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Tourists from Taiwan kick off car tour in Xiamen

[2015-12-17 07:50]

The government is encouraging Fujian province and Taiwan to strengthen exchanges further, after tourists from the island gained permission to drive their own cars when visiting the province, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday.

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[2015-12-17 07:50]

The national tourism watchdog released its fourth batch of records online on Wednesday naming five tourists who exhibited unruly behavior.

The bitterest pill for hepatitis C patients

[2015-12-17 07:50]

At least one in 10 of the global population with hepatitis C lives in China. However, despite being available in most parts of the world, drugs known as "direct-acting antivirals", or DAAs, which can cure at least 95 percent of cases, are not available in the Chinese mainland.

Winter sports take off with gusto nationwide

[2015-12-16 08:05]

With about seven years to go before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, public enthusiasm for winter sports has already taken off in China, highlighted by bustling scenes at ice rinks and ski resorts around the capital.

What they say

[2015-12-16 08:05]

It's very exciting for us now that Beijing has received the Olympics of 2022, which will be a fantastic development for China to grow winter sports. It's obvious that the whole skiing industry has been developing massively in China, and I believe the 2022 Olympics will give it a push.

China becomes shareholder in European bank

[2015-12-16 08:05]

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced on Monday that its board of governors had approved China as a new bank shareholder.

Science center in Shanghai to move ideas quickly from lab to market

[2015-12-16 08:05]

A comprehensive national science center will be established in Shanghai by 2020, offering the city an important asset as it seeks to build itself into a science and innovation center with global influence.

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[2015-12-16 08:05]

Corruption that leads to safety accidents should be subject to harsher penalties, said a new judicial interpretation on the crime of endangering production safety.

Planned oil price cut suspended

[2015-12-16 08:05]

China's top economic planner suspended a retail oil price cut that was scheduled for Wednesday and will adjust the current pricing mechanism in order to reduce fossil fuel consumption for better air quality.

Presumed coffin of emperor being opened

[2015-12-16 08:05]

Archaeologists began the process on Tuesday of opening a significant coffin in a tomb dating to the 1st century BC in Nanchang, Jiangxi province.

Big cities luring talent despite drawbacks

[2015-12-16 08:05]

Despite heavy smog, skyrocketing house prices and living pressures, China's first-tier cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, are still the top the choices for the best brains.

Interest in SOE jobs declines for third straight year

[2015-12-16 08:05]

Interest in jobs with State-owned enterprises - once regarded as the best choice for college students because such jobs offered a decent income with no risk of being laid off - has fallen for the third year in a row, a new report shows.

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