According to the official website of the Chinese embassy in France, public safety levels in France are good overall. However, tourist attractions, public places and certain neighborhoods in Paris, Marseille and a number of other cities have seen many tourists, especially those from China, become the victims of crime. Now that the tourist season is getting underway, the embassy is reminding Chinese citizens to be vigilant against thieves and take measures to avoid injury and the loss of personal property.
China has hit back at comments by the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that Beijing's actions in the South China Sea have infringed Vietnam's territorial sovereignty.
Zhu Yujia hasn't been sleeping well recently because the teacher of Vietnamese from Kunming, Yunnan province, is worried about the safety of 10 of her students who are currently studying at Hanoi University.
Chinese contractors, such as Yunnan United Trade Co, have been badly affected by the rioting in Vietnam.
Wang Guijun, deputy president of the Business Association of China in Vietnam, said many Chinese companies are waiting to see how the situation develops before deciding whether to remain in the country.
At the end of March, the news that a volunteer for an non-governmental environmental protection organization had blackmailed a man caught fishing illegally focused attention on the organization and management of China's voluntary bodies.
The drive to raise the number of volunteer workers in China has seen their recruitment and management become a challenge for many organizations.
Monitoring procedures for all medical and industrial sources of radioactivity will be strengthened by authorities in Jiangsu province.
In 1954, China had its first accident involving radioactive material. From 1954 to 1987, human error, including poor management and lack of professional expertise, caused 84.64 percent of such accidents, according to Fan Shengen, an expert on radiation prevention with the health ministry. Other factors, including technical faults, accounted for less than 20 percent.
The discovery of unexploded wartime shells often makes national headlines, but for residents of Dunhua city, in the northeastern province of Jilin, it's a commonplace event and most people seem almost inured to it.
Guan Yimin is fully aware of the dangers posed by armaments discarded by the Japanese in 1945. He lost his left hand, the forefinger of the right, and the sight in one eye at age 11, when a shell with which he was playing exploded. "My classmates found several small shells buried in the soil and gave two to me. I played with one of them and it went off. I lost consciousness, and when I awoke, I was in the hospital," said the 52-year-old from Daqiaoxi village in Dunhua city, Jilin province.
Residents of Haerba-Ling, a small village close to a military base in the Haerba Mountains of Jilin province where chemical weapons discarded by Japanese forces are decommissioned and buried, expressed deep concern about the local environment and their livelihoods. With just 470 residents, it's one of the poorest villages in Dunhua city.
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