Shanghai authorities are encouraging young parents to have a second baby to deal with an aging workforce. About 5 percent of eligible couples have applied to do so.
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Looking ahead to the Year of the Sheep, Canadian Ambassador to China Guy Saint-Jacques said this is a time marked by creativity, caring and sensitivity. In his special new year greeting, the ambassador said he strongly hopes that these attributes will continue to mark the Canada-China relationship.
China will lift sluggish exports by promoting rail, nuclear power and surplus products in overseas markets after trade growth fell short of its target last year.
The foreign ministers of China, India and Russia will meet in Beijing next week, in the wake of US President Barack Obama's visit to India.
Tsinghua University President Chen Jining was appointed Party chief of the Ministry of Environmental Protection on Wednesday, the ministry announced on its website.
The World Health Organization does not advise special screening for people entering Canada from China, nor does it recommend any travel restrictions, after Canadian officials confirmed a case of H7N9 bird flu, the first detected outside China.
China is aiming to attract more expatriates to start businesses in the country, amid efforts to lure international talent and entrepreneurship, a senior official said on Tuesday.
About 300 survivors of the Auschwitz death camp were gathering on Tuesday to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.
China's urbanization drive will create larger clusters of cities, in terms of economic power as well as size and population, according to experts.
Zhang Mo, the son of actor Zhang Guoli, was sentenced to six months in prison on Tuesday by Haidian District People's Court in Beijing for drug offenses.
A highlight of the English summer is a trip to Glyndebourne, an opera theater set in the beautiful grounds of a large country house 90 km from London.
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