Subway assault in Paris stirs criticism

A university professor in France says misunderstandings about Chinese people may have contributed to an incident in Paris in which a female exchange student was accosted twice at a subway station, inciting netizen criticism of French behavior.

Shenzhen to set rules for express vehicles

Traffic authorities in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, will specify measures for the use of electric tricycles by express services, following the drafting of national technical requirements for the vehicles, according to a local officer.

Golf 'OK' for govt officials if they pay

Can officials play golf while the nation steps up efforts to clamp down on corruption and promote austerity?

Money may be best medicine for rural doctor shortage

Doctors working in rural areas in Beijing will get a big raise - in some cases more than triple their current subsidies - under a measure by the municipal government to ease a shortage of healthcare resources.

El Nino brings dire warnings of floods

Flood control authorities issued alerts for more than 40 rivers in southern China as weather forecasters warned of more heavy rainstorms likely to bring floods in coming days.

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Top schools give chances to rural poor

Students in remote or impoverished rural regions who are in their final grade in high school will no longer need to make the long journey to Shanghai for written tests and interviews to secure a place in prestigious Fudan University.

Freed animals fail to survive in wild

A few days after being set free in the wild, dozens of raccoon dogs and Arctic foxes were found dead in Beijing's Huairou district, according to the Beijing Evening News.

Endangered shark sales spark outcry

Photos of endangered hammerhead sharks on sale in a fish market in the Hainan resort city of Sanya have triggered an outcry among netizens.

HK youth told not to agitate for separation

It is the responsibility of both the government and the community to educate misinformed youths about China's sovereignty over Hong Kong, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Leung Chun-ying, said on Tuesday.

Pushy parents provoke child-vote backlash

In China, there are usually two reasons people receive messages from friends and relatives from whom they haven't heard for a while.

I feel obliged to help my little brother

First Person | Jin Zhen