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Policy digest

[2017-05-16 07:34]

Focus on border areas to improve livelihoods

Companies, healthcare among key issues raised

[2017-05-16 07:34]

The State Council, China's Cabinet, and its ministries have responded to a series of concerns from media outlets as well as the public.

Qihoo 360 cracks ransomware virus

[2017-05-15 08:38]

The unprecedented spread of ransomware that has swept across more than 100 countries since Friday has been cracked by a Chinese tech company - at least in part.

Couple's love lasts longer than life

[2017-05-15 08:38]

NANCHANG - The love between Rao Pingru and his late wife, Mao Meitang, has lasted beyond death.

Cleanup on world's highest mountain removes garbage discarded by climbers

[2017-05-15 08:38]

The world's tallest mountain is looking better by the day.

10-year-old gets all the attention in school

[2017-05-15 08:38]

Tu Jiaqi is top of her class. In fact, she's the only one in it.

Grandma pursues her dream to fly

[2017-05-15 08:38]

Gliding through the air, a gray-haired 69-year-old keeps her head up, eyes closely tracking every movement of the giant kite-like inflated wing that she is suspended beneath as she floats effortlessly across the landscape.

Sharing moves to basketballs

[2017-05-15 08:38]

Basketball players in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, can now enjoy the sport without bringing a ball, thanks to a new basketball-sharing service.

Vitamin D could be a real game changer

[2017-05-14 15:26]

Vitamin D helps our bodies regulate levels of calcium and phosphate - nutrients that keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. Often, sunlight on our skin can be enough to enable us to produce all the vitamin D we need. But when sunshine is lacking, vitamin D must be ingested, and it can be difficult to meet the recommended levels from food alone. This matters because the health benefits of adequate vitamin D intake may be even greater than previously thought.

The world of economics turned inside out

[2017-05-14 15:26]

Slowly but surely, a bruised and battered global economy now appears to be shaking off its deep post-global financial crisis malaise. If the International Monetary Fund's latest forecasts are borne out - an iffy proposition, to be sure - the nearly 3.6 percent average annual growth in world GDP expected in the 2017-18 period would represent a modest uptick from the 3.2 percent pace of the past two years. A decade after the global financial crisis, global growth is finally returning to its 3.5 percent post-1980 trend.

The Sino-American employment challenge

[2017-05-14 15:26]

Donald Trump's rise to power in the United States involved more than a little China-bashing. Yet with President Xi Jinping's visit to Trump's Florida estate in April, it seems the status quo in the bilateral relationship - crucial for global trade, growth and stability - will be maintained. That could be very good news for Chinese and US workers alike.

A better way to proceed from realm of 'R' to 'D'

[2017-05-14 15:26]

When business leaders meet to talk about innovating their industries, they typically focus on initiatives like improving government funding for basic research, or building technology hubs and incubators. But a crucial element of "innovation" is often absent from these discussions: the final products.

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