A total of 31,527 prisoners, most of whom were juveniles when they committed crimes, have been released under an amnesty agreement, according to an official statement on Monday.
The leaders of seven of Australia's eight states and territories have called for the country to become a republic, reigniting a thorny debate ahead of a national holiday on Tuesday.
I will unfurl myself from the fetal position under the blankets in my apartment in frigid Beijing today and say to myself, "global warming, wha'?"
Item from Jan 26, 1983, in China Daily: Textile workers with one child taking part in a publicity event in Zibo, Shandong province, as part of the nationwide family planning campaign.
Many Chinese consumers bought imported liquor online last year, according to a recent report from major shopping portal Amazon China.
Beijing is demanding a prompt investigation into an attack that killed two Chinese and wounded one other in Laos' central Xaysomboun province on Sunday.
Many foreign experts living in China say that obtaining a "green card" has not given them all the rights equal to Chinese residents that they thought they could expect.
High-speed trains with comfort, Starbucks coffee onboard, free Wi-Fi in stations, and phone apps for ticket purchase. As the Spring Festival travel rush kicked off on Sunday, hundreds of millions of Chinese found that their journeys for holiday homecomings have become much smoother and faster.
Though US Secretary of State John Kerry is eager to gain Beijing's cooperation on issues including Pyongyang's nuclear test and the South China Sea, major achievements are unlikely to come from his upcoming China visit, observers say.
About 20 million women in China are expected to have free operations to help them recover their fertility after the introduction of a policy encouraging all couples to have two children.
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