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Newcomers plan to muscle in on China's gyms

[2015-07-22 07:54]

Every night at about 10 pm, just as the surrounding stores and restaurants are closing for the day, rush hour is beginning at NowFitness, Beijing's first 24-hour gym and workout center.

Former banker raises fitness interest rate

[2015-07-22 07:54]

Until 2013, Wang Yin never imagined that he would quit his prestigious, well-paid job in banking and start a new career in China's underdeveloped fitness industry.

Armless student teaches lesson in fortitude on way to law school

[2015-07-22 07:54]

It was already standing room only on a Saturday afternoon in a meeting room designed for 100 people on the sixth floor of a teaching building at Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu, Sichuan province. But more people kept coming.

Around China

[2015-07-22 07:54]

A suspected thief in Dezhou donated boxes of fruit he allegedly stole from a fruit shop to a child welfare home.

Experts eye underground problems

[2015-07-21 07:51]

Defense radar seeks out broken pipes and illegal basements to help city administrators

Colleges enroll more rural students

[2015-07-21 07:51]

China's top universities are continuing to work on improving equality during admission season, especially through enrolling more students from rural areas.

Overdrawing reveals gap in bank practices

[2015-07-21 07:51]

With a lack of information-sharing between banks and no mechanism for identifying individuals who fail to repay their credit cards, overdrawing has seen a sharp rise in Shanghai in recent years.

Syria-trained bombing suspect detained

[2015-07-21 07:51]

A man police say is a member of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement has been detained in Hebei province on suspicion of planning a bombing.

IN BRIEF (Page 4)

[2015-07-21 07:51]

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

[2015-07-21 07:51]

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

[2015-07-21 07:51]

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

[2015-07-21 07:51]

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.

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