Guangzhou residents rush to register their dogs

Guangzhou has issued more than 8,000 dogs licenses in the past month during a push to get owners to register their pets.

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Extra lunar month gives mooncake sales a boost

There are two back-to-back months of June this year - a quirk of a leap year in the Chinese lunar calendar - bringing Shanghai its hottest summer since the city started recording weather 140 years ago. The double Junes have also propelled residents to a five-year record for the number of mooncakes consumed.

A green oasis raising incomes

Life in a desert is the polar opposite of depictions in movies and photo collections in which groups of merchants swathed in white robes sit on the backs of camels and sway gracefully back and forth across golden sand dunes.

Sand dunes and sunshine provide bright prospects

If the relationship between humankind and nature can be called a success because it benefits both parties, the greening of the Kubuqi Desert should be hailed as a miracle.

Willow and wildlife thrive on eco-boost

The Inner Mongolia autonomous region - home to 40 percent of China's desert land - is one of the areas tasked with combating the process of desertification. The progress made in Ordos, one of the largest cities in the region, has won global recognition as a model of "greening" in the fight against "cancer of the earth".

High blood pressure can start young

Blood pressure tests should be included as a regular physical checkup item for all children older than 3, as hypertension continues to rise among the very young and adolescents in China, pediatricians say.

Court rejects claim in runner's death

XIAMEN - A court in Fujian province rejected a compensation claim on Thursday that was brought by the family of an unregistered runner who died after a half-marathon last year in Xiamen, Fujian province.

Ex-Gansu Party chief expelled from CPC

Wang Sanyun, former Party chief of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and a former senior national legislator, has been expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office for bribery, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country's top watchdog, said on Friday.

PLA Navy, on humanitarian mission, visits Sierra Leone

The Chinese Navy's hospital ship Peace Ark is providing humanitarian medical services to the people of Sierra Leone during an ongoing port call in the West African nation, Chinese media reported.

'Magic' chrysanthemums to make debut on Monday

The Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz is not the only place where things can change colors. Starting on Monday, 300 potted chrysanthemums - a new Chinese breed with amazing color-changing properties - will be shown in Beijing as part of the upcoming National Day celebration.

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