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Woman stitches new life for herself after lifting veil

[2015-07-02 07:50]

After baking nang, a kind of crusty pancake, for her husband and children early in the morning, Guliayisham Memet puts on a brightly colored silk dress and rides her motorcycle to the carpet factory 3 kilometers away from where she lives, a small village in Toksun county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

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[2015-07-02 07:50]

An 18-year-old Beijing man who spiked beverage bottles with poison in an attempt to get rid of his grandmother, but killed a 5-year-old boy instead, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Cross-Straits legal deal bearing fruit

[2015-07-01 07:36]

Mainland courts handled nearly nine times as many cases involving Taiwan residents in 2014 as they did six years ago thanks to a cross-Straits agreement on mutual judicial cooperation, China's top court said on Tuesday.

Survey: Chinese becoming taller, heavier

[2015-07-01 07:36]

Chinese people are eating more, thanks to their deeper pockets, making them slightly taller but also a lot fatter, according to a National Health and Family Planning Commission report released on Tuesday.

Vice-minister of health calls for emergency medical aid system to include more people

[2015-07-01 07:36]

A top health official on Tuesday said health authorities at various levels in China should improve their emergency medical relief systems to cover all those in need.

IN BRIEF (Page 4)

[2015-07-01 07:36]

Land reclamation on some islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands has been completed as planned, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Overseas tourists to get tax refunds on shopping

[2015-07-01 07:36]

Beijing and Shanghai will offer tax refunds on purchases made by overseas visitors starting on Wednesday, kicking off a program to bolster tourism and sales of some items popular with foreign visitors, such as souvenirs, silk, porcelain and traditional Chinese medicine products.

China-designed train will replace older, foreign models

[2015-07-01 07:36]

Tests of the first Chinese-standard bullet train began in Beijing on Tuesday as the country moves toward replacing all foreign-standard models with the domestically developed version, a senior official said.

Report: Highway debt being reduced

[2015-07-01 07:36]

Toll road policies need to be improved, but the debt remains manageable, said Wang Tai, deputy director of China's Ministry of Transportation.

Young entrepreneurs get dose of discipline

[2015-07-01 07:36]

More than 70 scions of wealthy entrepreneurs in Fujian province are being educated at a training course featuring tough, no-nonsense discipline.

Watchdog bans websites from posting details of bullying cases

[2015-07-01 07:36]

Websites have been barred from posting details of juvenile bullying cases in an effort to prevent the youngsters from being harmed again, under a rule issued by China's Internet watchdog on Tuesday.

'Sponge City' program set to soak up urban floodwater

[2015-07-01 07:36]

For residents of Shanghai, Nanjing and Wuhan, rainstorms often mean high levels of water, flooded roads ... and sometimes even an unexpected opportunity to fish in the streets.

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