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'Flash-quitters' quick to make for the door

[2013-05-10 07:05]

Would you quit your job if the heavens opened and you didn't own an umbrella?

Jaywalkers tread with care in capital

[2013-05-09 08:07]

A red light and crowd of pedestrians rushing across the street: It's a common sight in Beijing. However, the frequency of jaywalking is expected to decline following a new regulation that allows police to fine those who cross the road recklessly, either on foot or by bike.

Street talk

[2013-05-09 08:07]

"Why didn't the government consult the public before launching this regulation? Why didn't they ask the people's opinion on this issue? I didn't know about this rule until the day the police started to ticket jaywalkers.

Decades-old case returns to public eye

[2013-05-08 08:00]

An unsolved case of poisoning nearly two decades old has hit the headlines again after a petition posted on the White House website named a suspect and called for her to be extradited to China.

The daily routine

[2013-05-08 08:00]

Retirement should be a carefree time. After a lifetime's work, those in the autumn of their years have earned the right to take things easy and enjoy life. However, that's not the case for Zhu Ling's parents. If anything, their lives are now harder than ever before.

Wetlands a world for birds

[2013-05-07 08:12]

For Chen Xuegu, 51, the Nanhai wetland is almost his entire world.

H7N9 hits the elderly hardest

[2013-05-07 08:12]

Clinical research has found that nearly 60 percent of the more than 100 people infected with the H7N9 virus are aged 60 or older.

Death puts focus on psychological danger

[2013-05-06 08:10]

Every morning students hurry to classes and laboratories at Fudan University's medical school in Shanghai. As they pass in front of the dormitory, they slow to examine rows of origami cranes hanging on the college grounds.

Case prompts security review

[2013-05-06 08:10]

The Huang Yang case has raised doubts over the management of college laboratories, and as a result, many colleges and universities have ordered their laboratories to carry out safety reviews. On April 19, the school of pharmaceutical sciences at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, issued new rules on the management of toxic chemicals. The regulations ban students from working with toxic chemicals on their own and require that experiments are always conducted in the presence of an observer.

Real estate continues its climb

[2013-05-03 07:10]

In March, the government rolled out measures designed to cool China's red-hot property market by reining in speculative investment. One of the measures, a 20 percent tax on capital gains from property sales, triggered widespread panic among potential buyers and sellers.

Recalling pain from day of horror

[2013-05-02 08:00]

Ahmetjon Wubuli doesn't want to remember how six of his colleagues were killed by a terrorist group, but the horrors keep coming back.

An ordinary town rocked by violence

[2013-05-02 07:57]

Selibuya township plays host to one of the biggest weekly bazaars in Xinjiang. The population of the township doubles from 51,000 to more than 100,000 people every Thursday when traders and customers flock into town.

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