Turning waste into power cleans up village lifestyle

Liu Huaiyu raises more than 200 pigs in her farmyard, which houses one of the largest piggeries in her village, and the prodigious amount of manure they generate every day never bothers her. It is a source of extra income for her family.

Police experience helps environmental agency head

An experienced former police officer has headed the environmental watchdog in Zigong, Sichuan province, for more than three years and is trying to give environmental protection work more bite.

Work set to begin soon on Beijing airport's 4th runway

Beijing Capital International Airport, the busiest in China, will soon start building a new runway to help ease the heavy burden on existing facilities and improve flight punctuality, airport managers said.

Demand spikes for traditional woodblock-print Tibetan sutras

Lhasa resident Chodron has been on the waiting list for a woodblock-print sutra from her local monastery for a year, and she will need to wait another two years before she receives the beautiful piece of scripture.

'Silver' tourists may become travel goldmine

Since she retired four years ago, Chen Ying, 59, has been bitten by the travel bug.

Authorities drafting new standards for senior groups

The China Association of Travel Services is working on guidelines for the industry that will focus on services, safety and healthcare for senior tourists. The standard, which is being drafted, will require travel products to suit the psychological and physiological characteristics of older travelers.

Public to have more say on pollution

In its effort to clean up polluted urban rivers, China will give more weight to public opinion in determining which rivers are given a clean bill of health and removed from a listing of polluted waters.

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Report: Most netizens' privacy compromised

Kou Fei recently got a call at work from her mother, who was anxious to know that she was safe.

Former mystery site celebrates nuclear past

An architectural complex that occupies 6,000 square meters on a mountainside in Beijing's Huairou district has long been a mystery for nearby residents.

Confucius family tree to include more descendants, mainly ethnic members

More descendants of Chinese philosopher Confucius will have a chance to be recorded in the thinker's genealogical record books, believed to be the world's largest. Kong Deyong, a 77th-generation descendant of the revered Chinese philosopher, and chief compiler of the family tree, said on Sunday that compilers have started updating the records in Qufu, Shandong province, and descendants may inquire and register at any time.

Students get ideal majors, but only if they're lucky

The auditorium at the University of South China in Hunan province was crowded on the evening of Sept 8, when hundreds of students gathered to decide their majors through luck of the draw - a lottery system.