'Good Samaritans' to get separate gaokao

Education authorities in Jiangxi province will organize a separate college entrance exam for two high school students who were injured while stopping a knife attack on a bus.

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Xi promotes judicial reform, IP tribunals

Judicial professionals said they were glad to see China's leadership is accelerating judicial reform and putting some legal plans into practice.

Around China

China will issue more of its "talent visas" for high-caliber professionals from abroad, as the country is increasingly thirsty for global personnel, authorities said on Friday. China began issuing the talent visa, or the R visa, in 2013 to foreign high-level professionals who are scarce and urgently needed in China. Holders of R visas can enjoy a longer stay in China and a more convenient entry. Their family members can also be issued an ordinary visa.

Quotable

"The Chinese military is growing stronger, as the latest Pentagon report duly notes - but only to safeguard peace and stability. Lamentably, the Pentagon fails to see the latter part. The report released by the US Defense Department on Thursday overlooks China's peaceful defense policy while focusing on its defense spending increase, as usual."

The Number

41.75 percent

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Guangdong curbs 'naked officials'

Risk of corruption behind crackdown on those whose families have emigrated

Ministry: Public awareness behind air pollution tips

Public tip-offs regarding environmental issues, especially relating to airborne pollution, are on the rise, a report shows, indicating public awareness of the problem has grown.

Beijing tightens environmental supervision weeks before APEC

In anticipation of the upcoming APEC summit, Beijing's environmental watchdog has issued warnings against dozens of local officials in the past year for their incompetence in improving air quality.

Activists move to halt dog meat festival

Animal rights activists, lawyers, celebrities and food safety experts are lobbying to stop an upcoming festival that serves dog meat in Yulin, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Students hang gaokao hopes on prayers to Confucius

High school student Fang Hongrui walked somberly over a 6-meter-long bridge to a statue of Confucius, the Chinese philosopher and educator, to pray for luck before he sits the national college entrance exam on Saturday.