Nation's first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 readied for launch

WENCHANG, Hainan - China's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, will be launched at 7:41 pm on Thursday, the Manned Space Program Office said on Wednesday.

Survey: Bullying affects half of students

Younger students experience school bullying more frequently than older ones, and male students are bullied more than their female peers, a survey found.

Readers on rise, mostly in digital

Chinese adults read an average of just under eight books in 2016 - a tiny increase of 0.02 percent over 2015 - while a rapid increase of 6.1 percent was seen in the number of people reading digital content.

Beijing under siege by catkins

The Beijing municipal government is looking at ways to deal with the masses of willow and poplar catkins - pollenating flowers - blowing throughout the city.

Former official gets 20 years for bribery

A former vice-ministerial official in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region was sentenced by a local court on Tuesday to 20 years in jail for taking and offering bribes.

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Traditional medicine heads into the mainstream

Wang Zengshi's house is full of silk banners that have been presented to him by grateful patients; some hang on the walls of his home, while others have been spread casually on the floor.

Modern diagnosis complements ancient therapies

Many practitioners of traditional herbal medicine in Guizhou province combine their therapies with modern methods of diagnosis as they seek to further improve the treatments they offer.

Inspectors locked up at Shandong plant

Two people at a boiler factory in Jinan, Shandong province, were detained after they locked environmental protection inspectors in a section of the plant for more than an hour, the city government said on Monday. The plant has been shut down.

Journey to the West director dies at 88

Chinese audiences and actors paid tribute to Yang Jie, the renowned director of the hit TV adaptation of Journey to the West, whose work influenced generations.

Study: Doctors avoid best diabetes therapy

Nearly 67 percent of people with diabetes in China have difficulty keeping their blood glucose within safe levels because of widespread "clinical inertia" - a reluctance to prescribe combination drug therapies that have proved effective in other countries - according to a new study.

Ex-senior anti-graft inspector under scrutiny for corruption

Zhang Huawei, a former division head for the top anti-corruption watchdog, is himself being investigated for suspected corruption.