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Ling Jihua, former vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from public office following allegations that include bribery, disclosing Party and State secrets and adultery.

Mobile app joins toolbox in anti-corruption effort

As the anti-corruption campaign gathers steam across the country, the top anti-graft authority is drawing on the latest Internet technology to encourage members of the public to pass on evidence of officials' misconduct.

Xinjiang heat wave expected to go on as other regions receive flood warnings

High temperatures recorded in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for the past week are likely to persist until Sunday, the national meteorological authority said on Monday.

More tourism aid planned to help region create new hub

China has pledged to develop the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as the Silk Road's main tour dispatch hub by 2020 through a national tourism financial aid package.

For guide, job is a family affair

Eight years ago, Ayinurgul Anigul was a teenager growing up in Bulayiq in the Turpan Basin, without any knowledge of tourism. She didn't know what to make of the strangers and the "good-looking elder brothers and sisters holding little flags".

Qinghai cleanup begins to take flight

Almost every day, Li Yinghua walks through a window-lined sunken passage to his office, where banks of computer screens show real-time images of wild birds in the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve in Qinghai province.

Concern over draft law 'not necessary'

A draft law on China's Internet security posted on the nation's top legislature website has sparked heated discussions at home and around the world.

Police question sixin sex scandal probe

Beijing police are holding six people who are allegedly involved in a sex video that was apparently made in a popular fashion retailer's fitting room, Beijing media reported on Sunday.

Driver's license loophole closed

A new regulation has made it more difficult for residents to travel to South Korea to obtain a driver's license - which is easier, cheaper and less time-consuming than getting one in Shanghai - and then exchange it for a local equivalent.

Brain waves lead way to safer driving

Stepping on the gas and brake or holding the wheel to drive a car has become unnecessary in an ongoing project at Nankai University in Tianjin.

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Tennis school aims to produce Li Na's successor

When Li Na announced her retirement from competitive tennis last year, the search for China's next tennis superstar shifted several gears as coaches across the country frantically attempted to spot her likely successor.