Although Bengbu in Anhui province has no raw jade, it's still one of China's most important hubs for carving the stone.
Before high-speed railways began to spread in China, Bob Covey, an expat working in Shanghai with his Chinese wife, often had a convoluted and prolonged journey back to his wife's hometown, Shaoxing in neighboring Zhejiang province.
The new high-speed railway line between Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, has slashed train travel times by half to less than 12 hours.
Since its official launch in December 2012, China's first high-speed rail line that operates in regions with extremely low temperatures, as low as -40 C, has been undergoing monitoring to see how it copes - and it is coping well.
China's growing high-speed rail network has made life a lot easier for people traveling back home during the annual Spring Festival holiday rush, according to passengers.
Migrant workers in Guangdong province had to endure long, uncomfortable motorbike rides when they returned to their hometowns in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and Guizhou province for Spring Festival in previous years
Lack of supervision and a strong desire for benefits were blamed for rampant graft cases involving senior managers in major State-owned companies, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Eight customs officials are on trial for accepting bribes to allow vehicles to pass through Customs without being checked.
Monopolies in the power, communication and financial industries can increase the possibility of corruption as well as broaden the income gap, said a consultant to the State Council, who suggested those are areas where economic reforms should be pushed further this year.
A Party chief with suspected ties to former senior political adviser Ling Jihua has been removed from his position, Shandong Satellite TV reported on Sunday.
The Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court publicized information on Monday concerning cases that involved parole or commuted sentences. More than 1,800 cases related to commutation and parole were tried in the court between July 2012 and last year. The court held public hearings in more than 40 such cases last year. The court has stepped up efforts to make judiciary work more transparent to the public.
The city of Changzhi in Shanxi province may have lost a notable entrepreneur the day Andrew Jin Daoyuan decided to commit himself to religion and become a priest in the Catholic Church.
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