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Shanghai, Zhejiang to pilot gaokao reforms

[2014-09-20 08:04]

Zhejiang province and Shanghai both announced new plans for the gaokao, the national college entrance exam, on Friday in the hope of improving the quality of education by allowing their high school students to learn a wider breadth of subjects.

GlaxoSmithKline gets record fine, posts an apology

[2014-09-20 08:04]

The China branch of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has been fined 3 billion yuan ($489 million) for paying bribes, a verdict that the firm said in a contrite statement it "fully accepts".

Beijing urges greater cyberspace cooperation

[2014-09-20 08:04]

China called for cooperation with Southeast Asian countries in sharing Internet-related information to fight cyberterrorism.

Drivers can let the train take strain on holiday

[2014-09-20 08:04]

Car transport on Beijing-Hangzhou line opens ahead of National Day

Prosecutors urge parent training

[2014-09-20 08:04]

More than half of problem children come from troubled homes, according to a Beijing court.

Skiing offers cool route to prosperity

[2014-09-20 08:04]

Yue Zhiyun, a farmer in a remote village of Zhangjiakou in northern China left home more than a decade ago to find work. At first, he struggled and was earning less than 9,000 yuan ($1,460) a year, barely enough to support his family.

Beijing Science Festival underway

[2014-09-20 08:04]

The Beijing Science Festival 2014, which kicked off Friday, will bring to the capital a four-day science gala with cutting-edge technology education and entertaining activities.

Study abroad in 1970s changed life course for 81-year-old

[2014-09-20 08:04]

Watching the recent TV series featuring China's former leader Deng Xiaoping and the country's historic reform, Liu Baicheng could not help shedding tears.

Around China

[2014-09-19 07:32]

President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang sent congratulatory letters to the launching ceremony of the China-France high-level cultural and people-to-people exchange mechanism on Thursday. Li said that he hopes China and France will deepen their cooperation in fields including education, science, culture and health. He said that China and France are outstanding representatives of Oriental and Western civilizations. The establishment of the exchange mechanism will further develop the bilateral relationship and build a new platform for communications among different civilizations, he said.