China will strive to further improve women's welfare and rights, a senior women's affairs official pledged at a news briefing on Tuesday, pointing to the country's achievements to date in narrowing the gap between men and women.
Among the 20 satellites launched on the maiden flight of the Long March 6 rocket on Sunday was a nano-satellite designed, developed and controlled independently by college students.
Zhang Lebin, deputy director-general of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, is being investigated for suspected "serious disciplinary violations", the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced on its website on Tuesday. Zhang, 57, was appointed as secretary of the discipline inspection commission of the administration in 2003 before being promoted to deputy director-general in 2010.
Big-spending Chinese tourists are embracing a longer vacation as this year's Mid-Autumn Festival falls close to the National Day holiday in October.
A French collector handed over 24 gold ornaments to China on Monday that were stolen from 2,000-year-old tombs, following a similar action earlier this year. Christian Deydier made the handover while visiting Northwest China's Gansu province. The ornaments will be stored in the Gansu Provincial Museum, according to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
There seems to be a reverse migration taking place all over the country, although it is definitely on a much smaller scale compared with the diaspora of rural migrant workers flooding the cities.
Item from Sept 22, 1984, in China Daily: In the drive to modernize its national defense, China has produced a variety of new missiles ... The latest Chinese conventional and strategic weapons will be on display during the military parade marking the 35th anniversary of the People's Republic on Oct 1.
Many Chinese employees who have had US colleagues report positive impressions.
Increased Chinese involvement in the United Kingdom's push for more nuclear power plants and high-speed rail is on track as Beijing and London synergized their own strategic plans at a keynote dialogue in Beijing on Monday.
Chinese judicial bodies said they will continue to implement the principle of not making judgments in cases without strong evidence, a move to protect human rights and avoid wrongful verdicts.
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