Gong Yafu, president of the National Association of Foreign Languages
Pilot programs for the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, began this fall semester for high school 10th-graders in Shanghai and Zhejiang.
This year has witnessed an increasing number of young Chinese heading to the United States to study, with growth expected to continue in 2015 even as competition for admissions gets increasingly fiercer.
A local official known as "Uncle House" was sentenced to 20 years in prison for embezzlement, abuse of power and taking bribes on Friday.
Unlike the old generation, those born in the '80s and '90s tend to see funny and relaxing films for entertainment."
Reciting five quotes from The Analects of Confucius in 10 minutes in any language will get foreign tourists free entry into three major Confucian sites - The Temple, Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion - in Confucius' hometown of Qufu, Shandong province. The city tourism authority launched the promotion on Friday.
Bilingual: Researchers say virtual reality could be used to give people a new perspective on racism, allowing them to experience life as another person.
China tied the far-western region of Xinjiang closer to the rest of the country on Friday, opening a high-speed rail line between its capital, Urumqi, and Lanzhou, in neighboring Gansu, nearly 1,800 kilometers away.
It takes only 10 hours to travel from Urumqi to Lanzhou by high-speed train, much faster than in 1958, when it took me several days to return to the autonomous region from Lanzhou by bus.
Tourism authorities in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region are expecting explosive growth in travel by people in neighboring Guangdong province, with high-speed train service between the areas launched on Friday.
China is harvesting progress in maritime problems management as a senior diplomat has confirmed that Beijing and Hanoi are discussing about a possible expansion of joint development in the South China Sea.
A senior official at the country's competition regulator has been placed under investigation, anti-graft watchdogs announced on Friday.
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