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Session highlights

[2014-10-29 07:50]

The fourth plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, held in Beijing last week, adopted decisions on "major issues concerning comprehensively advancing the rule of law." Here is a look at some of the decisions:

New model urged for Afghan investment

[2014-10-29 07:50]

The country needs to explore a new model of overseas investment in Afghanistan to protect Chinese entrepreneurs in the war-torn country, experts said, as an uncertain security and political future has held back investors.

VP: Tokyo should offer sincerity, action

[2014-10-29 07:50]

Vice-President Li Yuanchao called for Tokyo to offer "sincerity and action" to improve relations with Beijing, while emphasizing China's commitment to improving Sino-Japanese relations.

Former high-level Liaoning official investigated, expelled from party

[2014-10-29 07:50]

A former top political adviser in Liaoning province was placed under investigation on graft charges, China's top anti-corruption watchdog said on Tuesday.

Exhibition on torture is not for everyone

[2014-10-29 07:50]

Organizers of an exhibition of ancient instruments of torture in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, have suggested that children, heart disease patients and people with high blood pressure stay away because of the vivid depictions of shocking cruelty.

Around China

[2014-10-28 07:55]

Thousands of visitors flocked over the weekend to Fragrant Hills, a popular scenic spot famous for tree leaves that turn red in autumn, Beijing News reported on Monday. Beijing Public Transportation Group had to send workers to disperse the crowd at 7 pm Sunday because thousands of visitors were still there, the report said.

Quotable

[2014-10-28 07:55]

Some of the apps have defects. Their inventors or operators only care how to attract cellphone users and rarely supervise the content of these products, which has had adverse effects on the public."

The number

[2014-10-28 07:55]

More than 68 percent of urban residents in China never use services provided by government websites, according to researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

On the web

[2014-10-28 07:55]

Photo: Xia Meiling, a 5-year-old preschool student, cleans a street in Shaoyang, Hunan province. Her 64-year-old grandmother is a sanitation worker in the community.

Around China

[2014-10-27 07:57]

Two people were wounded by a man with a knife at a subway station in Guangzhou on Saturday evening, local police said on Sunday.

Quotable

[2014-10-27 07:57]

(The Democratic People's Republic of Korea) now formally declares that it will counter the offensive by all possible means."

The number

[2014-10-27 07:57]

New Jobs were created in the first nine months of this year, 160,000 more than a year ago and exceeding the government's full-year target of at least 10 million new jobs for 2014, according to a statement on the government website www.gov.cn.

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