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Poll seeks views on Spring Festival schedule

[2014-12-09 08:05]

Public opinion is being sought on the official Lunar New Year holiday schedule for 2015, with online debate raging over whether Lunar New Year's Eve should be included in the seven-day break.

Freer market urged to boost sports industry

[2014-12-09 08:05]

Only by loosening the State sports body's tight grip on the market can China meet its goal of a significant increase in the value of the industry, experts said.

Father makes Transformer figures for son

[2014-12-09 08:05]

A father has made a huge "Optimus Prime" figure for his son as an 18th birthday present.

Memorial Hall collects grim reminders

[2014-12-09 08:05]

The Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders exhibited 7,602 newly collected relics of the Japanese aggression on Monday morning.

Japanese hear from massacre survivor

[2014-12-09 08:05]

Ai Yiying, one of the approximately 200 living survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, shared her memories of the events with Japanese residents at a testimony meeting on Sunday in Osaka.

Farmers rewarded for not burning crop stalks

[2014-12-09 08:05]

Cui Min, a 62-year-old farmer in the village of Lianhua, Yonghe, in Bin county, Heilongjiang province, recently finished harvesting his corn in much the same way he has for the past 40 years.

The heat is on for the 'living fossil'

[2014-12-09 08:05]

Having spent more than three decades researching and protecting the wild Chinese sturgeon, Wei Qiwei can't stop worrying that this rare, ancient fish may become extinct in the coming decades.

Busy waterways take their toll

[2014-12-09 08:05]

Fisheries experts have called for ships traversing the Yangtze River to leave migration routes open for the Chinese sturgeon during the late October/early December spawning season.

At a glance

[2014-12-09 08:05]

GOING, GOING ... A LIST OF CHINA'S MOST ENDANGERED WILDLIFE

Volunteers guard perilous rivers

[2014-12-09 08:05]

Two tributaries of the Yangtze and Han rivers divide Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, into four parts, forming riverbanks that stretch for 350 kilometers.

Experts scramble to save ancient ship

[2014-12-09 08:05]

Archaeologists and relic experts are sparing no effort to protect an ancient wooden vessel and the large number of historical artifacts on board in the coastal city of Yangjiang, Guangdong province.

Zhou's expulsion gets strong support

[2014-12-08 07:39]

Chinese officials and the public voiced strong support on Saturday for the decisions to expel Zhou Yongkang from the Party and to investigate and arrest him.