Speed up hukou process, govt says

The nation's top planning authority said on Tuesday that all provinces and municipalities should issue plans to help migrants from rural areas acquire urban residential status by the end of this year.

Cross-border efforts hit illegal drugs

China and three other countries with territory in the Greater Mekong subregion arrested more than 10,000 suspected drug traffickers and seized 100 million methamphetamine pills during joint operations last year, according to a statement by the Public Security Ministry issued on Tuesday.

Exotic species add pressure at border

Officers discover haul of poisonous frogs, thanks to X-ray scan of parcel from Poland

Former senior official expelled

Liu Zhigeng, the former deputy governor of Guangdong province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and dismissed from public posts for multiple alleged violations, including graft and "engaging in superstitious activities".

Pollution poses threat to cities' water

China's major cities rely heavily on water collected in catchment areas that are under threat from encroachment and pollution, according to a new report from The Nature Conservancy, a leading global conservation organization.

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Capsule returns safely after 12-day odyssey

SJ-10's recoverable module comes back to Earth carrying a number of finished science experiments

Habit of reading in China expands with mobile tech

Chinese people, on average, read eight books in 2015, a small increase over previous years that may be attributed in part to mobile technology.

Man, 57, detained in courier beating captured on video

Beijing police have placed a 57-year-old man in 10-day administrative detention after he was identified as the driver who allegedly beat a delivery courier in the city's Dongcheng district on Sunday. The courier's electric tricycle had struck the man's car.

Political trouble is blamed for tourism dive in HK

Hong Kong's tourism industry will continue to face downward pressure, a report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences predicted on Monday.

Embryos growing in space a 'giant leap'

Chinese mission shows cells can multiply, but colonization of the cosmos has a 'long way to go'

TV rule pushing stars' kids off air

Producers of reality television shows in China have been adjusting programs that feature celebrities and their children after a directive from China's media regulator banning the exploitation of stars' children, an official said.