Authorities crack down on underground banks

Police seized more than 900 billion yuan ($131 billion) in cases involving underground banks last year, the Ministry of Public Security said on Sunday.

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Pollution violators exposed

Environmental inspectors conducting strict reviews on air pollution in northern cities have exposed serious violations relating to control measures, including insufficient efforts of city governments, with Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, being criticized for its deterioration of air quality in January.

Incentives for second child considered

China is mulling financial incentives to encourage couples to have a second child, as surveys show many are reluctant to expand their families due to economic constraints.

Watchers from home, abroad flock to spot new bird species

NANNING - A nature reserve along the China-Vietnam border, where a new bird species was spotted about a decade ago, has attracted a growing number of bird-watchers and conservationists.

Team searches for girl's parents who vanished 9 years ago

A team of four people from Wenchuan county in Sichuan province arrived in Dongguan, Guangdong province, on Monday in the hope of finding clues which might lead to the discovery of a girl's parents who have been missing for nearly nine years.

Chongqing convincing its talent to come home

Living alone in a hut by a fish farm, Ling Gangji raises snakehead fish, his second startup project in his hometown of Sanjia in Chongqing municipality's rural Yongchuan district.

H7N9 virus might become drug-resistant

The new strain of H7N9 bird flu virus confirmed earlier this month could become drug-resistant, experts say, while a leading specialist in respiratory diseases warns that it might be resistant already.

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regional dream rapidly becoming a reality

For years, Cai Jinlian in Hebei province envied her sister, Cai Jinrong, who lived a much better life than her, just 1 kilometer away in Beijing.

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Old town agrees to improve services

The Old Town of Lijiang, a national 5-A scenic spot in Southwest China's Yunnan province, posted a statement on its official micro blog on Saturday afternoon, saying it was willing to accept punishment by the China National Tourism Administration and work to resolve issues with the services it provides.

What villagers' rise from poverty looks like

Jinggangshan, with its remote, hilly location near the border of Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, was an ideal home in the 1920s for the Communist Party of China and the Red Army - both young at the time.