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Nation and Digest

Traffic clogged as families head home for holiday

[2014-09-08 07:26]

Chongqing resident Li Shujun traveled with her family to the city's Tongliang county on Saturday to visit the newly opened sweet osmanthus garden.

Tsinghua, Berkeley prepare joint institute

[2014-09-08 07:26]

Grad school, research center to be set up

Li urges collaboration on MH370

[2014-09-06 08:12]

Premier vows every assistance in talks with Malaysian head of state

Internet firms 'need courts' to help ensure fair competition

[2014-09-06 08:12]

Fair competition is the key to Internet companies improving services, and the judicial and administrative bodies have an important role to play in ensuring a level playing field, a leading web entrepreneur said.

Watch shows the time for smart tourism

[2014-09-06 08:12]

A watch will give visitors a better time, literally, at scenic spots in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province.

New clash ahead of Ukraine peace talks

[2014-09-06 08:12]

Ukrainian forces pounded armed separatists to the east of the port of Mariupol on Friday, hours before envoys from Ukraine and Russia were expected to announce a cease-fire as the starting point for a wider peace plan.

Around China

[2014-09-05 08:39]

A man in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, developed stones in a kidney and his urinary tract after drinking carbonated drinks rather than water for more than 10 years, Qianjiang Evening News reported on Thursday. Surnamed Hu, the man, 29, became worried on Wednesday after receiving a medical report that said there was blood in his urine. Doctors told him there was a large number of small stones in his kidney and urinary tract because he drank too many carbonated drinks.

Quotable

[2014-09-05 08:39]

The robots are not supposed to replace human labor, but are an important means to restructure our labor resources."

The number

[2014-09-05 08:39]

493

On the web

[2014-09-05 08:39]

Highlights from chinadaily.com.cn

Govt vows to work toward equality in education

[2014-09-05 08:39]

Regional college enrollment differences a key target in blueprint for reform

Sound Bites

[2014-09-05 08:39]

I think this reform will put a bigger burden on students because it requires them to focus on more subjects after they get into high school, rather than mainly focusing on arts or humanities subjects. But in the long run, it is beneficial for students' further development.