Capital toughens rules on transporting construction waste

Beijing established new guidelines, which went into effect on July 1, that place tough restrictions on vehicles transporting construction waste.

Vital lessons from Zhou's case

Only a long-term mechanism to fight graft can prevent small 'flies' from becoming big 'tigers' and help cleanse the system

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Amend law to kill fake goods business

A third-party vendor, Belle Boutique, is found to have sold China-made counterfeit luxury products like watches, apparels and bags through major e-commerce platforms, such as jumei.com, a beauty product seller, and jd.com, an e-commerce leader.

Festival of love, not commerce

In popular Chinese folktale The Cowherd and the Weaver Maid, two devoted lovers separated by the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens could reunite only on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. In the evening of that special day, or Qixi, magpies would form a bridge across the Silver River (symbolizing the Milky Way) that separated the lovers to reunite them once a year.

Murder of Xinjiang religious leader deplorable

The appalling murder of Jume Tahir, a renowned Islamic religious leader in Xinjiang, is another flagrant challenge by the violent terrorists to the common rules of the entire human society and it can by no means be tolerated.

Investigators dig deeply into CNPC operations

China's ongoing anti-corruption investigations into officials who have close ties to China National Petroleum Corp, the country's oil giant, may affect the company's business operations and a billion-dollar project in Canada, experts said.

Zhou Yongkang profile

Zhou Yongkang, a native of Wuxi in Jiangsu province, was born in December 1942 and joined the Communist Party of China in November 1964.

Voices from media

The launch of a public, if carefully stage-managed, investigation into Mr Zhou will lend teeth to an anti-corruption campaign that has been the centerpiece of President Xi Jinping's administration since he took power in late 2012.

Street talk

"While combating lawbreakers, the government should also develop the perfect mechanism to prevent such cases and better implement regulation. The 'big tiger' has been seized. It is a great warning to others who might be overstepping the line."

Zhou's son held on charges of illegal business dealings

Zhou Bin, the younger son of former top security chief Zhou Yongkang, has been placed under detention on a charge of illegal business dealings, an article on Caijing magazine's website said on Tuesday.

Economic reform remains at top of Party's agenda

The country's top decision-making body said on Tuesday that reform remains its key priority after it met to discuss the progress of the economy.