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Thailand, Japan, HK prove top destinations

[2015-09-02 07:41]

Thailand, Japan and Hong Kong became the most popular overseas destinations for tourists from the Chinese mainland during the summer's peak tourism season because of the host destinations' new visa policies and favorable currency exchange rates.

Obstacles to soccer growth falling away

[2015-09-02 07:41]

Following a recent move by China's top sports body to give up its authority over the Chinese Football Association, a local sports authority in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, said it will mirror that action and cut its own ties to the local football association.

Insurance to include treatment, diagnosis of birth defects

[2015-09-02 07:41]

The national health authority has pledged to include diagnosis and treatment of birth defects under health insurance programs.

Border soldiers reveal their higher calling

[2015-09-02 07:41]

Their lives are even harder than the yaks'," said Chokyi, during her weekly visit to a border post halfway up a mountain 2 kilometers from her home in Tranglung, Gamba county.

Brothers in arms on a spiritual quest

[2015-09-02 07:41]

The soldiers I met in Gamba are of a similar age to me, and the question that filled my head, along with the inevitable altitude headache, was how they achieved the transformation from single child to soldier in one of the most inhospitable places in the world.

'We have a heart for them'

[2015-09-02 07:41]

Jack, a 10-year-old Chinese orphan, blew out his birthday candles on the last Saturday of July, surrounded by his host family in Garland, Texas.

Around China

[2015-09-02 07:41]

A 12-year-old boy accidentally lost his footing and tore a hole in a famous painting valued at $1.5 million while visiting a gallery in Taiwan.

UN chief to attend V-Day event

[2015-09-01 07:45]

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend the V-Day ceremonies in Beijing on Sept 3 during a five-day visit starting on Wednesday.

Juvenile offenders sent home to get help

[2015-09-01 07:45]

Juveniles from Jiangsu province who commit crimes in Shanghai can be brought to their hometown for redemption and supervision thanks to the country's first intra-provincial cooperation in juvenile prosecutions.

Houston scientist invited to parade

[2015-09-01 07:45]

Professor Paul Chin-wu Chu, founding director and chief scientist at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, is one of five overseas Chinese - and the only one in the US-invited to view the military parade on Sept 3 from Tian'anmen Rostrum in Beijing.

Party school renovation boosts spirit

[2015-09-01 07:45]

The top Party school, a key training center for senior officials, has carried out a campus renovation plan that has erected new statues of renowned communist figures Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping to boost Party spirit and inspire officials, according to the school authority.

Second homes need lower down payment

[2015-09-01 07:45]

China lowered the down payment for those who use their housing provident funds to buy a second home, signaling its intention to prop up the property market in a time of battered confidence.

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