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Debate looks at relocating institutions

[2015-03-31 08:13]

In a debate on universities during the two sessions earlier this month, some legislators suggested relocating universities from Beijing to less-crowded places to ease pressure on the capital and stimulate regional development through quality higher education.

US student finds it fun to read old Chinese

[2015-03-31 08:13]

It is not uncommon for Chinese to forget Chinese characters when they write, as they are used to typing characters on a computer screen.

New skills take surgery to higher level

[2015-03-31 08:13]

It may seem like science fiction when surgeons make three or four small incisions, each 1.5 cm long, on the chest wall of a patient to remove lung cancer tumors. But it routinely occurs at West China Hospital of Sichuan University in the Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu.

SCU, Chengdu team up for science park initiative

[2015-03-31 08:13]

Sichuan University and Chengdu, the provincial capital, will invest 400 million yuan ($64.4 million) to build a science park to attract scientists and researchers from world-famous universities and research institutes.

Researchers compile complete works of Confucianism

[2015-03-31 08:13]

More than 400 years ago, two eminent Confucian scholars Sun Yuhou from Central China's Hunan province and Cao Xuequan from East China's Fujian province lamented that the country did not have the complete works of Confucianism.

Internet changing shape of the job market

[2015-03-31 08:13]

The e-commerce boom in China has generated a need for talent in the first quarter of this year and created more job opportunities for graduates, according to a survey by one of the country's biggest recruitment websites.

Oil salaries rise despite plummeting prices

[2015-03-31 08:13]

The average salary of an oil and gas professional in China was $85,851 last year, up 5.7 percent compared with the previous year, according to the latest annual Oil & Gas Salary Guide released by global recruitment firm Hays.

Brick-and-mortar retailer gloomy about future

[2015-03-31 08:13]

Many people working in brick-and-mortar retail stores hold a dim view of their job prospects in the face of strong competition from e-commerce, according to a recent survey by the China office of LinkedIn, the world's biggest business-oriented social networking service.