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Shanghai, British police nab dealers of fake goods

[2014-05-14 07:02]

Shanghai police have arrested two men, including a British national, for allegedly shipping 30 million yuan ($4.8 million) in counterfeit goods produced in China to Britain and selling them illegally.

Suspect killed in bus fire

[2014-05-14 07:02]

Local government sources said on Tuesday that an arson suspect in a bus fire died in the incident on Monday in Yibin, Sichuan province.

Govt to help grads start businesses

[2014-05-14 07:02]

The central government released a string of measures on Tuesday supporting student entrepreneurs and startup businesses as the country's college graduates face another tough year in the job market.

Worker finds, tosses lost radioactive metal

[2014-05-14 07:02]

A worker who picked up a piece of radioactive iridium-192 metal and kept it for more than three hours in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Wednesday has been transferred to Suzhou to receive treatment.

Babies bloom in propitious years of the Chinese zodiac

[2014-05-14 07:02]

Some obstetric medical workers in Beijing said they have seen an obvious increase of workload this year, and they partly attribute it to the traditional Chinese zodiac.

Relaxed policy boosts demand for midwives

[2014-05-14 07:02]

Zhang Cuiqiong, who has been a midwife for more than 20 years, is gearing up for the busiest year ever, as China's relaxation of its one-child policy will aggravate an already severe midwife shortage.

Around China

[2014-05-13 07:24]

A man whose wife was suing for divorce showed judges a tortoise shell to prove that he loved her. The court came down on the man's side, Jinghua Times reported on Monday. Surnamed Li, the man had no stable job, and his unsatisfied wife wanted to part ways. But Li showed the shell to the court, saying that he made tortoise soup for her when she was ill and kept the shell as a memento. The court determined that the man still loved the woman and ruled in his favor.

Quotable

[2014-05-13 07:24]

"The property industry is indeed experiencing a turning point at present, but there will not be a sharp decline like the one that appeared in the United States in 2007 and 2008. The market will enter an autumn, but not a winter."

The Number

[2014-05-13 07:24]

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On the web

[2014-05-13 07:24]

Highlights from chinadaily.com.cn

300-member team set to handle nuclear emergencies

[2014-05-13 07:24]

China is working to form a 300-member State-level rescue team specialized in nuclear emergencies, said a senior official on Monday.

Rail finance deal signed with Kenya

[2014-05-13 07:24]

If you were to stand on the Kenyan national road connecting the city of Mombasa with Uganda to the west, you would be impressed by the headlights on full blast and the long lines of traffic slowly moving along.

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