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Developers ignore regulations as they dig in search of profits

[2013-10-18 08:11]

China's frenzied real estate development poses a grave threat to a large number of ancient tombs, according to Ni Fangliu, a historian in the field of tombs and grave objects.

Time to get straight to the point

[2013-10-17 07:23]

The Chinese government has moved to improve the transparency of official information through a radical overhaul of the system whereby departmental spokespeople explain government policy.

If you ask what are the most-feared venomous animals and insects, most people would say snakes, scorpions and spiders. But if you ask that question in the villages around Ankang in Shaanxi province, the answer is universally, "hornets".

Firsthand experience of an attack

[2013-10-16 07:25]

Hu Libin, a native of Ankang city in Shaanxi province, was attacked by hornets when he was supervising workers cleaning roads in the suburb.

Last of the reindeer hunters

[2013-10-15 07:22]

It was late September and the breathtaking scenery dyed in boundless golden color spread across the Greater Hinggan Mountains in the far northeastern district of Hulunbuir in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

FACT BOX: The Ewenki ethnic group

[2013-10-15 07:22]

According to China's sixth national census, conducted in 2010, there are 30,875 ethnic Ewenki living in the country, compared with their 37,000-odd counterparts in Russia.

Bringing a book to Aoluguya

[2013-10-15 07:22]

I had been eagerly looking forward to the interview for months, ever since I read the novel Right Bank of Ergun River by Chi Zijian, which won one of China's highest literary awards, the Mao Dun Literature Prize, in 2008. This mesmerizing Ewenki epic aroused my interest in the Aoluguya living deep in the Greater Hinggan Mountains.