Court hears case of woman attacked by tiger

A 33-year-old woman who was mauled by a tiger at a Beijing animal park last year has sued for damages, saying that visitors were not adequately warned of the safety risks.

Shanghai tries to tame wild English translations

Amid Shanghai's ongoing battle against signs and public advertisements with poor English translations, things can still get wild - as on the website of the Shanghai Wild Animal Park.

TCM cooperative brings new income to poor village

CHONGQING - By offering land to an herb-planting cooperative, more than 400 farming households in Chongqing municipality have received more than 200,000 yuan ($30,000) between them in dividends this year.

Safety a growing concern among students overseas

Safety has become a major concern for China's overseas students, according to a report released by a think tank on Monday.

Shared-bike company sued over slow refunds

A consumer watchdog group in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is suing a shared-bike company over accounting irregularities and delays in refunding users' deposits.

Policies offer equal treatment to people from HK, Macao

The central government's top authority for Hong Kong and Macao affairs announced on Monday a new series of policies that grant residents of the two special administrative regions equal access to subsidies for home purchases, school scholarship and financial support for social science research on the mainland.

Anthem protest at HK college draws rebuke

Educators in Hong Kong said on Monday it is the "right" and "appropriate" thing to do to stand firmly against behavior that is disrespectful to the national anthem.

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Mom wants livestream money back

A mother in Beijing has demanded that a popular livestreaming platform refund the 657,000 yuan ($99,300) that her teenage daughter spent lavishing handsome hosts with "virtual gifts".

Tibet to build more cremation facilities

LHASA - The Tibet autonomous region will build five funeral homes geared toward cremation, and renovate two others by 2020, as cremation is becoming increasingly accepted by Tibetan people.

Shortage hampers inoculations of infants

Supplies of a popular combination vaccine for infants used to prevent five infectious diseases have run out in many Chinese cities. Authorities in Beijing are taking measures to get more.

HPV vaccine received well in China market

YINCHUAN - Fan Lei, 32, can't wait to get her first human papilloma virus vaccine after a fretful three-month wait.