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[2014-12-22 07:44]

Buzzword: "Weisure" (work + leisure) refers to free time spent doing work or work-related tasks. Weisure time is fitting fun around work, rather than fitting work around fun. It's kind of like eating lunch at your desk. Weisure has been fueled by social networking sites like Facebook, where "friends" may actually be business partners or work colleagues.

Senior oil official sacked from discipline chief job

[2014-12-22 07:44]

Another senior official at the China National Petroleum Corp has been removed from his post in the latest move in the anti-corruption drive in the energy sector.

University system faces stronger oversight

[2014-12-22 07:44]

The Ministry of Education will implement stronger scrutiny over the university system's leaders and impose harsher punishments for corruption, the country's top anti-graft agency said on Sunday.

Ex-deputy helped his mistress to get cash

[2014-12-22 07:44]

The former deputy head of the Guangzhou Municipal Health Bureau, Qiu Chunlei, was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court for taking bribes of 4.15 million yuan ($675,000) from his mistress and a relative.

Journey ends for self-balancing electric scooters

[2014-12-22 07:44]

Beijing has started to regulate electric self-balancing scooters after Shanghai and several other major cities recently prohibited their use on roads.

The turning of the year

[2014-12-22 07:44]

When Li Xiangbo thinks back to his childhood, he remembers the winter solstice, or dongzhi, as being more important than his birthday.

High-speed rail network set to boost tourism in the winter

[2014-12-22 07:44]

Xiong Qi, a native of Central China's Hunan province who now lives in Shanghai, has decided to celebrate the "winter festival" by taking a trip to Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, to visit its famous ice festival.

Workers travel to Macao in search of higher wages

[2014-12-20 08:08]

Yan Zhibiao arrived at Gongbei Port before 7 am to join a long winding line where thousands jostled each other in a crowd half the size of a football field.

Tradition part of city's appeal

[2014-12-20 08:08]

Few people would notice an unattractive, five-story residential building that stands behind the dazzling Grand Lisboa Hotel.

Policy that has helped special region to prosper

[2014-12-20 08:08]

The Macao Special Administrative Region has developed quickly since its return to the motherland, Italian experts say.

Former child star shuns Macao's glitz

[2014-12-20 08:08]

Macao is defined by extravagance, but Winni Iong, once recognized as the face of the city, enjoys a life away from the glitz and dazzle.

Faces of macao

[2014-12-20 08:08]

Master baker Liang Canguang, the creator of Koi Kei, a bakery that gained a foothold in Macao before being well received in some foreign countries, started his family business by selling peanut candy from a pushcart when he was just 16.

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