Shanghai FTZ

China-EU summit

Family planning

Family planning authorities at local levels said they will brace for the loosening of the one-child policy and be ready to respond to a potential rise in birthrate.

Eye on economy

The package provides stories and opinion on various topics concerning the world's second largest economy and the impacts its development has brought to Europe and other regions of the world.

Verdict expected

A woman in East China is 10 million yuan richer after getting engaged, and residents in Beijing remember bridge cleaner after his tragic death. Also, should students get free abortions?

End of laojiao

Although the Party has decided to abolish the controversial laojiao system, the official end of the system can come no earlier than late December.

Family violence

New birth policy drives girlfriend away, skin products from Taiwan don't really work, and Li Yang’s ex-wife planned to teach women about family violence. Plus, looters are all over an abandoned Maserati.

Visa-free stay

visa-free stay

Tiananmen attack

An Islamist group calling itself the Turkestan Islamic Party said a deadly car crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square October 28 was a "jihadi operation".

Jet's oil leak

Free shoes for witnessing a public proposal; silence your phone or face a 5-year ban; and how many belly dancers does it take to break a record?

$1.1 million letter

Five students at a junior high school in Jishou, Hunan province, were forced by their teacher to eat paper as punishment, China News Service reported.

Thief of time

After yet another late night spent browsing the Internet, Tracy Zheng, a 30-year-old PhD student at Nanjing University, swore to stop wasting time she could hardly spare.