Occupational diseases get new focus

China is set to step up its control of occupational diseases, with the central government calling for the transformation or phasing-out of hazardous workplaces and the expansion of health insurance coverage for affected people.

Chinese women spend big on beauty surgery

When it comes to surgical procedures to enhance beauty, Chinese women are twice as generous than their global peers, according a report based on a survey by Insight Engineers, a market research consultancy in the United Kingdom.

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Depreciation of yuan affecting travel choices

Recent depreciation of the yuan has not dampened Chinese tourists' enthusiasm for outbound trips, but it has affected where they are going and what they are doing abroad, industry insiders said.

Urumqi to host winter marathons

An "ice and snow" marathon will be held in Urumqi, Xinjiang autonomous region, on Jan 1 next year, according to the regional sports administration.

Ex-official jailed for corruption

Ling Zhengce, a former senior political adviser of Shanxi province, was sentenced at a local court on Friday to 12 and a half years in prison for taking bribes.

Reading English key to language learning

Chinese students need better guidance and tools to help them forge the ability of "reading to learn", educators from China and abroad said at a conference about the teaching of English held in Beijing on Friday.

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Nursing home visitors earn coupons

A nursing home in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, offers rewards to encourage people to visit their parents and relatives.

'Beef broth' may be ground water

Suspicious "beef broth" was found in several ancient cooking vessels unearthed in a tomb during a recent excavation in Central China's Henan province.

Exclusion of particle collider in Five-Year Plan 'not fatal'

The decision not to include a proposed next-generation particle collider in China's latest development plan is a setback for the project, but not a fatal blow, according to senior scientists.

Pros and cons focus of physicists' debate

Nobel prize winner in physics Yang Zhenning, 94, published an article on Zhihu, a social media website, on Sept 4, that criticized China's proposed next-generation particle collider project. Physicist Wang Yifang published a response. Here are some counterpoints.