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Silk Street eyes upmarket transition

[2015-03-20 07:48]

Beijing's famous Silk Street market plans to discard its image as a mixed-bag shopping paradise and transform itself into a top high-end market.

Opening of more air space gives lift to domestic travel

[2015-03-20 07:48]

The civil aviation authority will optimize flight routes between the Pearl River Delta and northwestern regions to release more airspace for airlines and improve punctuality.

Nurses 'must be more patient'

[2015-03-20 07:48]

Nurses are being urged to improve their service and stop being impatient when answering patients' questions.

IN BRIEF (Page 4)

[2015-03-20 07:48]

Jiang Jiemin, former head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, was charged with power abuse and bribery, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Thursday.

Couples remarry after fake divorce

[2015-03-20 07:48]

An increased number of divorced couples remarried each other in Shanghai last year, a trend that property experts say is a consequence of tax changes that led to a flurry of so-called "fake divorces" the previous year.

Arsonist gets death sentence for attack

[2015-03-20 07:48]

An arsonist who poured gasoline over a tent and set it on fire, resulting in the death of a farmer who was inside, has been sentenced to death. Three other villagers suffered serious injuries.

Raise pay to prevent judges leaving, say experts

[2015-03-20 07:48]

The pay and working conditions of judges should be improved to reduce the number who are leaving the courts, according to experts and figures in the legal profession.

Hainan expands duty-free program to boost tourism

[2015-03-20 07:48]

The range of imported items available at duty-free shops in Hainan was increased on Friday in a bid to promote the island province as an international tourist destination.

Orphaned, but not alone

[2015-03-20 07:48]

For Jenny Bowen, the distance between herself and her newly adopted daughter began to close when the child, barely 2, slowly began edging nearer on the hotel bed.

Chili sauce tycoon went from poverty to riches

[2015-03-20 07:48]

Reporters stirred when a woman with gray hair strolled into the meeting room. Wearing a red sweater and a deep purple jacket trimmed with sequins, she looked more like she was going square-dancing rather than attending a meeting during the two sessions, the annual gathering of the country's top legislators and political advisers.

Around China

[2015-03-20 07:48]

Archaeologists from the Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology recently found two jugs containing what is believed to be wine made 700 years ago.

Missile sale to Turkey confirmed

[2015-03-19 07:33]

China confirmed an agreement to sell the HQ-9 air defense missile system to Turkey on Tuesday, during the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition in Malaysia.

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