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Building guidelines released

[2014-11-28 07:22]

China has stepped up efforts to crack down on wasteful construction projects and ostentatious office complexes by introducing tighter standards and specific regulations in guidelines released earlier this week.

Lottery income gets closer look

[2014-11-28 07:22]

The top audit authority has stepped up efforts to examine the management of billions of dollars collected from China's booming lottery market.

Female ex-Party official faces arrest

[2014-11-28 07:22]

Prosecutors in Shanxi province have approved the arrest of Zhang Xiuping, a former deputy Party chief at Jinzhong, on suspicion of bribery, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced on Thursday.

Moral education needed, expert says

[2014-11-28 07:22]

Providing moral education for officials has become a major task for disciplinary authorities after officials were found to have had lifestyle problems and written "promise letters" to their mistresses, judicial professionals said.

Dialogue resumes on new maritime liaison

[2014-11-28 07:22]

After years of almost complete silence, Chinese and Japanese defense authorities resumed talks on establishing a maritime liaison mechanism to reduce the risk of an accident in the air or at sea, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

Around China

[2014-11-27 07:50]

Professor Chang Junbiao and his research team at Zhengzhou University have extracted an ingredient from celery to improve the medicines used in the treatment of strokes.

Quotable

[2014-11-27 07:50]

"We are very delighted to see that many people find the dragon-phoenix mascots 'adorkable'. We are excited to promote our museum in the way that the general public find easier to accept."

The number

[2014-11-27 07:50]

Interstellar took in 258 million yuan ($42.04 million) in China in the week ending Nov 23, grossing a total of 527.5 million yuan and making it director Christopher Nolan's biggest grosser in the world's second-largest film market.

On the web

[2014-11-27 07:50]

Photo: Lu Dike, owner of a restaurant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has "hired" two robots to serve customers, hoping that they will attract more business. Lu said each robot cost 60,000 yuan ($9,770).

New pollution law nears review stage

[2014-11-27 07:50]

China is one step closer to imposing the toughest ever penalties on air pollution, as a draft code on air pollution control is likely to be ready for lawmakers' review as soon as next month, experts said.

APEC car restrictions eyed as long-term smog solution

[2014-11-27 07:50]

Beijing is considering turning a temporary restriction on vehicles - a system based on odd-even license plate numbers that was used during the recent APEC meetings - into a long-term policy, drawing praise as well as concerns from the public.

Police clear Hong Kong protest site

[2014-11-27 07:50]

Hong Kong businesses hit by nearly two months of illegal street occupations breathed a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday.

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