Shanghai people who were born in the 1980s are not rushing to have a second baby, with 40 percent of them saying one child is enough, according to a new survey.
Pulling an all-nighter just got the highest endorsement - Premier Li Keqiang has put his weight behind Beijing's first 24/7 bookstore, calling it a "spiritual landmark" that will empower readers.
Digital devices are becoming the main channel that people choose to read and get daily news, according to a survey of taxi passengers in Shanghai, where bookshops are trying hard to attract customers.
Shanghai will ramp up security and tighten safety checks in the city's metro system, and anyone who refuses to undergo a security check or creates a public disturbance may face criminal detention.
Police helicopters in Beijing will be able to carry out missions in neighboring Tianjin and Hebei province, under an agreement that aims to ensure public safety and promote regional integration of law enforcement.
The committee representing family members of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been gathering evidence against the parties involved for possible lawsuits in the future, a committee spokesman said on Wednesday.
China plans to prohibit full-price air tickets during government travel as part of the ongoing frugality campaign, a move experts believe could put more pressure on the country's major airlines.
A severely burned 5-year-old girl belonging to the Derung ethnic group was rushed to Beijing from a remote area in Yunnan province on Wednesday for emergency treatment.
Tibet will increase spending on cultural relics, and the central government will invest more than 1 billion yuan ($160 million) over five years (2011-15), the regional cultural relics bureau said on Wednesday.
The wife of the embattled former publisher of Guangzhou Daily has leveled accusations at a local anti-corruption official involved in the indictment of her husband, who has denied all corruption charges against him in a court trial.
China offers a huge market and business opportunities to global investors during its continuous efforts to widen market access and deepen opening-up, Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday.
"Formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance are very likely to occur during the upcoming May Day holiday in more obscure forms, including covert use of public money in gift-giving, wining and dining and traveling as well as other extravagant consumptions."
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