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Focus

Working to protect the vulnerable

[2014-09-12 07:38]

When Wang Keqin founded his NGO to help patients suffering from pneumoconiosis, it faced impending doom less than two weeks into its work.

Going the distance

[2014-09-11 07:10]

Beijing resident Shi Chao leaves home before 7 am and waits for the bus to take him to the subway station.

Raising safety awareness

[2014-09-11 07:10]

Commuters must enhance their safety awareness as subway usage increases, transport and security analysts said.

Improving access

[2014-09-11 07:10]

Guo Taisheng, a professor at People's Public Security University of China, conducted research on subway security in Shanghai in May and found a few gaps.

Survey finds pessimism in ties with Japan

[2014-09-10 07:06]

The impact of the Diaoyu Islands dispute on China-Japan ties is diminishing, but pessimism over future relations remains, the latest public opinion poll in both countries showed.

Economic hopes plagued by hostility

[2014-09-10 07:06]

Most members of the Chinese public support economic cooperation with Japan, but their Japanese counterparts hold competing views, a major poll in both countries showed.

Righting wrong judgments

[2014-09-09 07:09]

When lawyer Gongsun Xue heard that Nian Bin, a man on death row, was acquitted and released on Aug 22, she felt a huge sense of relief.

Struggling to adapt after wrongful conviction

[2014-09-09 07:09]

In December 2002, Zhao Zuohai was convicted of murder and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court in Henan province.

Moving away from torture

[2014-09-09 07:09]

China's top prosecuting authority and highest-level court have vowed to avoid wrong judgments and exclude evidence obtained through torture.

Renewed shelling threatens truce

[2014-09-08 07:27]

Cease-fire deal between Kiev, rebels in danger

DPRK to put US citizen on trial Sept 14

[2014-09-08 07:27]

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea will put a detained US citizen on trial on Sept 14, state media said on Sunday, less than a week after Matthew Miller made a highly unusual televised plea for help from Washington.

'Yes' camp takes lead in latest Scotland poll

[2014-09-08 07:27]

Supporters of Scottish independence from Britain have taken their first opinion poll lead since the referendum campaign began, indicating a real possibility that they might win, according to a YouGov survey for the Sunday Times newspaper.