Leaders of gambling, sex ring jailed; officers punished

Two leaders of a gambling and prostitution ring have been sentenced to life in prison and another 85 others were given jail sentences after a nightclub - involving 300 million yuan ($45.8 million) of illicit money - was busted in Zhengzhou, Henan province.

Survey: Wives admit to abusing husbands

Domestic violence cases in which husbands are the victims are on the rise, according to a survey taken after the country's first anti-domestic violence law took effect on Tuesday.

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Digging deep to explore subterranean space

As land resources become increasingly scarce amid China's urban sprawl, local authorities have resorted to a new frontier for space: the world below our feet. A number of cities have decided to tap this underground space to reduce the mounting pressures on available land in high-density urban areas.

Live-in sons-in-law struggle to fit in

After 10 years as a necessary, but ultimately unwelcome, live-in son-in-law, Ma Xuedong divorced, and moved out of his wife's family home.

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Li: Coordination, structural reform needed

Editor's note: The following is full text of a video message for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on Feb 26.

Self-taught scientists must answer questions

Alfred Nobel might have never expected his name to be associated with a Chinese national named Guo Yingsen, who is nicknamed "Brother Nobel" for having said at a job-seeking TV show in 2010 that his theory could win him the Nobel Prize for physics.

A potent way of boosting scientific research

At its Feb 17 meeting, the State Council, China's Cabinet, announced a range of measures, which, among other things, supports the conversion of scientific and technological achievements into practice and promotes scientific and technological development, in order to boost economic growth. Some media outlets' comments on the issue follow:

Chinese takeovers of overseas brands worthy of attention

It is surprising that takeovers of international companies and brands by Chinese enterprises have received so little media coverage despite three major deals being struck in the first few weeks of January 2016 alone.

Riot may spell end of radicalism in HK

Lao Tzu (about 571 - 471 BC), the Chinese thinker best known as the father of Taoism, famously said more than 2,000 years ago that when someone is mad beyond reason it means that person's days are numbered.

How to win back Chinese consumers

More than 6 million Chinese travelers spent a record 90 billion yuan ($14.29 billion) out of Chinese mainland during the Spring Festival holiday.