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IPR cases give credibility boost

[2014-04-21 07:24]

Increase in foreign lawsuits offers judges chance to show abilities

Beijing provides web classes

[2014-04-21 07:24]

Beijing court judges are providing online classes covering intellectual property rights to help members of the public better understand legal issues.

Legal experts call for special courts

[2014-04-21 07:24]

Judges and legal experts have called on the central government to provide specific measures to establish a special court to hear intellectual property rights cases as soon as possible.

China to 'maintain self-sufficiency in food production'

[2014-04-21 07:24]

Despite an expected increase in the country's food imports, China will maintain self-sufficiency in its main food crops, including wheat and rice, in the coming decade, said an agricultural report released on Sunday.

Ya'an recovers quickly from disaster

[2014-04-21 07:24]

1,099 apartments rebuilt in urban area with 17,901 more still to come

Officials, businesses seek to aid tea trade

[2014-04-21 07:24]

The local government and tea companies are trying to boost the tea industry in Ya'an, one of China's largest tea production areas, a year after the region was hit by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake.

Craftsman carries forward traditional pottery craft

[2014-04-21 07:24]

Two dozen glowing pottery pieces revealed as a bowl-like structure is opened in a dim room. Zeng Qinghong gazes at a statue in the center of the pottery pieces, a smile on his face.

Scans of Indian Ocean floor may be completed within week

[2014-04-21 07:24]

The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 entered its 44th day on Sunday as Australian search officials said a crucial series of sonar scans of the Indian Ocean floor could be completed within a week.

Partner of MH370 passenger tries to lead 'normal' life

[2014-04-21 07:24]

At about 9 am on March 8, Sarah Bajc heard the news that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was missing.

Frugal policy slows catering industry to 20-year low

[2014-04-21 07:24]

China's catering industry registered its slowest growth in 20 years in 2013 as the country's anti-corruption campaign targeting official excess took its toll on high-end businesses, an industry report shows.

Japanese cargo ship held in legal dispute dating to 1930s

[2014-04-21 07:24]

A Shanghai court placed a cargo ship of Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines under custody on Saturday after the shipping company failed to comply with the court's ruling on the compensation for two Chinese ships that were rented in the 1930s and later sank.

Residents injure 5 chengguan

[2014-04-21 07:24]

Five temporary workers with the urban patrol bureau in Cangnan county, Zhejiang province, were injured, two seriously, in a dispute with residents on Saturday, an official said on Sunday.