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[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."

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.

On the web

[2014-10-27 07:57]

Debate: A baby hatch, set up by Jinan Children Welfare Office, Shandong province, on June 1 has stirred controversy.

China offers new aid to West Africa in effort to combat Ebola

[2014-10-27 07:57]

China has pledged a new batch of aid worth $82 million to help West Africa fight the Ebola outbreak, bringing total Chinese aid to the region to combat the deadly disease to $122 million.

Rule of law promises fair, just climate for doing business

[2014-10-27 07:57]

As the curtain fell on a key meeting on rule of law on Thursday, Israeli Yuval Golan, 29, felt good about his business prospects in what should be a more transparent and predictable China.

Improving air quality seen as 'priority of priorities'

[2014-10-27 07:57]

The discharge of pollutants in Beijing and bordering Hebei province and Tianjin is expected to be cut by a third during next month's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings, thanks to a series of air pollution control measures.

Graftbuster says war on corruption won't end

[2014-10-27 07:57]

China's fight against deeply ingrained corruption will never end, the top official in charge of tackling graft said before a meeting intended to clean up business in the world's second-largest economy.

Police step up efforts against smugglers

[2014-10-27 07:57]

Police in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region will crack down on illegal border crossings into Vietnam to halt the smuggling of drugs and trafficking of wild animals.

Male rape: The crime that doesn't legally exist

[2014-10-27 07:57]

During his 10 years as a criminal lawyer, Yi Shenghua has dealt with many cases involving injuries sustained during sexual assaults.

AP program gains popularity in China

[2014-10-27 07:57]

Advanced Placement, a program in the United States and Canada that offers college-level curricula and exams to high school students, is becoming increasingly popular in China.

Pupils lag behind international peers

[2014-10-27 07:57]

According to research by the education program AP China, students holding foreign passports at international schools in China perform best in most of the 21 AP subjects surveyed, especially in psychology, US history, world history and the two basic calculus courses.