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Zhang Xiaojun, a former reporter and editor at Xinhua News Agency, was recently sentenced to five years in prison and banned from news reporting.

Lab joins fight against invisible killers

It kills. It can affect humans and animals. It is incredibly small and can be seen only with extremely strong microscopes. It is a virus.

I entered Resident Evil base - and survived

It is said that nothing that enters the experiment zone of a P4 laboratory, a room packed with the sort of equipment used for bio-experiments in the Resident Evil video game series, leaves alive - except for the researchers.

Country ready to ship samples of deadly virus from Africa, says WHO

The World Health Organization says the country is ready to start transporting specimens of the deadly Ebola virus from West Africa to the new P4 laboratory in Wuhan.

Traditional holidays for a modern China

This year will be the first time that games analyst Liu Yang and his extended family have spent Spring Festival overseas.

Scientist hailed as stem-cell trailblazer

For thousands of years, humankind has longed for immortality, dreaming of elixirs and ambrosias that would cure illness and prolong life.

Around China

A man surnamed Zhu in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, asked his friend to rob him because he planned to embezzle a HKD$150,000 ($19,348) business payment he had received for his boss.

Offensive nicknames pulled from the Internet

Nicknames in cyberspace such as "Obama" and "Putin" are no longer available for netizens in China as the country vows to crack down on inappropriate and unlawful screen names, an industry regulator said on Wednesday.

Electronic evidence allowed into courts

The Supreme People's Court will allow mobile phone messages, e-mails, micro-blogging and online chat records to be used as evidence in civil lawsuits.

Crimes against women on the rise

The public and experts are calling for more protection for women after a report showed that they were victims in an increasing percentage of crimes.

Top scientist defends criticism of award

One of China's top scientists responded to criticism of an award-winning project, saying that the adoption of open source codes was "legal and reasonable".

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