Who guards the green guards?

'Smog" and "haze" have become buzzwords this winter after severe air pollution choked China for several weeks. Equally severe are the country's polluted surface water, ground water and farmland soil. In the face of the worsening levels of pollution, experts have blamed the problem on the disorderly discharge of all kinds of fumes and waterborne waste. They come from factory processes and emissions as well as auto exhausts, during China's 20-plus years of rapid industrial development.

Becoming an EIA inspector

Wang Shoubing, an environmental impact assessment engineer at Fudan University, told China Daily how the qualification is gained.

Taking a lead in fight against malaria

Despite a number of reports suggesting that legitimate Chinese pharmaceutical companies have been exporting counterfeit anti-malaria medicines to Africa, the country continues to provide aid in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease.

A city with a relocated roadmap to the future

Ordos, on the vast plateau of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has probably been China's most rapidly developing prefecture-level city during the past decade, as a result of the exploitation of its rich mineral resources.

Urbanization set to boost growth

Official statistics show that China's urbanization rate, indicated by the ratio of urban residents to the total population, had risen to 52.57 percent by the end of 2012 from 51 percent in 2011. However, that is still much lower than the average of 80 percent in fully developed economies.

A better lifestyle for elderly residents

The word "relocation" has gained a negative connotation during recent years in the wake of reports detailing disputes and even bloody violence in the course of land reallocation and city rebuilding.

Investors taking stock as fortunes start to improve

A recent rally in the Chinese stock market has fueled passions across the board, from individual investors to large institutions.

Discontents of demography

China has been racking its brains on how to combat the economic slowdown, but it should pay more attention to the alarm sounded by the drop in its working-age population.

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A trilateral cooperation of mutual gain

The idea of China-India-Nepal trilateral cooperation appears to be gaining a level of acceptance that was not evident even a few years ago. While proposed cooperation among the three countries requires a detailed, even technical, articulation, a more theoretical and philosophical treatment of the matter is also very much in order.

Human rights progress as a matter of fact

In its World Report 2013, Human Rights Watch, a New York-based international non-governmental human rights group, has distorted China's judicial system and judicial reforms by twisting or ignoring some basic facts.

Valentine's Day murder charge for Pistorius

South Africa's Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius has been charged with the Valentine's Day murder of his model girlfriend, police confirmed on Thursday ahead of his expected court appearance.