China will conduct more than 20 space missions this year, including a manned one and the maiden flights of two rockets, according to the nation's major space contractor.
Four executives from a former online video service company pleaded not guilty to spreading pornography on the Internet when they stood trial in a Beijing court on Thursday.
Beijing stated its "resolute opposition" on Wednesday after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea announced earlier in the day that it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test.
What the Democratic People's Republic of Korea claimed was a "successful hydrogen bomb test" brought a jolt on Wednesday morning to residents of Hunchun, a border city in Jilin province that is near the test site.
For the first time, Chinese environmental protection authorities have shown their teeth as part of State power by summoning provincial leaders for a talk-down session over local pollution problems.
The central government's clampdown on lavish spending by public officials has helped spawn a renaissance in one area of publishing - the production of high-quality calendars that highlight the country's culture.
Where did it all go wrong? That's what room-service waiters would ask George Best when they saw him drinking Champagne with the latest Miss World.
Item from Jan 7, 1982, in China Daily: Cui Yuhua and her husband, Zhang Keliang, proudly display their family, China's only quadruplets - two boys and two girls.
On Dec 29, a 28-year-old woman in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, drowned after she fell into a river while looking at her mobile phone.
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