For visually impaired, Braille no longer king

New generation finds audio more convenient as technology advances

Need a bodyguard? App is coming

People in Qingdao, Shandong province, may soon enjoy a privilege that was once the exclusive domain of business tycoons, big stars and emperors.

Driver attacks tourist who refused a ride

An electric bike driver has been detained in Kunming, Yunnan province, after beating up a tourist who turned down his services, according to police.

Science may have answer to the itch you shouldn't scratch

Scientists in Shanghai have discovered a critical neural pathway that transmits itching sensations from the spinal cord to the brain - a discovery that could provide new insights for the development of therapies for chronic itchiness. Itch signals originating from any part of the body are transmitted to the spinal cord. Researchers at the Institute of Neuroscience say the signals are then passed by certain types of spinal neurons to a part of the brainstem called the parabrachial nucleus, or PBN, which is related to emotions, sleep, feeding, taste and pain.

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Smuggling suspect returned to China

One of China's most-wanted fugitives, suspected of smuggling ordinary goods valued at 438 million yuan ($65.7 million), was captured and returned from Indonesia to face trial, according to the General Administration of Customs on Sunday.

Organic tea planters sow seeds of a more sustainable future

Perched at the source of the Xin'an River, one of China's least-polluted waterways, Youlong village boasts the perfect environment for a tea garden.

Sports have 'decisive significance' for disabled

Inspiring performances at recent para-sports events are promoting sports participation among disabled people.

Housing changes could raise rents

Beijing authorities have begun soliciting public opinion on a draft rental policy aimed at protecting the rights of tenants.

Crackdown aims at pollution in recycling industry

China is taking steps to standardize its solid waste recycling industry, which despite being a burgeoning green sector has stoked environmental concerns due to reckless expansion.

Media forum to bring youth together

The 2nd China-Russia Internet Media Forum and China-Russia Youth Innovation Union will be held in less than a month in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

New clues reveal Japan's germ war atrocities

HARBIN - New evidence of human experiments and germ war crimes by Japan's notorious Unit 731 were released by a museum on Friday in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. The Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by Japanese Army Unit 731 has added written confessions, a transportation record of human experiments, old photos of the unit's soldiers and an incubator for producing plague bacillus.