Along with the rest of the world, I watched two rock climbers complete an amazing "free" ascent of the massive, 900-meter vertical granite cliff known as El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California, last week.
Item from Jan 19, 1991, in China Daily: At a newspaper and magazine stall on central Beijing's Dongsi street people line up for the latest news on the war in the Gulf. Newspaper circulations have doubled or tripled in the capital since the start of the war.
Hackers recently infiltrated the Twitter accounts of Western media agencies such as United Press International and planted erroneous tweets that claimed Chinese forces "fired" a missile at a US navy vessel. The fake information fueled heated discussion about cybersecurity among Chinese military fans.
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Disciplinary inspection is expected to improve in some regions of China now that two additional central anti-graft officials have been appointed to head local disciplinary authorities.
A producer at state broadcaster CCTV has been held for investigation after her husband was investigated two weeks ago. The couple are suspected of being involved in a senior Party official's corruption case.
The Central Military Commission will send an anti-graft inspection team to the China Armed Police Force as part of the nationwide effort to crack down on corruption.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, congratulated Eric Chu on his election as chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang on Saturday.
China's home-price decline continued to ease in December, as fewer cities saw falling prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
Ma Jian investigated for suspected serious violation of discipline and laws, anti-graft watchdog announces
Ji Jianye, former mayor of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, went on trial on Friday for allegedly receiving bribes of 11.32 million yuan ($1.82 million).
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