With the rains not having fallen as they normally do, water levels have dropped in a dam that supplies electricity to Zambia and Zimbabwe, causing power blackouts, business closures and consternation. Some traditional chiefs are blaming an angry river god.
Bird-watching is growing popular in the country's major cities, especially Beijing. With its diverse landscape, the capital is a hot spot to watch migratory birds on their annual spring and autumn passage. Below are five of the city's popular birding sites:
Couples who want a second child after the announcement on Thursday that China's "one-child policy" is ending will have to wait until the appropriate laws are amended, according to experts.
A draft law to promote the country's movie industry - widely regarded as a milestone move - was submitted to the country's top legislature for the first-round review on Friday.
A long-awaited draft law to improve China's charitable organizations and the industry was submitted to the nation's top legislative body for the first discussion on Friday.
The Foreign Ministry on Friday dismissed a ruling by the Arbitral Tribunal on the jurisdiction and admissibility of the South China Sea issue, saying it is null and void.
A court in Tianjin has ordered US oil giant ConocoPhillips to pay 1.68 million yuan ($266,000) to 21 fishermen who claimed that their fishing interests and livelihood were severely damaged by the 2011 Bohai Bay oil spill.
It's been a wettish few months in Beijing but as Einstein said, it's all relative.
Item from Oct 30, 1998, in China Daily: Thanks to the hunting ban and to the care of local people in the Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture of Southwest China's Yunnan province, the number of wild elephants has risen from 190 nearly two decades a go to 250 at present.
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