The State Council decided on Thursday to put private-capital-invested hospitals in the medical insurance system, a move designed to encourage the development of medical institutions.
Learning a new language in a new land is an exercise in humility.
Item from June 5, 1993, in China Daily: Workers unload a truck as they prepare a new site in Fengdu county, one of the first in Sichuan province to be submerged in the construction of the massive Three Gorges Project.
About250,000 netizens abroad have voiced their support for a campaign to stop revelers from eating dog meat as part of summer solstice celebrations in Yulin in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
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Many travelers have canceled or suspended cruises on the Yangtze River after the Eastern Star carrying 456 people capsized in severe weather on Monday night.
Eastern Pearl, which has the same design and owner as the capsized Eastern Star, was suspended from service on Thursday, so that safety checks can be carried out.
Two hours after the Eastern Star capsized in the Yangtze River on Monday, its captain, Zhang Shunwen, and his chief engineer were rescued by a patrol ship.
China's focus on the development of eco-civilization has met the annual targets for pollutant reduction and other progress in environmental protection, with improved air quality and more powerful supervision, according to an annual statement released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection on Thursday.
No more survivors of the capsizing of a cruise ship on the Yangtze River were found on Wednesday despite an intense search involving more than 2,000 rescuers and over 100 vessels.
China said on Wednesday that it was deeply shocked and dissatisfied with the Philippine president's remarks likening China to Nazi Germany, warning Manila to stop provoking Beijing on the South China Sea issue.
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