US researchers: Filial piety helps solve eldercare woes

The University of Pennsylvania will promote the Chinese tradition of filial piety to help find answers to handling China's rapidly aging population through a five-year research and service plan it announced on Friday. The program also includes more frequent personnel exchanges between China and the United States.

Chinese film industry on the red carpet

The first Chinese Film Festival in Italy kicked off in Milan on Thursday, with a top selection of movies, and a series of forums to address the evolution of China's film industry.

New ship will track October spaceflight

When the Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft starts its journey next month to meet the Tiangong II space lab, it will be tracked by China's latest space monitor and communications system aboard a new tracking ship.

Three major experiments on Tiangong II

1. Growing plants in space, directed by Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology at the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

Typhoon lashes China before weakening

Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes.

Credit data ease concerns over growth

Better-than-expected credit growth in August eased some concerns over the momentum of the economy, while sluggish corporate lending points to the need for stronger fiscal policy, analysts said.

IN BRIEF (Page 2)

Li says higher standards key to manufacturing upgrade

Premier Li Keqiang vowed on Wednesday to improve the competitiveness and quality of China's manufacturing sector by adopting more international standards.

Taiwan's silence devastates tourism

Taiwan authorities' apparent unwillingness to endorse the 1992 Consensus has seriously affected the island's tourism and hospitality industry, the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday.

Tianjin legislature appoints acting mayor

Wang Dongfeng has been appointed acting mayor of northern China's Tianjin municipality, local authorities announced on Wednesday. The decision was made at a session of the Standing Committee of the Tianjin People's Congress, the city's legislative body.

IN BRIEF (Page 2)

Scholars: Letter from Taiwan isn't good news

The new chief of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation took office on Monday with no mention of the "1992 Consensus", showing that the island's administration is reluctant to pursue stronger cross-Straits ties, scholars said.