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Bridesmaid hire service booming in Jiangxi

A wedding planner in Jiangxi province is offering bridesmaids for hire to the increasing number of Chinese couples looking to emulate Western customs.

Business schools scrambling for students

Changes coming for executive programs that will raise the bar for new admissions

Code scanning comes to the classroom in Xi'an

At a time when people's daily lives increasingly include scanning printed codes with their smartphones to shop, collect information or find entertainment online, a schoolteacher in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, is encouraging his students to use the technology to submit their homework.

Students offer foreign language help for airport users

Travelers passing through Beijing Capital International Airport who cannot speak Chinese need no longer worry about communication breakdowns, thanks to volunteers from Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Celebration event for young programmers

For the first time, China will form part of a global network of events held annually to promote a free programming language for children developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Internet offers new way to teach and learn

Microblog University broadcasts a range of informal courses to improve one's life skills

Soccer college has goal of growing the game

As China strives to increase participation in soccer, a sports university in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has established a new college with the goal of developing the coaches and teachers of tomorrow.

Soccer college has goal of growing the game

As China strives to increase participation in soccer, a sports university in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has established a new college with the goal of developing the coaches and teachers of tomorrow.

Innovation show links innovators, investors

In a room set up for entrepreneurs to present their innovations, one PowerPoint grabbed the judges' attention. It showed a desk-mounted robotic arm performing tasks with high accuracy after receiving commands by human voice and gestures.

Colleges grapple with influx of tourists 

Use sanctions and talks to settle peninsula issue

Calling it "yet another serious violation" of its resolutions, the United Nations Security Council "strongly condemned" the latest test firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.