South American countries may be a long way from China, but the Chinese like to use the quote "A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near", from Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo 1,300 years ago, to describe the friendship.
Eleven people were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 years to life on Monday over organized prostitution at a nightclub in Henan province.
The use of child safety seats in vehicles is relatively uncommon in China, according to an investigation by the nation's quality watchdog.
Couples in Fujian province no longer need to apply for a birth approval certificate when they plan to have a first child, and they can obtain a certificate for a second child simply by handing in a guarantee that confirms they are eligible to have a second child, according to the province's Health and Family Planning Commission.
China has made great progress in using information, communication and technology in the field of education, experts attending a major conference agreed.
Railway police have arrested 18 suspects allegedly involved in human trafficking, and rescued 12 Vietnamese women.
Shanghai approved a draft plan on Monday for building the city into a technological innovation center.
While developing Shanghai into a technology innovation center with global influence, five aspects are of great importance, according to a report jointly published by a research group from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the China Engineering Technology Development Strategy Research Center in Shanghai.
Beijing will ban new coal-fired thermal power plants after the four existing ones are expected to be replaced by gas-fired plants by 2017, according to the municipal economic planner.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has redesigned its financial incentive programs to help attract the talent it needs to innovate and compete globally in the fields of world science and technology.
When Xu Xiaotong was 11, his neighbor urged other villagers to set him on fire - just because the boy tried to go to school.
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