Land reclamation on some islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands has been completed as planned, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Beijing and Shanghai will offer tax refunds on purchases made by overseas visitors starting on Wednesday, kicking off a program to bolster tourism and sales of some items popular with foreign visitors, such as souvenirs, silk, porcelain and traditional Chinese medicine products.
Tests of the first Chinese-standard bullet train began in Beijing on Tuesday as the country moves toward replacing all foreign-standard models with the domestically developed version, a senior official said.
Toll road policies need to be improved, but the debt remains manageable, said Wang Tai, deputy director of China's Ministry of Transportation.
More than 70 scions of wealthy entrepreneurs in Fujian province are being educated at a training course featuring tough, no-nonsense discipline.
Websites have been barred from posting details of juvenile bullying cases in an effort to prevent the youngsters from being harmed again, under a rule issued by China's Internet watchdog on Tuesday.
For residents of Shanghai, Nanjing and Wuhan, rainstorms often mean high levels of water, flooded roads ... and sometimes even an unexpected opportunity to fish in the streets.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia may have a high-tech gift in his future from a Chinese entrepreneur.
A man who was taken by child traffickers 20 years ago has returned home with the help of facial recognition technology.
Beijing demanded on Monday that Tokyo explain reports that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan's security legislation is directed at China.
The life expectancy of Beijing's permanent residents hit a record high last year - nearly 82 years - while the number of people 60 or older in the city increased by more than 200,000, a new report says.
Tobacco advertising is still visible in nearly half of all tobacco stores just two months before a new law takes effect that bans such advertising in public places.
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