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Go Seigen, the father of modern go, dies aged 100

[2014-12-02 07:47]

Wu Qingyuan, the legendary go master commonly known as Go Seigen, died aged 100 at a hospital in Odawara, Japan, on Sunday.

Quotable

[2014-12-02 07:47]

The fallen leaves will be collected and incinerated to produce electricity. The city will ban all departments and individuals from burning fallen leaves outdoors."

The number

[2014-12-02 07:47]

Over the past two years, authorities of at least 34 highways across the country have announced they were extending the period during which they would charge tolls.

On the web

[2014-12-02 07:47]

Lifestyle: Chinese singer Li Yugang, who rose to fame on the hit talent show Star Avenue, reportedly converted to Buddhism. A photo taken by a tourist shows Li folding his hands while wearing traditional Buddhist clothing at a temple in Taipei. Media workers close to Li said his decision was made because he sought serenity from his troubled emotional life.

Expansion of pollution monitoring on the way

[2014-12-02 07:47]

China intends to create a monitoring system to oversee all types of pollutants in all areas and demand more effective action from protection teams, top environmental officials said on Monday.

Experts: Communication law needed

[2014-12-02 07:47]

Journalism and media specialists underscored the necessity of making a communication law in China after the former head of the nation's press and publication authority revealed that legislators are studying such a law.

Top police officer in Xinjiang probed

[2014-12-02 07:47]

Prosecutors launched an investigation into a top police officer in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for suspected abuse of power and graft, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Monday.

Spot corruption, send a text

[2014-12-02 07:47]

The public is being encouraged to send inspectors text messages to report corruption among civil servants.

Wave of illegal broadcasts sweeps country, puts jets at risk

[2014-12-02 07:47]

Unlicensed radio operators have become a major - and even dangerous - annoyance to city administrators and residents, Chinese media reported.

Around China

[2014-12-01 07:32]

A new report showed that left-behind children, whose parents work in cities far from home, experience more accidental injuries, according to people.

Quotable

[2014-12-01 07:32]

An electronic toll collection lane equals five other lanes where tolls are collected manually, as transit time is cut to three seconds from 14 seconds. It can ease traffic jams substantially.

The number

[2014-12-01 07:32]

74 percent of primary and middle schools in China have access to the Internet this year, up from less than 25 percent in 2011, according to the Ministry of Education. Multimedia classrooms, now totaling 2.2 million, are available in 73 percent of the schools that offer compulsory education, ministry statistics show.

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