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Pumping up power of consumption: China's solution or pitfall?

[2013-06-20 07:38]

Does China need to consume more?

From China with love and care

[2013-06-19 07:49]

This is Liu Baichen's third ocean voyage. The 48-year-old ophthalmologist is again traveling with Chinese hospital ship No 866, nicknamed Peace Ark, on a four-month medical mission overseas.

'A great responsibility and a great honor'

[2013-06-19 07:49]

The Peace Ark voyage is an important military and diplomatic mission. For me, it is a great responsibility and a great honor to be the commander.

Saying goodbye to loved ones is never easy, but somehow it seems more acceptable when one is leaving on a plane or taking a train; you disappear within a few seconds, before you even remember to turn around to take one last look at your family. It's painful, but quick.

From the classroom to the boardroom

[2013-06-18 07:47]

Wu Chaoqi, a 24-year-old Shanghai entrepreneur, is not sure how long his business will survive. He joked that his company's method of delivering wine by moped means that the logistics costs are far lower than those of his competitors. However, his humor underplays a serious problem. "Sure, it saves on expenditure, but also emphasizes an undeniable shortage of orders," he said.

School's in for first overseas campus

[2013-06-17 08:02]

Loke Pui Yan has been studying for her master's degree at Xiamen University in Fujian province since the autumn.

Generating interest in homegrown power

[2013-06-14 08:13]

Dong Qiang's neighbors have suddenly become very friendly. Although the 38-year-old knew his neighbors by sight, they have never before paid him a visit. Now, however, they have started to descend on him in droves.

Clearing the air

[2013-06-13 08:13]

United effort by Beijing and surrounding cities needed to fight pollution, report Jiang Xueqing in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, and Wu Wencong in Beijing.

How monitoring works

[2013-06-13 08:13]

Beijing has 35 automatic air quality monitoring stations, including 23 in the city proper and the outer suburbs. The stations monitor major air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and PM2.5 - ultrafine particles measuring 2.5 microns in diameter or smaller.

New targets implemented

[2013-06-13 08:13]

Sulfur dioxide emissions in China amounted to 21.18 million metric tons in 2012, a fall of 4.52 percent from the previous year, while nitrogen oxide emissions totaled 23.38 million tons, a decline of 2.77 percent, according to a report released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection this month.

Twin blasts kill at least 14 in central Damascus

[2013-06-12 07:59]

Twin suicide attackers targeted a police station in central Damascus on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people as the Syrian army launched multiple attacks on rebel positions in the northern province of Aleppo.