New signing Sadio Mane scored one goal and set up another as Liverpool defeated Barcelona 4-0 in a one-sided friendly at sun-soaked Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
Hu Shigen, a former college teacher in Beijing, was convicted of subversion and sentenced to seven years and six months in prison by a Tianjin court on Wednesday. Admitting his guilt, Hu said the trial was just and fair and thanked the authorities for making sure he was properly treated for his diseases.
Some foreign analysts call Beijing's rejection of the recent arbitral tribunal ruling in the South China Sea dispute "China's first international test" as an emerging power. Some foreign media wonder whether a resurgent China will uphold the international order. Will fears of a "China threat" now increase?
The latest reform of China's health system will see patients sign contracts with physicians for all basic medical needs. Shan Juan reports from Chengdu.
On a recent work trip to China, Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, said she hopes a well-trained family doctor will be available to provide medical services when she retires.
China needs more general doctors to ensure that people at the grassroots level will have better access to health and medical care, according to experts.
Competition invited photographers from G20 countries to capture scenes of city life
Early indications suggest that a government-backed campaign to increase the use of permeable materials in construction will help reduce flooding after storms, report Hu Meidong in Fuzhou, Liu Kun in Wuhan and Hou Liqiang in Beijing.
"For Singapore, one of the major ways to prevent flooding is to try and reduce the 'speed' of the rainfall," said Tan Ying Hao, senior manager at the Catchment &Waterways Department of the Public Utilities Board, under the Singaporean Government. "This means extending the time it takes for a raindrop to fall from the sky to the ground. The key words here are 'interception' and 'infiltration'."
Shanghai, on China's east coast, is mulling introducing its own "sponge city" standards that could effectively manage a flood or drought, and it is expected that the infrastructure standards for the drainage and storage of rainwater will be formulated by 2020, according to Gu Jinshan, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
The first pilot site for a "sponge city" project in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, started on July 2. The project, located in the Tianhe district, involves transforming a lake into a wetland park. The move is expected to reduce the volume of stormwater in the city by about 180,000 cubic meters every time a heavy storm occurs.
Beijing has upgraded its anti-flooding facilities by clearing rivers and storm channels and expanding pumping capacities in flood-prone underpasses.
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