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Tidbits

[2014-10-02 07:31]

Named after National Day

The best award for foreign experts in China - except for the golden badge and invitation to the National Day banquet - may be Premier Li Keqiang's pledge for a streamlined procedure to get a permanent residency permit.

Top designer thrilled with Friendship Award

[2014-10-01 07:58]

First Person | Bill Gaspard

Director's wife posts family photo to take focus off rumors

[2014-10-01 07:58]

The wife of famous film director Zhang Yimou, whose violation of China's family planning policy stirred widespread controversy last year, has uploaded a photo of herself with her husband and three children.

Around China

[2014-09-30 07:42]

China will launch a national program to provide assistance to families whose only child died while performing good deeds, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Monday. The so-called martyr families will receive free living assistance and help from volunteers to perform their daily tasks.

Quotable

[2014-09-30 07:42]

Admission prices at some tourist attractions have spiked in recent years, causing widespread concern. The ratio of admission prices for top-level national tourist attractions to people's monthly income is much higher than that in foreign countries."

The nunber

[2014-09-30 07:42]

261 batches of substandard food

On the web

[2014-09-30 07:42]

Highlights from chinadaily.com.cn

Cities urged to help integrate migrants of ethnic groups

[2014-09-30 07:42]

Favorable policies will be created to help migrants of ethnic groups to adapt easily to life in cities, according to a statement released after a national conference on ethnic affairs on Monday.

Scholar unveils bold plan to rebuild trust

[2014-09-30 07:42]

Major General Zhu Chenghu, a professor at China's National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army, surprised his Japanese counterparts at a symposium over the weekend when he proposed a bold 25-step plan for rebuilding trust between the two defense authorities.

SMEs driving force for golden age of economic cooperation with Japan

[2014-09-30 07:42]

China and Japan are at the dawn of a golden age of economic cooperation and investment opportunities, an expert at a forum on bilateral ties between Beijing and Tokyo said on Monday.