China is preparing to launch a new-generation quick-response rocket in 2016 to seize more of the international commercial launch market, industry insiders said.
A Shanghai entrepreneur with a master's degree in textiles has invented a new type of polymer compound that creates a soft, light, stab-resistant layer of protection in an ordinary jacket.
Editor's note: Following Thursday's announcement of changes to the family planning system, China Daily asked readers for their reflections on the end of the policy that restricted most couples to one child.
On Thursday evening, I was spending some quality time with a few friends at a bar near the China Daily office. Just as my drink arrived, I got a call asking me to rush back to the office and write a story about the central government announcing a new family planning policy.
"The relaxed family planning policy will have a positive effect in terms of solving recruitment problems for labor-intensive companies in the next two decades. The policy will probably lead to a rise in pregnancies among married female employees, but it won't bring any dramatic changes to my business. Female employees can have maternity leave accordingly, because we are no longer facing high recruitment pressures under worsening trading conditions."
A massive nursing home community being built about 80 kilometers southwest of Beijing is expected to provide 2,600 rooms for senior citizens from the capital when it opens next year.
A basic insurance policy to cover the costs of nursing care for ailing residents is urgently needed to cope with the rising demand in Beijing as the city's population rapidly ages, a health expert said.
For the past year, 82-year-old Li Jing, who has end-stage rectal cancer, has been lying in a ward at the Beijing Geriatric Hospital, her body connected to several different plastic tubes, unable to make the slightest move.
With the rains not having fallen as they normally do, water levels have dropped in a dam that supplies electricity to Zambia and Zimbabwe, causing power blackouts, business closures and consternation. Some traditional chiefs are blaming an angry river god.
Bird-watching is growing popular in the country's major cities, especially Beijing. With its diverse landscape, the capital is a hot spot to watch migratory birds on their annual spring and autumn passage. Below are five of the city's popular birding sites:
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