Forensic conference seeks global standards on DNA

Forensic experts at an international conference said on Monday that unified standards and regulated procedures in DNA identification will play a bigger role in fighting crime and safeguarding public safety by increasing criminal cooperation.

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Science literacy benefits touted

Experts at the World Conference on Science Literacy in Beijing are calling for the worldwide promotion of public literacy in science, saying it plays an important role in the sustainable development of mankind.

Parents: Outdated standard used to test track fumes

Parents of students at a primary school in Wuhan, Hubei province, say their children were sickened by fumes emitted by a new synthetic running track and that an inappropriate standard was used to test the material.

Ex-political adviser sentenced to 14 years

Sun Huaishan, a former senior political adviser, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for taking bribes of nearly 40 million yuan ($5.82 million). The sentence was handed down by the intermediate people's court in Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Monday, according to People's Daily.

Gifted students revel in a class of their own

Early this month, Zhu Yuanhao and six other students sat in the conference room of the School of the Gifted Young at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, and answered questions posed by a group of reporters.

Forty years of academic excellence

In 1974, Tsung-dao Lee, a Chinese-American physicist who won the Nobel Prize when he was just 30 years of age, suggested that China should offer university places to talented individuals at an early age.

Ferocious super typhoon batters south

Super Typhoon Mangkhut brought air, rail and road traffic to a halt in Guangdong province, hub of the southern China region, on Sunday.

Year's most violent storm brings devastation to HK, Macao

Typhoon Mangkhut, reportedly the world's most intense storm this year, left a swath of floods, property damage and injuries in its wake as it slammed into the Pearl River Delta region on Sunday.

Rules issued for online medical advice

Patients seeking medical treatment in China now need to receive a diagnosis in person from a doctor at a hospital before they can access online consultation services, according to new regulations aimed at improving supervision of the nascent internet healthcare industry.

Officials: Taiwan spy network active

Taiwan's intelligence agencies have been persuading students from the Chinese mainland studying at universities in Taiwan to provide confidential information to Taiwan's spy network by offering money, relationships and sex, security authorities said.

Case histories: Tentacles of espionage

After arriving in Taiwan in 2012, a postgraduate student surnamed Liu and her friend decided to take a tour during the holidays. Chen Hsiao-zi, a Taiwan resident whom she had just met, offered to help them plan the trip and be their tour guide. He also covered some of the costs during the trip.