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TV deal gives view of China's growth

[2014-11-21 07:37]

Chinese-speaking audiences in New Zealand are now able to watch a series of documentaries that give an insight into China's economic and social development.

Li reviews health of economy

[2014-11-21 07:37]

Premier Li Keqiang visited China's largest wholesale commodity market on Thursday, taking the economy's pulse as a key factory output indicator slumped to a six-month low.

New standards set for air purifiers

[2014-11-21 07:37]

A new national standard for air purifiers is set to be unveiled by authorities on Friday to bring order to the country's chaotic purifier market.

Around China

[2014-11-21 07:37]

Teachers will be able to visit the Palace Museum for free on Dec 3, Beijing News reported on Thursday.

Quotable

[2014-11-21 07:37]

In this magic land, we produced not only a company like Alibaba, but a small miracle like Xiaomi."

The number

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The average number of times a day that Chinese people touch their phones, Shen Yang, a professor in communications at Tsinghua University, said recently at a forum at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province. Experts at the forum discussed the rapid growth of new forms of media in recent years such as WeChat, a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent.

On the web

[2014-11-21 07:37]

Travel: With the World Internet Conference taking place in Wuzhen, the water town is in the spotlight. Wuzhen is located at the north of Tongxiang, Zhenjiang province. It has a history spanning more than 1,300 years, and it exemplifies what a water town south of the Yangtze River should look like.

Authorities clean up terrorism info online

[2014-11-21 07:37]

Online information related to terrorism has dropped sharply since the nation's crackdown began early this year, a senior public security official said at the World Internet Conference on Thursday.

Watchdog member suspected of corruption

[2014-11-21 07:37]

A senior official from Hebei province and a member of the country's top watchdog organization has been placed under investigation for suspected corruption, disciplinary authorities said on Thursday.

Fewer Chinese take US grad-school test at home

[2014-11-21 07:37]

The number of students who took the US Graduate Record Examination in China in the 2013-14 academic year was 7 percent less than it was in the previous year, a new report has revealed.

Inner Mongolia court OKs retrial in 1996 rape, murder

[2014-11-21 07:37]

The highest court in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region decided on Thursday to retry a controversial rape and murder case 18 years after the defendant was executed.

Around China

[2014-11-20 07:44]

A subway line linking the capital's two major railway stations is expected to open on Dec 26 and play a significant role in easing traffic jams, Beijing News reported. The 9.15-km line will connect Beijing Railway Station and Beijing West Railway Station, and it will take trains less than 10 minutes to complete the journey. Work on the project began in December 2005.

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