Pandas frolic in man-made snowfall

It was smoggy and overcast in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Thursday. But visitors to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in the northern suburbs of the city had a pleasant surprise to see a panda mother frolicking in the snow with her two cubs.

Lunar New Year puts barber shops under stress

Her hair wrapped in a plastic cap, 64-year-old Yang Shuxian settled into a chair in a bustling hair salon in downtown Beijing to get a perm for the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 5 this year.

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Dust control to improve air in Xiongan

Starting on Friday, strict control of dust from construction sites will be enforced in Xiongan New Area, Beijing's new extension in Hebei province, through monitoring and warnings designed to remove the worst violators.

Festival weather should cooperate

Cold air is unlikely to spoil the upcoming Spring Festival holiday in most parts of the country, though some travelers may face bouts of high wind and snow on their journeys home for family reunions.

Water project to quench thirsty cities in Yunnan

The Ministry of Water Resources said it invested more than 5 billion yuan ($745 million) in 2018 in a water diversion project that aims to relieve severe water shortages in the central part of Yunnan province.

Ex-official pleads guilty to accepting large bribes

Bai Xiangqun, former vice-chairman of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, pleaded guilty in court on Thursday in Liaoning province to taking bribes, insider trading and leaking of insider information.

CCDI: Bureaucratic anti-poverty approach common

Bureaucratic practices and impractical working styles were found to be common in institutions and provinces involved in the country's sweeping poverty reduction campaign, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on Wednesday.

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Airlines show preference for female staff

74 percent of domestic cabin crews were women; their average age is 24

Taiwan flight attendant's holiday spent airborne

For Huang Chia-ying, a 26-year-old flight attendant for Spring Airlines, accompanying passengers on their trips home means she can't make her own journey home to Taipei, Taiwan, despite the fact that she often works on flights between that city and Shanghai.

Cigarette gang busted in Cambodia; suspects, equipment return to China

Thirteen people suspected of being part of a transnational gang that manufactured and sold fake high-end domestic cigarettes worth more than 100 million yuan ($15 million), landed in Shanghai after a flight from Cambodia on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.