Beijing is planning to pipe in desalinated water from the port of Caofeidian in Hebei province to meet increased demand.
The State Administration for Religious Affairs published the names and locations of 6,195 verified Buddhist and Taoist monasteries on Thursday in an effort to fight illegal profits disguised as religion.
Authorities issued a red alert on Wednesday, the most serious, for forest fires in two southwestern provinces. Sichuan and Yunnan provinces face a high risk of forest fires in the next three days as drought conditions persist, the State Headquarters for Forest Fire Control said in a statement. The two provinces have already seen several forest fires in recent days.
"The uncle Chen he mentioned on the phone died a few years ago. He wanted to borrow money from the deceased man, which signaled to me that something was wrong. He also said he could not leave the hotel. I suspected that he was kidnapped."
China's latest crackdown on online pornography is crucial to the development of the Internet, experts have said.
China will reduce the amount of cash that village commercial banks keep at the central bank to increase financial support for the agricultural sector, the State Council decided at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Hollywood's ties with the second-largest film market in the world were on full display on Wednesday, as the fourth annual Beijing International Film Festival kicked off in the capital.
The chairman of State-owned conglomerate China Resources Co has called a Beijing reporter's claim that he is guilty of corruption "totally fabricated and malicious slander".
Passengers flying with Air China will soon be able to access the Internet during their flights, the company said on Wednesday after a successful trial run.
Neighboring regions are one of the major contributors to the Chinese capital's PM 2.5 pollution - particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 micrograms that can go deep into the lungs and is extremely harmful to health - according to recently updated research by the city's environmental watchdog.
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