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Looking back at a year of mixed blessings

[2014-01-13 08:02]

From days of unrelenting smog to the dismantling of the re-education through work system, our reporters reflect on their top stories during the past 12 months.

US police all a-twitter about Weibo

[2014-01-10 06:41]

When the police department of Alhambra, California, announced that it was opening an account with Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, on Dec 9, the aim was to reach out to the Chinese community and encourage greater cross-cultural engagement.

A different class of teaching

[2014-01-09 07:20]

At 5:20 on a freezing December afternoon, 80 grade-two students gathered in the open air in front of a school building. They split into two groups: students on one side sat on the ground, while the others stood facing them. The groups then split up into small debating teams, with one student standing and a couple of their peers sitting on the ground. When the standing student asked a series of questions, those sitting on the ground attempted to provide answers as concisely as possible.

An end to long-distance learning

[2014-01-09 07:20]

Kakyitso has taught in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province for 21 years. Before 2009, when she was transferred to No 1 Minzu Boarding Primary School in Gonghe county, she had already worked in three towns in the prefecture.

Movie mogul Run Run Shaw, 107, dies in HK

[2014-01-08 08:14]

Run Run Shaw, media mogul and philanthropist, died at his home in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning.

Timeline: Shaw and his empire

[2014-01-08 08:14]

Key moments in the life of Run Run Shaw, including the top 10 films, in terms of artistic achievement, produced or funded by Shaw's companies.

What they said

[2014-01-08 08:14]

"Sir Run Run Shaw promoted the entertainment industry in Hong Kong for a long time, with prominent achievements. At the same time, he was committed to philanthropy that benefits education in Hong Kong and the mainland, as well as scientific research around the world. He was an elder that we very much respected. I express my sadness at the passing of Sir Run Run Shaw and offer condolences to his family."

How drug base fell to long arm of law

[2014-01-07 07:37]

In the murky, pre-dawn light early on Dec 29, more than 3,000 officers, including armed police and frontier guards, embarked on the biggest drugs raid in the history of Guangdong province.

Drug busts around the world

[2014-01-07 07:37]

In September 2013, nine people were arrested in the biggest ever cocaine bust in France. Police seized almost 1.4 metric tons of cocaine, worth around 200 million euros ($272 million), that had been smuggled into the country on an Air France flight from Venezuela. The seizure was the result of cooperation between the security forces in France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Growing food in space could assist in human colonization

[2014-01-06 07:53]

Space, in the words of Captain James T. Kirk, is the final frontier. However, although the human colonization of space is central to the dreams of many aficionados of science fiction, only the most fanatical would contend that humans will achieve that ambition anytime soon.