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Proposal for Korean Peninsula is 'reasonable, feasible'

Beijing urged parties involved in the Korean Peninsula issue to think outside the box, be pragmatic and seriously consider China's "dual suspension" proposal.

THAAD prompts cruise lines to cancel stops in ROK

Uncertainties brought by the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) have cast a shadow on Chinese people's increasing enthusiasm to tour and shop in South Korea.

Singapore returns confiscated assets

Singapore judicial authorities confiscated and returned 12 million yuan ($1.73 million) in illicit assets to China involving one of the country's most-wanted economic fugitives, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Friday.

Maradona to assist youth soccer in China

Argentinean soccer legend Diego Maradona will come to work in China and help the country's soccer youth, his brand management company said on Friday.

Hebei to cut usage of coal

Beijing's neighboring Hebei province will significantly reduce its use of coal for heating this year to improve air quality, according to provincial authorities.

Fugitive turns himself in after 17 years

Wang Jiazhe, an economic fugitive, has turned himself in to the anti-corruption authority in Liaoning province after more than 17 years on the run in the United States, China's top anti-graft body said in a statement on Thursday.

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Workplace nurseries to be launched

Shanghai will build 50 nurseries in various workplaces by the end of this year in efforts to encourage more families to have a second child, following the implementation of the universal second-child policy last year.

Guizhou steps up poverty relief efforts

Guizhou province, which is home to more impoverished residents than any other province, is stepping up efforts to lift more people out of poverty, while ensuring no damage is done to the local environment.

Woman gets gifts from hometown in Russia

A 90-year-old woman from the village of Vahevo in northern Russia's Vologda Oblast received on Wednesday photographs and letters written by children from her hometown, which she has not returned to for 83 years.

Lawmaker calls for end to issue of left-behind children

GUIYANG - When rape flowers begin to blossom in the rugged fields of Southwest China, people know it is time to depart. Young mothers and fathers leave home to find jobs, with toddlers and teenagers being left in the hands of elderly grandparents.