Kidnapped girl saved after swiftaction by the police

A 5-year-old girl was successfully rescued 56 hours after being kidnapped.

Drug-dealing moms avoid prison time

Zhi Hui, 35, has become the unlikely poster child for women dealing drugs in Nanjing after she evaded prison five times on grounds that she was a mother.

Nanjing gets defensive about city wall after claims by Xi'an

The Tourism Administration Bureau of Xi'an has apologized for suggesting that while its city wall has stood for more than 600 years, walls in Nanjing and Beijing had disappeared long ago.

Consumers have no beef with meat

China is the world's biggest consumer of pork - accounting for about half of global consumption every year - and processed meats.

Pair bonds in helping others

Love blossomed for Li Shuai and Yang Kai in a special mix of caring, kindness and sacrifice.

Around China

A dimpled, grinning bodhisattva statue that had been hidden away for more than 1,500 years in the Yungang Grottoes received a great deal of attention during an exhibition at a New Year's festival.

Courts told to enforce judgments

Chinese courts must improve their handling of financial defaults and individual debtors in the face of a skyrocketing case load over the past three years, an official of the top court said on Wednesday.

Expert proposes lower age limit for marriage

The legal age for marriage in China should be changed to allow people to have children at an earlier age, a population and family planning expert said.

Public-interest lawsuit plan tested

Prosecuting departments have filed five public-interest lawsuits involving environmental pollution with the courts since July as part of a national pilot program aimed at protecting public resources.

Website to reconnect missing persons

The Ministry of Civil Affairs has launched a website to help long-term missing persons return home.

IN BRIEF (Page 4)

Firms offer fewer jobs for winter

The demand for seasonal winter workers has dropped this year by more than 50 percent in Dongguan, a major production base in Guangdong province, and one of the reasons may be the increasing use of robots, according to an employment professional.