On stage, a magician conjures a goldfish out of thin air, an escape artist breaks free of a tangle of ropes and illusionists levitate centimeters above the ground, to gasps and cheers from the audience.
The People's Liberation Army Navy has commissioned a new electronic reconnaissance ship, a PLA Navy media outlet reported on Wednesday in a rare move that also made public the composition of the nation's electronic intelligence fleet.
Two Chinese aerobatic pilots died on Monday during training in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, according to the Aero Sports Federation of China.
A reform of the ranking system for Chinese and foreign professionals, to be launched within three years, will boost the career prospects of millions by removing outdated requirements, according to experts.
It is estimated that about 10 percent of the entire population of China - the world's biggest tobacco consuming country, with more than 300 million smokers - now have legal protection against secondhand smoke due to tobacco control regulations, according to a new report.
China will further encourage the use of corn to make ethanol this year amid efforts to reduce its huge grain stocks, as authorities mull adjustments to the floor prices for wheat and rice this year.
Two men have been detained for allegedly pocketing money donated via live online streaming, police in Southwest China's Sichuan province said on Wednesday. The duo, surnamed Yang and Liu, live-streamed the distribution of cash in a poverty-stricken area in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, but asked for the money back after the streaming, according to a police officer at the local public security bureau.
Yang Yubing and four other candidates for election to the local county and township's people's congresses in Xiaogang village, Fengyang county, Anhui province, sat at the front of a meeting room, preparing to deliver their speeches and answer questions from residents, who sat opposite the candidates and an invigilator.
On Dec 25, I saw thousands of people flocking to the polling station in Xiaogang village, Anhui province, for the election of deputies to the local people's congress. The sight reminded me of an experience I had about 12 years ago.
More than 900 million voters are expected to participate in the elections for the two levels of congress, which will see more than 2.5 million deputies elected, according to data provided by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
There are four levels of local people's congresses - provincial, municipal, county and township - which each have a five-year term of office.
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