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Hotline and rules mulled for accidents, emergencies

[2015-07-30 07:56]

New rules and a hotline designed to tackle accidental encounters and emergencies in the South China Sea have been discussed by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

To be seen in public or not to be seen

[2015-07-30 07:56]

Back in Hollywood's "golden years" of the 1940s and '50s, a film star might get "caught" by news photographers on a date with a co-star. A marriage might end, a romance begin, and box-office receipts would go up. As they used to say, "No publicity is bad publicity."

This Day, That Year

[2015-07-30 07:56]

Item from July 30, 1985, in China Daily: More than 130,000 yuan was collected to build this "welfare house" in Fengkou town, Honghu county, Hubei province, for the childless elderly ...

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[2015-07-30 07:56]

Under the latest regulations, officials who have been demoted will not be eligible for promotion for two years after the downgrade.

Looking ahead

[2015-07-30 07:56]

Events and stories coming up in the next few days

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[2015-07-30 07:56]

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Buried utility lines to get update

[2015-07-30 07:56]

China will rebuild its underground utilities, including water and power supplies and heating systems, to expand urban carrying capacities and introduce more investment to boost growth.

Institute focuses on stopping encroaching sand

[2015-07-30 07:56]

A new global desertification control action plan focuses on creation of an institute that could develop best practices for ecological restoration and share those with developing countries struggling with encroaching sand.

Rules of parole, lower sentences for corrupt officials tightened

[2015-07-30 07:56]

Corrupt former minister-level officials who apply for parole or a reduced sentence must have their applications reviewed by the Supreme People's Court, China's top court said on Wednesday.

Armed soldiers among indelible memories

[2015-07-30 07:56]

After a 90-minute flight from Nairobi in Kenya, I finally got my first glimpse of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, through the plane's blurry and scratched window glass, which looked like a naughty child had drawn all over it.

Science 'critical' to economic upgrade

[2015-07-29 11:22]

Premier Li Keqiang highlighted the "critical role" of technological innovation in driving China's economic transformation during a scientific seminar on Monday.

Embassy continues its work in aftermath of car bombing

[2015-07-29 11:22]

China has sent a mission to bring home the body of the Chinese embassy security staff member killed in a car bombing in Somalia and dispatched a working group to tackle the aftermath, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

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