Island education draft shifts view of China

Increasing cultural exchanges across the Taiwan Straits demonstrate the vitality of Chinese culture, Huang Zhixian, president of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, said on Tuesday.

Popular bakery from Taiwan expands to mainland

A popular bakery from Taiwan will officially open next week on one of Shanghai's most prosperous commercial streets - the first branch of the business to appear on the Chinese mainland.

Ex-KMT vice-chairman remembered as positive force

The former vice-chairman of the Kuomintang, Chiang Pin-kung, who died in Taipei on Monday, was a contributor to cross-Straits relations in helping Taiwan people conduct business on the mainland, experts said.

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Hainan guards its clean water

By late November, all sources of pollution around drinking water supplies in Hainan province's prefecture-level cities had been removed - more than a month ahead of the schedule set by the State Council - according to provincial environmental authorities.

Museum tells story of Silk Road convergence

Since its establishment in the 1980s, the Hepu Han Dynasty Museum in Hepu county of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has gathered more than 5,200 cultural relics of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) and the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220).

Village overcomes jitters, ends poverty via tourism

When Jiang Wanhe, Party chief of Shisanhao village, tried to persuade his poverty-stricken neighbors in 2012 to turn their houses into restaurants and hotels, no one was enthusiastic.

What they say

Editor's note: The State Council Information Office invited five experts on intellectual property on Tuesday to meet journalists and answer questions on the issues of reform and opening-up and the development of intellectual property law in China. Here are some highlights:

More airports badly needed, authority says

China aims to build 216 new airports by 2035 and develop some regional transport hubs, civil aviation authorities said on Monday.

Archaeologists unveil fancy carriage from ancient site

Archaeologists at the archaeology research institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have unveiled the details of a deluxe carriage unearthed in a burial site dating to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC) in Hebei province.

Winter snow, discount travel packages draw tourists north

Winter tourism is expected to boom this season as snow-themed activities and greater discounts have been made available to travelers, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said.

Cold to linger as frigid air moves south

Below-normal temperatures are expected to persist across central and eastern parts of China from Monday to Wednesday after record lows for early December were set at seven national weather observation stations on Sunday, forecasters said.