Plant acids found in TCM to get scrutiny

The China Food and Drug Administration will conduct risk assessments of drugs that contain potentially dangerous plant acids and may limit or ban their use.

3 jailed by court for lake dumping

Three people were sentenced to jail for polluting Taihu Lake - two for dumping and one for committing fraud - the Gusu District People's Court in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, announced on Tuesday.

From far north to deep south, seniors relax on China's longest rail journey

About 1,000 tourists - mostly seniors - boarded a train on Monday for an eight-day trip from Harbin, in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, to Hainan Island in the very south.

3-D technology helps preserve iconic heritage

HANGZHOU - About 2,000 kilometers from the Yungang Grottoes, a 1,500-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site in Shanxi province, a small army of 3-D printers has been working around the clock to save a cultural heritage from oblivion.

Ministry: Schools should integrate social activities

Social activities will be further integrated into China's education system, under guidelines issued by the Ministry of Education.

Married students offered separate dorms

A flurry of online discussion ensued after the posting last week of a long-standing offer of special dormitories for married students at Nankai University in Tianjin.

Infection blamed in death of Russian model

A Shanghai agency representing a 14-year-old Russian model said on Monday that she died from multiple organ failure caused by pyemia, a type of blood poisoning, rather than overwork during her two-month stay in China.

Online watchdog tightens rules for content providers

China's top internet watchdog released two regulations on Monday tightening the governance of online information providers and assessing new technologies, in a move to ensure that online content is accurate and objective.

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Land laid waste by coal is reborn as cultural garden

Longquan Buddha Cultural Garden is a cluster of temples, recreational areas and tree-filled fields about 9 kilometers from downtown Taiyuan, the largest city in coal-rich Shanxi province.

Governments, companies find innovative ways of recycling

Coal-rich Shanxi province has developed technologies that can turn waste from mining and processing into construction materials or use it to improve the quality of other goods.

Chinese scientist produces new intelligent nanosuit

In the US science-fiction movie After Earth, protagonist Kitai Raige wears a magical suit. The suit, normally brown and scaly, turns beige when Kitai is cold. When he is bitten by a poisonous insect, the suit turns white.