China Daily starts first French edition with Le Figaro

China Daily, China's largest English-language newspaper, launched its first French edition on Friday in partnership with France's largest newspaper, Le Figaro.

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Xi to make state visit to Britain in the autumn

President Xi Jinping is to pay a state visit to Britain in October, the first by a Chinese president in a decade, and stay at Buckingham Palace.

University sets languages target

To meet the State's strategic needs, China's leading foreign language university plans by 2020 to offer instruction in the languages of all countries that have diplomatic relations with China.

WeChat bookseller: 'I was terrified'

How did you feel when the money started to flood in?

Steps taken to ensure sports safety at schools

The Ministry of Education has taken steps to ensure students' safety during sports lessons, but reducing hours spent on sports is not an option.

Copyright protection seeks new strategies

Despite China's increasing efforts to protect intellectual property, copyright infringement of foreign works remains an issue, with experts calling for closer international cooperation.

Doctors face verbal abuse or violence

More than 70 percent of doctors in China have suffered verbal abuse or physical violence, according to a white paper released by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association.

China's most-wanted fugitive in US custody

China's most-wanted fugitive, an official accused of embezzling more than $40 million, is in US custody, according to the country's top anti-graft agency.

8,000 Chinese students dismissed last year from schools in United States

An estimated 3 percent of Chinese students studying in the US - or about 8,000 - were dismissed last year, according to a white paper.

Guangdong police bust huge meth labs

Guangdong police, working with their counterparts in Fujian province, seized more than 1.1 tons of methamphetamine, commonly known as "ice", after busting three major laboratories on May 14 and 15, according to a senior Guangdong police officer.

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Guangdong reported its first suspected case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, the National Health and Family Planning Commission announced on Thursday.