficking in China has been contained in recent years after the country launched a national initiative against the trafficking of women and children in April 2009, according to NGOs that are dedicated to the fight.
Vietnam has made "brutal and unjustified disruptions" to China's normal, legitimate oil rig drilling and has unilaterally established dozens of drilling platforms in disputed waters, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday.
The phrase "rain on a blue tin roof" sounds like a romantic scene, but in a residential area of Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province, it is more a matter of pragmatism.
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