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[2017-02-21 07:33]

Plan to combat chronic diseases

Going downhill, but raising living standards

[2017-02-20 08:18]

Once regarded as a winter sports wilderness, Liupanshui, a city in Guizhou province, has overturned expectations and is building an industry based around high-altitude ski resorts to promote winter tourism and lift people out of poverty.

From potato planter to hotel proprietor

[2017-02-20 08:18]

For years, winter meant two long, tough months for Xiong Hongfang and her family of five as they "hibernated" at home with nothing to do and no income coming in.

Rural teacher wins high acclaim

[2017-02-20 08:18]

Few teachers are as devoted to their profession as 55-year-old Zhi Yueying, who has spent the best part of four decades educating children in remote villages in Jiangxi province.

Family can finally shower at home

[2017-02-20 08:18]

Every time Shi Wenliang takes a shower at home, he think back to the days when he had to trudge to the public bathhouse. Keeping yourself clean can be a complicated ritual when you live in a remote village in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Around China

[2017-02-20 08:18]

Jiangsu

How high-speed rail can boost economy

[2017-02-18 07:50]

The Hong Kong stock market has rarely charmed investors so much in the last couple of years. The Hang Seng index rose 9.8 percent from the beginning of the year to the end of last week, outperforming almost all the other markets in the world.

Border tax self-defeating dilemma for US

[2017-02-18 07:50]

The recent proposal of US House Republicans to impose a controversial border tax on imports will not only deal a blow to global trade rules and hurt the interests of the United States' trading partners, but also cost American consumers dearly and diminish Washington's global influence.

For the love and care of elderly parents

[2017-02-18 07:50]

I remember seeing a very impressive public service advertisement promoting filial piety. It asked people to draw a 30 by 30 grid on a sheet of paper, with each square representing one month of a person's life (considering the average life span is 75 years), to calculate how many more months or years they are likely to live. Those who work in cities far away from their hometowns can also calculate how much time of their adult life they have spent (or will spend) with their parents.

French election race already looks messy

[2017-02-18 07:50]

With still more than two months to go until the first round of France's presidential election, the contest is already looking messy. A financial scandal, online gossip about one candidate's sexual orientation and accusations of interference in the electoral process by a foreign power have enlivened the race to replace outgoing socialist President Francois Hollande.

'Banquet ban' gives locals food for thought

[2017-02-17 07:48]

There are many government departments in China, both local and central, but few have a brief as unusual as the department that regulates the number of banquets local residents are allowed to host in Anshun, a city in Guizhou province, Southwest China.

Life has improved since the regulation was introduced

[2017-02-17 07:48]

Two years ago, my family of six still depended on dibao (a government poverty-alleviation program that guarantees people a minimum standard of living) to survive. Life was difficult and tiring then. But I wasn't worried about the hardships I had to endure; instead, I was concerned about the sudden rise in the number of banquets.