When she learned about a proposal to amend China's criminal law and abolish capital punishment for the crime of "illegal fundraising", Zeng Shan took a deep breath and sat quietly, remembering her father, Zeng Chenjie, who was executed for the crime in July 2013.
The proposal to abolish the death penalty for the crime of coercing women into prostitution aroused controversy when the issue was discussed at a bimonthly session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body.
The death penalty is likely to be abolished for the following crimes if proposals to amend the law are accepted by China's top legislative body:
As a graduate student in Australia six years ago, Liu Jingping moonlighted at a Chinese restaurant where many Chinese government officials on "work trips" would dine.
The cities of Jakarta and Beijing have committed to enhancing cooperation under their sister-city program in multiple fields, including culture and tourism, sports, waste treatment and transportation.
One-hundred fifteen terrorist cells were eliminated in the past six months in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, stopping most terrorist attacks before they could be undertaken, local media reported.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group opened three online malls on Monday to help sell more specialties from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to the rest of China and the world.
Wu Maoqing kept saying "thank you" in a low voice to four nurses on Monday who helped move him from one side of his hospital bed to the other.
Bamboo's potential in the energy, construction and textile sectors is attracting increased global interest, and China - the world's largest source and processing leader - is well-positioned to take advantage of the versatile plant's growing popularity, a leading specialist told an international forum on Wednesday.
A British banker accused of killing two Indonesian women was ruled on Monday fit to stand trial, but the case was delayed seven months for analysis of forensic evidence found with the victims' mutilated bodies in his Hong Kong apartment.
Eighty percent of China's richest families send their children abroad to be educated, compared with 1 percent of Japan's richest families, according to research released by the Hurun Research Institute.
Zong Fuli: Pepperdine University in US; daughter of Zong Qinghou, founder, chairman and CEO of Hangzhou Wahaha Group, ranked 3 on 2014 Hurun Rich List
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