Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian has been granted one-month medical parole after serving more than six ears in prison for corruption, the Taiwan authority announced on Monday.
Premier Li Keqiang pressed the 'enter' button on a computer on Sunday to finalize the first loan by WeBank, a new online bank and one of five privately funded banks given approval to open in China.
A new guideline to rein in vehicle expenses for the central government is causing many officials to rethink their commutes.
Ending the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history is a difficult task, but it is "within our reach", the UN's new mission chief for the disease said, warning that the world has no choice but to beat back the infection.
Yang Weize, Party chief of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, led a 4,000-meter race with locals on Jan 1 to celebrate the New Year. Three days later, he became the first provincial-level official investigated for suspected "serious violations of discipline" and laws in 2015.
I have been fortunate enough to travel the world as a journalist but what really impresses people are not my tales from far-flung places but the fact that Michael Noonan, the Irish finance minister, taught me English.
Item from Jan 5, 1989 in China Daily: "... Han Chinese had followed a Confucian teaching that the hair ... should not be tampered with."
Beijing saw an increasing number of days with blue skies in 2014 but the capital just missed its goal of reducing by 5 percent the average concentration of PM2.5, a major air pollutant. Read the story on page 3.
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Should parents use gadgets to monitor children in school? Many parents allow their children to wear wristwatches that track what the students are doing in real time. Teachers have complained about the devices because parents can use them to listen in on what happens at school. But some argue that they can help keep tabs on their children over safety. Our forum readers share their views and you can add to them.
China has announced that procurement prices for tobacco leaves will now be set by supply and demand, in a country where one-third of the world's cigarettes are consumed but where sales of high-end cigarettes have dropped during the recent corruption crackdown.
The deaths of five firefighters during the New Year holiday in Northeast China have raised questions among the public about the level of professional is mamong the country's firefighters.
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