Challenges in store for flood control

Super typhoon Nepartak will pose more challenges to flood prevention in the Yangtze River Basin, especially its lower reaches, after flooding there killed 161 and left 61 missing.

Promises of love made on the front lines

A big storm can't stop true love

China sets pace for green energy

China has cut coal consumption by 1.57 billion metric tons from 2010 to 2015 to reduce carbon emissions by 3.6 billion tons. And it has shown a commitment to green energy by becoming the largest country with renewable power capacity in 2015.

General investigated for graft

General Tian Xiusi, 66, former political commissar in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of serious violations of discipline.

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'Compassion' overload poses ecosystem threat

People who release animals into the wild believe they are being kind, but their actions pose a potential danger to the natural world. Su Zhou reports.

Appeals by religious leaders fall on deaf ears

Although many people cite religious beliefs as their motivation for the unauthorized release of animals into the wild, religious leaders do not condone the practice.

Typhoon disrupts transport

Hundreds of weekend flights and high-speed trains were canceled or suspended as Typhoon Nepartak was set to make landfall in Fujian province on Saturday morning.

'Sponge cities' plan to reduce flooding

When Wei Yingyan poured a bottle of water onto the ground at the Yuelai Convention Center Park in Liangjiang New Area in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing, the liquid disappeared into permeable pavements within seconds.

Xuelong sets sail to study Arctic thaw

The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong will set out for northern seas on Monday on a quest to discover how rapid changes in sea ice in the Arctic will affect China's climate.

Ally of ex-security chief gets seven years

A close friend of China's former security chief was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday for illegally transferring or selling land and offering bribes.

Government offers assistance to laid-off workers

China's leading human resources authorities will help workers in industries with excess capacity to find jobs in other sectors, an official said on Friday.