3 held in assault on airline workers

Police in Central China's Hunan province have detained three airline passengers after they were caught on video slapping, verbally abusing and throwing food at ground staff in anger over a delayed flight, Changsha Evening News reported on Tuesday.

Draft law eases curbs on foreign NGOs in country

Rapid expansion has made the new provisions for certain groups 'necessary', lawmaker says

Govt strengthens vaccine oversight

Chief government officials should resign if serious vaccine violations occurred in their jurisdictions, according to a revised regulation approved by the State Council, China's Cabinet, ahead of National Children's Inoculation Day, which fell on Monday.

Suspect held after two children killed

Police in Beijing have arrested a 46-year-old man from Pizhou, Jiangsu province, who is a suspect in the slayings of two children and in the serious assaults of four other minors.

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Trading on a firm friendship

Growing commercial links with China are helping the Nepalese government rebuild its economy after the country was devastated by an earthquake a year ago. Sylvia Chang reports from Rasuwa, Nepal.

Boy's sudden death prompts campaign against child labor

The sudden death of a 14-year-old boy at a factory in Foshan city, Guangdong province, has triggered a citywide campaign against the exploitation of child laborers in the Pearl River Delta hub.

Two dramatists, one world apart

Despite the numerous parallels between William Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu, it's hard to mask their literary and cultural differences

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Can nation avoid middle-income trap?

Great opportunities still exist for further economic expansion if the government pushes ahead with the right reform agenda

Fixed-asset investment stabilizes, may hit 10%: domestic think tank

Fluctuations in China's investment market will continue this year as the pressure of the economic downturn continues, a domestic think tank has reported in its annual review.

Details matter in would-be debt-for-equity swap plan

China's debt-for-equity swaps, designed to shed 1-trillion-yuan ($154 billion) worth of underused capacity, have raised numerous questions about how the government will resolve the bad debts of inefficient companies, Caixin magazine recently reported.