Probe finds no cheating in gaokao

An investigation into claims that students in Henan province were cheated out of high scores in the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, has found no evidence of wrongdoing, disciplinary authorities said.

Govt to lower prices of 14 drugs to treat cancer

China's medical insurance administration said it will lower the prices of 14 cancer drugs and instructed provincial-level drug-procurement platforms to follow the new standard by the end of next month.

Annual Tibet festival starts with thangka

Thousands of Tibetans and tourists celebrated an exhibition of giant thangka - religious images embroidered in silk - to mark the start of the annual shoton, the Tibetan word for yogurt festival, on Saturday.

Repair crew ready to clear landslide

A repair crew of 55 workers and dozens of machines was on standby to repair a road in Beijing's Fangshan district that was blocked by a major landslide on Saturday morning following heavy rain, the district government said on Sunday.

Gangsters jailed as search for relics continues

Sentencing details were released recently in connection with a Mafia-style tomb-raiding, gambling and loansharking gang that was broken up in 2016.

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Migrating cranes pause in China

Every year's end, Yao Li makes the two-hour drive to Shanghai's Chongming Island to meet old friends. He never speaks with them, and he never joins them in activities. After all, Yao cannot fly.

Lake cleanup spurs crab farmer to organize tourism venture

After farming crabs in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, for about a decade, Shen Xingcai is quitting the environmentally unfriendly business to run a residential inn near popular Taihu Lake.

New hope for the Yangtze porpoise

Under the intensely hot sun of early August, I looked out onto the Yangtze River both in awe and envy at the smooth gray bodies that seemed to swim so effortlessly just below the water's surface. They flowed gracefully through the river they have known as home their whole lives, none the wiser to the dangers that their kind faces.

Expert: Adjust the population policy

China should further relax or even abolish the family planning policies to increase births and ease the impact of rapid population aging, a leading expert has suggested.

Authorities to crack down on falsification of monitoring data

The country's top environmental authority vowed on Friday to curb the falsification of monitoring data and ensure institutes are not interfered with, as it unveiled a three-year campaign on environmental monitoring.

Websites of US airlines re-evaluated

The Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Friday that it is evaluating how the websites of four United States-based airlines refer to Taiwan.