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[2015-07-17 07:52]

Electric vehicles in the Chinese capital will soon be exempt from parking fees and tolls in a bid to encourage low carbon transportation, the Beijing Morning Post reported on Thursday.

'Enemy's children' found love in arms of Chinese parents

[2015-07-17 07:52]

Sumie Ikeda is an energetic and sprightly 70-year-old Japanese woman who speaks fluent Chinese with a strong northeastern accent.

Lawyers' rights must be protected, experts say

[2015-07-17 07:52]

Lawyers' behavior should be regulated and their rights protected as China progresses with judicial reforms put forward in 2013, members of the legal profession said on Thursday.

New high-speed train prepares for extreme cold on northern line

[2015-07-17 07:52]

Early on Monday morning, train No D5001 left the station in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, to begin trial runs on China's northern most high-speed rail line.

Capital continues to move industries from downtown

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Beijing will prohibit 79 percent of businesses categorized as industries in the six downtown districts and relocate four noncapital functions to suburban Tongzhou district, the municipality's Development and Reform Commission said.

Sun may set soon on beleaguered beekeepers

[2015-07-17 07:52]

Deep in the woods at the Wumahe State Forest Farm in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, a cotton tent was pitched alongside a narrow road that leads to the foot of a nearby mountain.

'Raising bees is like raising children'

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Pan Lichun has been raising honeybees all his life. The Yichun native doesn't have to worry about selling his produce, though, because his good reputation means people buy the honey before it's even been made.

Reviving a taste of childhood - and making a profit too

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Yichun has two claims to fame. The city in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang is known as China's "forest capital", but it's also famous for producing the best honey in the country, especially the expensive variety made from the nectar of linden tree flowers, which in China is only made in the far north.

Academic leads his village to prosperity

[2015-07-17 07:52]

Zhu Youzhi did not hesitate for a second when he gave up a yearly salary of 1 million yuan ($161,200) to become a village head.

Around China

[2015-07-17 07:52]

An elderly woman in Zhengzhou herded her goats into a park with a wolf-dog as her guard.

Ministry: 'Drag ship away'

[2015-07-16 07:51]

China objected on Wednesday to the Philippines repairing a warship that it ran aground near Ren'ai Reef in the South China Sea, saying that the effort only illustrates that the country is creating trouble.

Govt office moves planned to relieve capital's congestion

[2015-07-16 07:51]

Beijing municipal government offices and affiliated institutions will be shifted gradually to Beijing's suburban Tongzhou district to make the city's central areas less crowded, city planning officials said on Tuesday.

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