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New effort targets drivers who endanger pedestrians

The Ministry of Public Security initiated a campaign this month to curb the problem of vehicles failing to give way to pedestrians in crosswalks.

City in Zhejiang says people should spend less on weddings

HANGZHOU - A recent proposal to bring down the cost of weddings in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province, has become a talking point on the internet.

Robotic rescue boat to replace lifeguards

An aquatic robot put into use recently in Hefei, Anhui province, is expected to protect people from drowning and replace dozens of human lifeguards.

Meet Gulpiya Jelili, princess of the tightrope

URUMQI - As the brisk sound of fingers plucking the rawap, a traditional Uygur musical instrument, echoes across the room, 10-year-old Gulpiya Jelili flexes her foot and begins to dance along an rope 18 millimeters in diameter that's suspended in the air.

Scientist rewrites saga of crayfish

Crayfish originated in China, not North America as commonly believed, according to a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

3 to be tried for a killing 26 years ago

The Supreme People's Procuratorate has approved the prosecution of three men in Fujian province accused of killing a storekeeper during a robbery 26 years ago, even though the statute of limitations has expired.

AI creates abundant jobs in Zhejiang

HANGZHOU - In one Chinese province, artificial intelligence appears to be creating abundant jobs for humans, instead of stealing them - but only for those in the know. A senior official in Zhejiang province, home to Alibaba, said on Monday that the province aims to hire more than 110,000 AI professionals in the next five years.

Invasive water lettuce clogging Yangtze

In recent days, a large quantity of invasive water lettuce has appeared on the surface of the Yangtze River in Chongqing, clogging waterways and threatening the safety of boats.

An outsider brings railway success to Xinjiang

In 2014, when Jia Xiaobo first told officials in Urumqi his idea of making the city a railway hub that would collect cargo from around China and ship it by train to Europe, they turned him down. Officials didn't believe the city - the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region - was up to such an ambitious concept.

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Navy conducts live-fire drill en route to Baltic

A Chinese naval flotilla carried out a live-fire exercise in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday en route to the Baltic Sea for a joint drill with the Russian Navy, the People's Liberation Army Navy said on Tuesday.