Editor's note: The Fujian provincial government recently released a list of top investment opportunities in the province:
China may soon have national parks that rival world-famous attractions as the nation moves to preserve ancient wilderness areas for generations to come.
As one of three pilot national parks in Yunnan province, Laojun Mountain National Park focuses on striking a balance between rational construction planning and ecological protection. As one of the protection measures, the park's management bureau has introduced NGOs to develop local economies and reduce the need for illegal logging and hunting in the forests.
The artist George Catlin (1796-1872) is usually credited with inventing the concept of national parks. During a trip to Dakota in 1832, he became concerned about the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans and their civilization, wildlife and the wilderness.
A brutal and apparently motiveless attack that left a baby boy hospitalized with severe injuries has sparked public outrage across China. That outrage has been further stoked by news that police are unable to charge the assailant because she is younger than 14.
In 1993, 2-year-old James Patrick Bulger from Merseyside, England, was murdered on Feb 12.
Shanxi capital makes housing, road and rail improvements
A year after he was released from prison, Zhou Liguo was at his lowest ebb. "Things were too bitter to bear. I had no family support, and no one wanted to help me," said the 42-year-old, who was released in 2009 after serving five years for causing intentional bodily harm.
He lives with his wife, daughter and son in Rongchang, Chongqing municipality.
One of the most startling pieces of news to emerge from the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee in November was the decision to abolish the long-standing, controversial correction system known as "re-education through labor", or laojiao.
Amonth after Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines causing more than 5,000 deaths, Alipio Daga Jr, a 45-year-old construction worker in Palo, said the biggest problems facing the survivors are disease and a lack of clean drinking water.
When the ambulance arrived, two medical staff jumped out and ran into the Peace Ark field hospital holding two boys in their arms. The boys had been found in a swollen river. One was 7 years old, the other 6.
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