Some officials took part in terrorism, watchdog says

Some officials in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have supported and even taken part in terrorist activities, the head of the regional disciplinary watchdog said.

Countryside credit reducing rural poverty

Despite a new, if slightly bumpy, mountain road and countless tunnels, it still takes more than six hours to drive to Shiba Dong, a village in western Hunan province, from Changsha, the provincial capital.

Tide turning for small shipbuilders and owners

After a week-long voyage along the Yangtze River in his new cargo ship, Chen Tao transported tons of rolled steel to Wuhan, Hubei province, from Shanghai before returning to his home in Huaibin county, Henan province, for a short vacation.

Drone users face limits

For drone enthusiasts, places such as Tian'anmen Square in Beijing and the White House in Washington, DC, are not good places to toy around with their unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Official: US could waver on climate

A veteran climate official said on Monday he is concerned that existing climate policies in the United States might not be adhered to after the next US president is elected.

Traffic back to normal after snow

Traffic resumed in snowstorm-hit areas of northern China as highways and airports were reopened on Monday morning.

Left-behind girls face higher risks

Compared with their peers, girls left behind by their parents in rural areas are at high risk, according to a new report.

Nation to lift 50m out of rural poverty in five years

The top leadership of the Communist Party of China pledged on Monday to increase its efforts to eliminate poverty in rural areas and defeat regional poverty by 2020.

China's 400b yuan plastic surgery industry set to become world's 3rd largest

China's cosmetic surgery industry will be valued at 400 billion yuan ($62.6 billion) by the end of this year and is expected to double in size to 800 billion yuan by 2019.

Going against the flow?

Nearly a year has passed since China's arid northern regions began receiving water channeled from the south via a network of pipes and aqueducts stretching more than 1,400 kilometers.

Villagers make light of 'sacrifices'

On the way to Hualiba village, I watched a 45-minute documentary made by China Central Television last year about the people who had been relocated.