Runner completes 100 marathons in 100 days

Chinese ultramarathon runner Chen Penbin, 37, successfully achieved his goal of running a full marathon every day for 100 days.

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Rules set to fix financial problems

The People's Liberation Army has issued a regulation to correct 69 financial irregularities and close all the loopholes in its treasury.

Records on Japan's aggression donated

More than 1,000 privately owned historical documents that record Japanese militarists' crimes during World War II have been donated to the Museum of Overseas Chinese History in Beijing.

Tusi regions named China's 48th World Heritage Site

China gained its 48th World Heritage Site on Saturday when the 39th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting in Bonn, Germany, added the Tusi Chieftain Sites to the coveted list.

Cities unite to seek historic status for Maritime Silk Road

After researching Maritime Silk Road relic sites in Nanjing for years, a professor at one of China's top universities is working with researchers from eight other cities to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the ancient route.

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Police have detained a man who they say spread an online rumor that someone who had leapt to his death did so because of the recent stock market slump.

Tougher action on child sexual abuse signaled

"If I had paid more attention to taking care of my only daughter, and had advised her to always be cautious in the presence of strangers, she wouldn't have been sexually assaulted," said Chen Lin (not her real name), whose 9-year-old daughter was repeatedly raped by a neighbor.

Women's groups at the forefront of the battle to protect youngsters

In June 2013, a group of female reporters from China's national media and the All-China Women's Federation established a public welfare project to prevent the sexual abuse of minors.

Teacher finds love, life calling in Tibet

Zhang Jingchuan said that seeing children smile in Tibet is like finding the most beautiful flowers in the world.

Around China

A farmer in Maguan county kept two black bears at home for two years, thinking they were dogs.

Free stocks from $10-trillion roller-coaster

Both the volatility and the three-week index dive in Chinese stock markets have been beyond the wildest imagination of most investors and should prompt the country's policymakers to take immediate and effective measures to preempt panic in the stock market.