Innovative sex education wins acclaim

A nurse's frank approach to teaching her 11-year-old son about sex has led to her being invited to his school to teach sex education, a move which has won acclaim across the country.

Zhejiang planning 100 specialized 'towns'

To reinforce the upgrading of traditional industries, encourage innovation and promote tourism, Zhejiang province is to invest 500 billion yuan ($81.5 billion) in 100 featured "towns" within three years.

Shanghai instructors take math smarts to the UK

A group of Chinese math teachers are headed to classrooms in United Kingdom primary schools in a program to share their successful teaching methods while improving educational cooperation between the two countries.

Testing times stymie student hopefuls

Chinese citizens living overseas are finding their path to higher education blocked in their ancestral homeland, and a measure that was specifically designed to meet their needs is the biggest stumbling block to academic success.

Non-international status hampers search for schools

Chinese students who return to the country after residing overseas quickly learn two things: not only is their choice of colleges and universities limited, but it's also far tougher to gain access to graduate schools.

Woman keeps alive memory of martyrs

Every year during the run-up to Qingming Festival, a stooped, gray-haired woman can be found on a ladder cleaning monuments in the martyrs' cemetery at Yichang, Hubei province, with a toothbrush.

Around China

Beijing

MERS deals travel agents blow

As the number of cases - and deaths - from Middle East respiratory syndrome continues to rise in South Korea, travel agencies in China are facing increasing numbers of customers who want to cancel their trips there.

Too-cheap tours spark abuses, watchdog says

Tourists' don't like being forced to shop after going on inexpensive tours, the top tourism watchdog said about the No 1 complaint it received last month.

A host of new measures will aid startups

China has announced nearly 100 measures to help grass-roots entrepreneurs get more loans, pay less tax and even receive free psychological counseling when their startups fail, top officials said on Friday.

China, Europe to send a SMILE into space

A new satellite will soon tell the Earth to "Say 'cheese'!" And the Earth will respond with a SMILE.

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