For many middle-aged Chinese women, the square dance, a type of line dancing performed in public squares, is a popular form of exercise, but for people who have relocated from the countryside to the city, it's also an important social activity that promotes community spirit.
Although the square dancing craze that's sweeping China has a huge number of devotees, it doesn't lack critics either. According to a recent survey by South Metropolitan Daily, nearly 85 percent of 1,467 respondents said square dancing is a regular activity in their communities, and 60.4 percent complained that the loud music played by the dancers disrupts their lives.
A huge market for civilian unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, is emerging in China, industry observers said, prompting the need for the government to speed up regulation.
Chinese scientists are using unmanned aerial vehicles to gather site information for the country's first airport in the South Pole, during the country's 31st mission to the Antarctic continent.
Observing a caidiao opera being performed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region can be a surreal experience.
The New Zealand government is hoping for a stronger alignment of food safety approaches with China after a visit by officials from the China Food and Drug Administration.
The nation's top health authority is pushing for a hike in the cigarette tax and retail prices to curb smoking in China, the world's largest tobacco producer and consumer, a senior health official said.
Beijing has announced rulings in nine cases of austerity violations amid the national campaign to ensure clean governance and crack down on undesirable work practices.
Yunnan province's disciplinary watchdog has expelled 41 members of the Communist Party of China for using drugs, as local authorities launch an intensified campaign to fight corruption and crack down on illegal substance use.
Police in Handan, Hebei province, are investigating the disappearance of more than 100 Vietnamese women who married local bachelors, and had been living in local villages. They vanished at the end of November.
A woman and two men from China pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Vegas on Tuesday to reduced charges in what prosecutors say amounted to a $13 million illegal Internet gambling operation broken up by an FBI raid on high-roller suites at Caesars Palace.
Scientific experiments carried out by China within its borders are normal, conducted according to a schedule, and are not directed against any specific country or target, the Ministry of National Defense said.
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