A Chinese millionaire's move to help homeless New Yorkers by treating them to a posh lunch was dismissed as a publicity stunt by some attendees and social analysts.
Many residents in Humen township at the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong province cheered when more than 240 kilograms of seized drugs were burned in a grand ceremony on Thursday morning, marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
Hebei province has taken the lead in planning an integrated transportation network with Beijing and Tianjin, as Hebei works and plans two new ring roads that will surround the nation's capital, a top provincial official said.
An advanced and expensive treatment for cancerous tumors has begun clinical trials in Shanghai and is expected to reduce the number of Chinese patients who travel overseas for the procedure.
China's education authority denied on Thursday widespread media reports that about 600 undergraduate colleges will be converted into skills-based senior vocational schools.
A senior police official from Guangdong province has promised to build a professional anti-terrorism police force to help safeguard the province's economic development and social stability.
It was about 9 pm when Li Xianhua returned to his dormitory after a day's work.
Cotton pickers in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region face the same problem as many seaweed collectors who take up the temporary positions: long working hours without any guarantee of labor benefits.
China should vigorously develop nuclear energy and restart the plan to build nuclear power stations inland to reduce the nation's high energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product and clear smog and haze, said a report released on Thursday.
As one of China's southern gateways to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is leveraging its geographical advantages to introduce talent from those neighboring countries to promote its development.
Editor's note: Waddy Thwin, 55, is from Myanmar and has been teaching her country's language at Guangxi University for Nationalities for six years. She speaks to China Daily reporter Zhao Xinying.
"Learning Chinese, I have a lot of job opportunities because there are a lot of Chinese companies doing businesses in Cambodia. All the teachers are from China. They are very easy to get along with, and the ways they teach are diverse, so I am very happy to learn here. After graduation, I want to study more in China and on my return be an interpreter."
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