Abroad and at home, there is a rising chorus questioning the effectiveness of air pollution control in China, most recently from the thousands of runners who finished the Beijing Marathon in smog on Sunday.
In a reform to be announced soon to curb academic corruption and encourage research innovation, the government will step back from managing the State research fund and hand over that power to a third-party agency.
Academics sentenced or detained in connection with the use of research funds Song Maoqiang, a former professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for embezzling 680,000 yuan ($111,000) in 2014.
Beijing has adopted a stringent food-security policy during preparations for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting by regulating raw food-material providers and suspending sales of healthcare products at some of the reception hotels.
Health authorities nationwide have been ordered to increase preparations for a possible outbreak of the Ebola virus in China.
China is working on a plan for a new round of aid to help African countries fight Ebola, and will provide as much help as it can to the United Nations' trust fund for the epidemic, said Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday.
Fei Fei, a netizen in Hubei province, received a call during the National Day holiday from someone claiming to be a policeman. The caller said he was involved in a money laundering case and that Fei's credit card had been found.
The public health department is set to conduct screening programs to curb the spread of hepatitis C in China.
Cutting through harsh geographical conditions at lofty elevations, the 2,115-kilometer-long State Highway No 318 is considered the most beautiful yet most dangerous road in China for travelers driving to Tibet, as it winds around 21 mountains and crosses 14 major rivers.
Another official in Yunnan province has become the target of a corruption probe.
Chinese water-ink painting, brighter Western watercolors and delicate porcelain are integrated in the works of US artist Philip Read, making him a focus of attention at the 2014 China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair in Jingdezhen.
A group of young Afghan diplomats began a two-week training session in Washington on Monday as part of a joint program organized by the United States and China.
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