Import of foreign garbage decreases

The minister of China's top environment watchdog vowed to further crack down on waste smuggling and accelerate legal changes to strengthen management, as waste imports to the country decreased by over 50 percent this year.

Man freed after 23 years, name cleared

A man in Northeast China who has been behind bars for 23 years for murder had his name cleared on Friday as a final retrial found the evidence insufficient to prove his conviction.

Beekeeping all the buzz in Miyun district

Farmers in Beijing's Miyun district are getting out of poverty and becoming rich by developing businesses such as beekeeping.

Researcher who edited human gene suspended

He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who claimed to have created the world's first gene-edited babies, has been suspended from any scientific activities amid mounting questions from government agencies and academicians about the experiment.

Traditional Tibetan bathing listed as UNESCO heritage

Traditional Tibetan bathing for health and healing was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list on Wednesday.

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PLA keeps eye on US ships in Taiwan Straits

The Chinese military is aware of the recent passage of two United States naval ships through the Taiwan Straits and will remain vigilant, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday.

Shanghai teams up on plans with its neighbors

Shanghai is teaming up with seven neighboring cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces for collaborative planning in one of the latest efforts to further push forward the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region.

'Acid rain city' cleans up its environment

Liuzhou, an industrial center in Southwest China once riddled with acid rain, is transforming itself from a resource-consuming model to being driven by ideas and the environment.

First undersea tunnel coming for fast trains

China will complete its first undersea tunnel for high-speed trains by 2025, connecting the Zhoushan Islands in eastern Zhejiang province with the mainland, according to local authorities.

Gene scientists debate ethics of experiment

The National Health Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology issued a statement on Wednesday saying they are paying a lot of attention to the case of two gene-edited babies - a matter that ignited concerns worldwide about ethical research.

New facilities to aid S. China Sea studies

Construction of a new base to support China's archaeological studies in the South China Sea began in Qionghai, Hainan province, on Tuesday.