'Comfort woman', 90, dies at home

HAIKOU - A Chinese woman forced into front-line brothels for Japanese troops during World War II died at the age of 90 on Saturday, bringing the number of surviving "comfort women", a euphemism for sex slaves, to 14 on the Chinese mainland.

Care home offers youth cheap rent

Young singles who do volunteer work at a nursing home in Shanghai, which will open next month, will be able to exchange hours for rent at the facility.

Shanghai man uses new health law to win release from psychiatric hospital

A Shanghai man has been released from a psychiatric hospital, where he had been forced to stay since 2003, after a judicial appraisal showed that he had recovered from schizophrenia.

White-collar workers increasingly unhealthy

An increasing number of white-collar workers in Shanghai are getting failing grades on their physical examinations, according to a white paper on the health of white-collar workers in Shanghai.

Courier discovers newborn girl in parcel sent to welfare house

A woman has been held by police on suspicion of abandoning her child by using a courier service to send the newborn to a local children's home, according to police in Fuzhou, Fujian province.

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Job search site apologizes

Chinese online job recruitment service Boss Zhipin made a public apology on Thursday, pledging to accept legal responsibility for the death of a university graduate.

Alibaba speeds up process to report counterfeit goods

Alibaba unveiled a quick-response platform on Thursday for handling reports of counterfeit goods, aiming to boost the protection of intellectual property rights.

For a fee, students can fake their internships

As junior students in Chinese colleges take on summer internships, some unscrupulous businesses can't wait to make deals - like selling them fake internship certificates online.

Mineral extraction halted to save camels

In moves to protect wildlife, more than 130 mining projects in two large nature reserves in northwestern China have been closed, while 15 more have been told to cease operations when their licenses expire.

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Baidu Map vows to end sex business trick

Responding to media reports about the use of Baidu digital maps to facilitate prostitution, Baidu Map pledged to strictly examine and update its data.