Bamboo's potential in the energy, construction and textile sectors is attracting increased global interest, and China - the world's largest source and processing leader - is well-positioned to take advantage of the versatile plant's growing popularity, a leading specialist told an international forum on Wednesday.
A British banker accused of killing two Indonesian women was ruled on Monday fit to stand trial, but the case was delayed seven months for analysis of forensic evidence found with the victims' mutilated bodies in his Hong Kong apartment.
Eighty percent of China's richest families send their children abroad to be educated, compared with 1 percent of Japan's richest families, according to research released by the Hurun Research Institute.
Zong Fuli: Pepperdine University in US; daughter of Zong Qinghou, founder, chairman and CEO of Hangzhou Wahaha Group, ranked 3 on 2014 Hurun Rich List
Five children with dislocated hips have been brought to Beijing from their homes in the Tibet autonomous region to receive treatment that doctors hope will enable them to walk normally.
A court in Heilongjiang province has upheld a man's death sentence and his wife's life imprisonment for their roles in the murder, attempted rape and robbery of a teenager lured into their home.
National security officials in Beijing have stepped up their efforts to track down and prosecute bogus government officials who use fake documents to cheat people out of money.
Traditional Chinese medicine will play a bigger role in medical reform, as it has advantages in prevention and healthcare, according to a health official.
A half-built office complex in East China's Anhui province has become a hot potato for a local government in the two years since a clean-governance campaign was launched.
Local authorities are redoubling their efforts to implement the central government's ban on the construction of new office buildings.
A recently published report has raised public concerns about possible high levels of local government expenditures at the end of the year.
It has been a difficult year for tourism in Malaysia.
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