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Money laundering fight becomes matter of course for students

[2014-01-16 07:12]

During a financial orientation course at Shanghai Finance University, 19-year-old Li Jing raised his hand and asked if there is a way of laundering money "properly".

Traditional skiing lives on as fur flies

[2014-01-15 07:19]

A snowboard protruded from thick snow in a corner of the courtyard outside Sengelite's house in the village of Hemu.

Shangri-la assets lost forever after town blaze

[2014-01-14 07:27]

Irreparable damage to ancient architecture and traditional culture was caused by a fire that raged in an ancient Tibetan town in Yunnan province at the weekend, according to experts.

County begins relief efforts

[2014-01-14 07:27]

The government of the Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture said 343 houses were destroyed by Saturday's fire in Dukezong.

A novel name for an ancient trading post

[2014-01-14 07:27]

James Hilton ended his classic novel Lost Horizon with the question "Do you think he (the hero, Conway) will ever find it (Shangri-La)", but the place remained a fiction until September 1997, when the government of Yunnan province announced that Zhongdian county would change its name to Shangri-La county.

Heroes more than mere 'footnotes' to history

[2014-01-13 08:02]

It would be hard to find any year in the past three decades in China that lacked really big news. Yet, it might not be stretching the truth to see 2013 as an especially crucial 12 months.

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.

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