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[2014-12-01 07:32]

A new report showed that left-behind children, whose parents work in cities far from home, experience more accidental injuries, according to people.

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[2014-12-01 07:32]

An electronic toll collection lane equals five other lanes where tolls are collected manually, as transit time is cut to three seconds from 14 seconds. It can ease traffic jams substantially.

74 percent of primary and middle schools in China have access to the Internet this year, up from less than 25 percent in 2011, according to the Ministry of Education. Multimedia classrooms, now totaling 2.2 million, are available in 73 percent of the schools that offer compulsory education, ministry statistics show.

On the web

[2014-12-01 07:32]

Photo: A cat lies on a desk at a store in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Saturday. The store, which combines a cat cafe with a bookshop, opened to the public on Saturday, and is the first of its kind in China. Hard-core cat lovers are welcome to spend time with their favorite felines while reading in the shop.

Macao reports economic contraction

[2014-12-01 07:32]

The economic growth of the Chinese gambling hub of Macao may slow dramatically to 2 to 3 percent this year, a senior Macao official said, after the city reported its first year-on-year economic contraction since 2009 in the third quarter as President Xi Jinping tackles corruption and excessive spending of public funds.

Vegas tables hurting as Chinese stay away

[2014-12-01 07:32]

Baccarat winnings on the Las Vegas Strip fell 36 percent to $97 million in October, echoing declines in Macao, where an anti-corruption drive in China has crimped high-end play.

Chief administrator of Taiwan resigns

[2014-12-01 07:32]

Taiwan chief administrator Jiang Yi-huah announced his resignation after the ruling Kuomintang suffered a defeat in local elections held on Saturday.

Interest in civil service declines

[2014-12-01 07:32]

The number of people who were approved to take the national civil service exam and the number who actually took it have dropped from previous years, and part of the reason may be the Party's continuing anti-corruption efforts, experts and insiders say.

Yunnan orders modest funerals, graves

[2014-12-01 07:32]

Members of the Communist Party of China and officials in Yunnan province have been ordered to have simple funerals and small graves, as local authorities try to push forward funeral reform and curb extravagance.

Around China

[2014-11-29 08:16]

BEIJING

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[2014-11-29 08:16]

I have to stress that the People's Liberation Army has zero tolerance for corrupt officials. We will make thorough investigations into all corruption cases in the PLA, without any leniency, no matter who is involved and however high-level the official is."

The number

[2014-11-29 08:16]

5,265 KG PER HECTARE is China's new barley output record, the Qinghai Provincial Academy of Agriculture told Xinhua News Agency on Friday. The hybrid variety Kunlun 14 produced the record harvest during a trial planting in Haiyan county in the province. The crop beat the former record holder, Chaiqing 1, with an 11.89 percent larger yield.