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Woman acquitted in child poisoning

[2015-12-23 07:56]

A woman sentenced to life in prison for poisoning children was acquitted on Monday, renewing long-standing questions among judicial experts about the best way to ensure that legal processes are used in handling cases.

A family affair?

[2015-12-23 07:56]

Lyu Meiye, the owner of a beauty salon in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has stopped taking calls and has refused all requests for interviews after unguarded comments about her "filial piety tax" sparked headlines in China and across the world.

Military career is based on control

[2015-12-23 07:56]

Zhao Lizhun, the commander of an aviation regiment at the Jinan Military Area Command, carries two packages with him.

Around China

[2015-12-23 07:56]

Li Xingwen, a farmer from Youlou village in Pingyi county, earns about 750,000 yuan ($124,000) a year by selling jianbing, a Chinese pancake, in Shanghai.

Study: Consumers on fast track

[2015-12-22 07:56]

China is projected to remain one of the world's fastest-growing consumer markets by 2020, reaching $6.5 trillion in annual private consumption even if annual GDP growth slows to 5.5 percent over the next five years, according to a study by Boston Consulting Group and AliResearch, the research arm of Alibaba Group Holding.

Annual policy meeting maps the road ahead

[2015-12-22 07:56]

China will roll out measures to reduce its property inventory and stabilize its ailing housing market, according to a statement released on Monday after a key policy meeting.

Economic outlook brighter for 2016

[2015-12-22 07:56]

A number of positive factors will gradually gain traction in 2016, although downward pressures on growth such as overcapacity, profit deceleration and rising nonprofit loans will persist, according to a research report from the People's Bank of China.

What they say

[2015-12-22 07:57]

"Supply-side" reform was highlighted at the conference. In the United States, the reform is largely equivalent to tax cuts. In China, the most discussed issue is the destocking and elimination of zombie firms.

Anti-terrorism law in works

[2015-12-22 07:56]

China's top legislature is considering China's first anti-terrorism law, which many say is urgently needed as the fight against terrorists has intensified.

Highlights of other drafts

[2015-12-22 07:56]

Domestic violence

IN BRIEF (Page 5)

[2015-12-22 07:56]

Inspections ordered after deadly lab blast

Twice as nice or double trouble?

[2015-12-22 07:56]

Strawberries, bananas, pawpaw ... anyone who has eaten these fruits recently will have tasted cloned foods, which have been sold unlabelled at supermarkets across the world since the 1980s.

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