Poor-performing officials punished

The central government's environmental inspection efforts continue to press local governments forward, as 1,140 officials in eight provincial regions received punishments for poor performance in environmental protection, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Thursday.

Nanjing Massacre survivor dies; 99 remain

She Ziqing, an 83-year-old survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, died on Wednesday in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The number of survivors officially registered has declined to 99.

Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway tunnel problems fixed

China Railway Corp has fixed problems found in tunnels along the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway to ensure safe and interruption-free operations, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

New measures introduced to attract Taiwan students

The Chinese mainland is continuing to introduce beneficial policies to attract students from Taiwan to study and work on the mainland, a spokesman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday.

Police crack case of phony Aussie wine

Shanghai's Hongkou district police - assisted by big data provided by Alibaba, China's e-commerce behemoth - have cracked the largest case involving fake Australian wine ever handled in the city.

Ethnic Tibetans get treatment for disease caught from animals

For more than four years, Danzin Yudron, a herdswoman from Tsomai county in the Tibet autonomous region, had not felt well, with pain in her back and a reduced appetite.

Doctor training key in remote areas

I have been to the Tibet autonomous region and Qinghai province five times since 2015 to work with local medical workers for diagnosis and treatment of echinococcosis - a parasitic infection that spreads from animals to humans. Before that, I had only been to Tibet once for a holiday.

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China develops a catapult for planes

China has developed its own version of a cutting-edge device previously possessed only by the United States and is poised to use it to boost its aircraft carrier fleet's combat capability.

Rules would tighten online drug sales

Drugstore chains will be forbidden from selling prescription medicines on the internet, according to a draft regulation released by the China Food and Drug Administration.

Kindergarten questioned about abuse allegation

Golden Cradle Education and Technology Group, the owner of a kindergarten in Beijing where staff members were accused in a WeChat post of assaulting children, released a statement on Tuesday pledging to assist investigators.

Shanghai reins in vending machines for fresh food

Shanghai's food safety authority is consulting experts about regulations to standardize the operation of vending machines for ready-to-eat food.