No big greeting hugs, no animals from the bush, practice good hygiene - Chinese companies in Africa are on high alert for the deadly Ebola virus and are taking strict precautions to protect employees from infection.
Liu Chunming almost died after a car crash in July in Taihe, a remote county in Jiangxi province, but he survived serious abdominal injuries thanks to specialist doctors who directed his treatment from 1,000 kilometers away.
The top official in coal-rich Datong city in Shanxi province is being investigated on suspicion of graft, as the country ramps up its efforts to clean up government.
The country's top anti-graft body has required the Guangdong Provincial Party Commission of Discipline Inspection to further investigate a retired senior official from the province's Party Organization Department on suspicion of serious violations of Party discipline and laws.
As he walked to the courtside seats with his wife and young daughter, Yao Ming stole the show from the stars of the NBA's Sacramento Kings and Brooklyn Nets at their pre-season game in Shanghai on Sunday.
The NBA's relationship with China was cemented in 1989 when then-Commissioner David Stern showed up at China Central Television with a bag of video cassettes to convince the station's executives that the NBA was worth showing to hundreds of millions of basketball fans across China.
David Shoemaker, CEO of NBA China, has vivid memories of the day in 2011 when Yao Ming announced his retirement.
Italian Ambassador to China Alberto Bradanini said he hopes Premier Li Keqiang's visit this week will not only produce more exports to China but encourage Chinese tourists to take longer vacations in the "country of surprises".
Italy will give a "big push" to China and the European Union for free trade talks, a senior Italian trade official said.
Xiamen University authorities fired a professor who faces multiple accusations of sexually harassing and having sex with female students, saying on Tuesday that "the behavior of the professor has been verified".
The Ministry of Science and Technology said on Friday that several people had been detained or punished since the National Audit Office found that seven professors in five universities were involved in academic corruption in April 2012.
Thirty-one senior officials have been found guilty as of Monday of taking bribes since China launched a campaign to clean up government in late 2012, according to court rulings listed by China's anti-graft body.
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