Women's cancer fight gets crucial boost

Although the international medical community has proved that cervical and breast cancer is curable if detected early, some Chinese women still do not receive regular screening.

Home-grown healing power

As the West increasingly recognizes the value of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a viable complement to conventional medical approaches, China is now focusing more on the long-overlooked healing traditions of its ethnic minorities.

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New direction for old journey

Having spent 15 hours on a boat, 62-year-old Pu Yueqing arrived in Hangzhou of East China's Zhejiang Province at 3:30 am. Despite the long trip, she could hardly contain her excitement as if it was the first time she had visited the place.

Arctic monkeys are stating the freezing obvious

Northerners probably don't need reminding that it's been a bit nippy recently. Those who still find themselves shoveling snow or thawing numbed limbs may be consoled to hear that their pain was shared by the citizens of the south. In fact, things were so bad down here that the Hong Kong Observatory felt moved to issue one of its knee-trembling Cold Weather Warnings for the benefit of the uncomprehending populous.

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Temple of Heaven cultural circle to emerge

The government of Chongwen District in Beijing is committed to building the Cultural Circle of the Temple of Heaven, in order to develop the economy while preserving local characteristics, as the capital city advances the strategy of "accelerating the development of South Beijing" in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games, said the 2007 Chongwen government work report.

Making social security a reality

Chongwen District will speed up efforts to develop various social undertakings and make the social security system fully functional, to ensure that local residents live well-off lives.

Intensive face-lift for Chongwen

As an old district of Beijing, Chongwen had a large number of buildings that had become unsafe over the years, so its task of restructuring these buildings was more challenging than that of any other urban district.

It is boom time in capital's old district

Chongwen District of Beijing has seen rapid economic growth and considerable success in various social undertakings over the past three years, according to the local government's 2007 work report.

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