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.

Photographs reinforce memory of crimes

A publishing symposium highlighting two books that show pictures of hundreds of victims of Japanese biological warfare in China during World War II was held in Anda county, Heilongjiang province, on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the start of the Nanjing Massacre.

Canada honors the victims of rampage

On the 80th anniversary of Nanjing Massacre, 80 Chinese community leaders gathered on Tuesday in Toronto, Canada, to pay tribute to the 300,000 victims of invading Japanese troops.

Awareness of ivory ban to get boost

Consumers widely support the national ivory ban that will take effect at the end of this year in China, but public awareness is still low, according to a report released on Tuesday by two NGOs.

Police: Kids used by smuggling rings

Three smuggling rings that allegedly used schoolchildren to carry electronic products across the border have been broken up, law enforcement authorities said on Monday.