Inspectors to keep an eye on kindergartens

One inspector will be assigned to supervise standards at every five kindergartens in Beijing, under an interim guideline issued by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission on Wednesday.

Soaring platform rises in Chongqing

Raffles City Chongqing, a distinctive complex of buildings in the heart of the city, has begun the weeklong process of lifting a 300-meter-long platform into its final position bridging four tall towers.

Veterinarian dedicated his life to farmers

On a Friday morning in September, livestock farmers across Zhejiang province gathered at Hangzhou Funeral Home to mourn a veterinarian.

Herder dies from a form of plague

Health authorities in Gansu province have confirmed the death of a patient from septicemic plague - a rare disease in China - and strict control and prevention measures are being imposed.

US military, govt ties with Taiwan opposed

The Chinese mainland resolutely opposes any exchanges between militaries or government officials of the United States and Taiwan, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on Wednesday.

Building owner held after deadly fire

Five people died and nine were injured in a building fire in Beijing's Chaoyang district early on Wednesday morning. Local authorities said the fire was caused by electric bicycles being charged.

Wage defaulters face punishment

Employers who default on paying migrant workers' wages this year should be placed on a national blacklist, the head of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said.

Ministry to ensure heat supply in north

Local officials in China's northern regions have been asked to visit households before year's end to ensure they have sufficient heat, according to a circular from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

Joint drill sharpens anti-terrorism fight

A joint counterterrorism drill of China and Russia concluded on Wednesday in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

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Film shows horrors of massacre

When the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Nanjing in 1937, hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and prisoners of war were slaughtered, and many of the women raped, in what was then the capital of China.

Japanese ask Abe to apologize for war

Activist Seiji Uematsu has asked Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize and mourn on behalf of the Japanese government for those killed during the Nanjing Massacre.