Police bust gang over fake brand hairdryers

Shanghai police cracked a criminal gang suspected of manufacturing and selling fake Dyson hairdryers, a fashionable icon chased after by Chinese middle class and youths.

Prosecutors boost court supervision

Prosecuting departments will boost supervision of the courts and public security organs to prevent miscarriages of justice once reforms of internal institutions are complete, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Thursday.

30 companies are added to blacklist for wage cheating

Chinese authorities have blacklisted another 30 companies that defaulted on paying wages - part of its latest crackdown on unscrupulous employers as the Chinese New Year approaches.

No reunification, no future, ex-KMT chair says

Taiwan has no future without national reunification, Hung Hsiuchu, former chairwoman of the Kuomintang party said on Wednesday, responding to President Xi Jinping's address marking the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan.

University canteen master can thread a potato through the eye of a needle

Feng Zuowen sliced the potato effortlessly into thin strips and threaded the strips though the eye of a needle to show how thin they are.

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Births drop despite govt's child policy

The number of births in China continued to fall last year, the third year since the implementation of a national policy to encourage couples to have two children, a population researcher affiliated to China's top health authority said.

Air Force brigade aims to become world-class

A People's Liberation Army Air Force brigade is determined to become a pioneering, world-class aviation force that is always ready to fight and "sure to win".

Fearless fighter pilot's iron will leads to success

In the eyes of his comrades, Senior Colonel Hao Jingwen, the commander of a People's Liberation Army Air Force brigade, is "the first person to eat the crab" - a Chinese metaphor for someone adventurous enough to try risky new things.

Blood donation: from minority choice to mainstream activity

In early December, Liu Peipei, a sophomore at Tsinghua University in Beijing, used her phone to register for an on-campus blood donation session the following week.

Tradition and false claims prompt concerns

The number of people in China donating blood has risen in recent years. For example, in 2016, the country recorded 10.5 unpaid blood donations per 1,000 people. However, that lagged behind 32.1 per 1,000 in high-income countries and 14.9 in upper-middle-income countries, the World Health Organization said.

Investment in high-speed rail continues

China's railway operator said heavy investment in its railway network will continue in 2019, which experts say will help stabilize investment and counter slowing economic growth.