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The over-the-hill standard of success

[2015-05-07 07:42]

Recently, an aging rock star was spotted with a bulging waistline and a receding hairline. Worse, he was on the subway. Even though he was wearing dark glasses, snapshots taken by a fellow passenger surfaced online and he was identified as Dou Wei.

This Day, That Year

[2015-05-07 07:42]

Item from May 7, 1997, in China Daily: The sale of leaded fuel will be forbidden within Beijing city proper starting June 1, 1997, while the sale of leaded fuel in outlying areas will be forbidden as of Jan 1, 1998, the Beijing municipal government said yesterday.

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[2015-05-07 07:42]

Shanghai is banning officials' relatives from starting private businesses to help prevent any corruption and abuse of power.

Looking ahead

[2015-05-07 07:42]

What our reporters and editors will be following today. See breaking news on chinadaily.com.cn

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[2015-05-07 07:42]

Top 5 private jets of Chinese billionaires

China 'willing' to seek EU investment treaty

[2015-05-07 07:42]

Premier Li Keqiang said the economic goals of China and the European Union can dovetail naturally with a win-win strategy.

Earth researcher wins German science award

[2015-05-07 07:42]

Zhu Xiaoxiang, a Chinese researcher, was among the 10 winners of the 2015 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, the most important award for early-career scientific researchers in Germany, at a ceremony in Berlin on Tuesday.

In 1941 Moscow, Chinese boy felt effects of Nazi invasion

[2015-05-07 07:42]

Life in Russia - or the former Soviet Union, to be precise - represented Li Shuhua's entire childhood. And the 79-year-old vividly remembers the day when news broke on June 22, 1941, that Nazi Germany had attacked the Soviets.

Standards rising for elderly healthcare

[2015-05-07 07:42]

China will explore the use of the Internet, cloud computing and big data to transform care for the aged and further boost the use of e-commerce among seniors, according to Zou Ming, vice-minister of civil affairs.

Improvements necessary to accommodate aging population

[2015-05-07 07:42]

Building better facilities for the elderly and applying high standards of care will be critical as China deals with an increasingly old population, according to an official of the International Federation on Ageing.

Smartphone mania drives families apart

[2015-05-06 07:52]

People should switch off their smartphones for an hour every day to prevent the use of mobile apps from eroding family ties and restricting direct communication between people, say researchers.

Midwife shortage may grow crucial

[2015-05-06 07:52]

Many college students who are about to graduate are still struggling to find work, but almost all the 58 students majoring in midwifery at Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have already landed well-paid jobs at respected hospitals.

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