CAO WENZHUANG, a former director of the State Food and Drug Administration's drug registration department, who in 2007 was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes and dereliction of duty, reportedly had his sentence commuted to 14 years and three months in prison, after he turned in about 1.15 million yuan ($174,904) of illicit gains after eight years in prison.
MANY CHINESE hospitals have closed their pediatric clinics recently, because of the shortage of pediatricians in China. New Express Daily says greater efforts are needed to protect the rights of children:
There are more than a few financial figures in China that no longer trust Western financial advice (or most advisers) any more than they have to. There is a rich, as it were, history behind the mistrust. And in this, George Soros, no less, has a role.
The controversy over fireworks and firecrackers during Spring Festival is not new. This year, many cities and provinces have issued stricter regulations on fireworks because of the serious air pollution across large parts of China last year.
As the use of digital devices is becoming more common, so are many conditions associated with their increased use.
Many Chinese living in Washington and most other US cities have long complained that they don't feel any festive mood at the Lunar New Year, which this year arrives on Monday, Feb 8. That would surely not have been the case if they visited the American Art Museum in downtown Washington on Jan 30.
Tens of thousands of passengers were stranded at Guangzhou Railway Station due to the recent bad weather, when heavy snow delayed more than a dozen trains. The number of passengers meant many were forced to stand outside as they waited until their trains were ready for boarding.
In a move believed to be aimed at reviving the housing market, the People's Bank of China and the China Banking Regulatory Commission announced on Tuesday that the down payment requirements will be reduced from 25 percent to 20 percent for first home buyers and from 40 percent to 30 percent for second home buying.
AS LUNAR NEW YEAR approaches, leading local officials, as part of established practice, will visit poor residents in their communities and bring gifts for them. However, China Disciplinary Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the top anti-graft agency, found some of them pretended to make such visits by faking photos:
US SENATOR Ted Cruz beat billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa's Republican caucus on Monday. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders had to settle for a tie in the Democratic caucus. Beijing News says this signals a notable change in US politics:
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