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  • Remember civic duty to value life

    2006-09-28 06:24

    The street to the east of my apartment building in Beijing was once a quiet one. Even though it had six lanes, it led to nowhere, stopping short of the northern Fourth Ring Road.

  • Creating an environment civil for all

    2006-09-21 10:35

    In an article published last week in Malaysia's leading Chinese-language newspaper, Sin Chew Daily, a Mr Lam recalled unpleasant experiences he had during a recent visit to Shanghai and Zhejiang Province.

  • New health care system essential for social harmony

    2006-09-14 09:05

    Health care is one of the three main things that the average Chinese worries about nowadays, along with children's education and housing.

  • Higher education needs reform

    2006-09-07 09:13

    As schools open for the new semester and the 20th Teachers' Day arrives in three days, the news media are drumming up a lot more about what's going on in schools nowadays.

  • Everyone can lend a hand to Olympic programmes

    2006-08-31 07:05

    Beijing officially launched its drive to recruit 100,000 volunteers for the 2008 Olympic Games on Monday.

  • Many share responsibility for farmers' melon losses

    2006-08-24 06:26

    Five weeks ago, a local Guangzhou newspaper suggested that some watermelons in the city's market might have been contaminated with injections of "hongyaoshui," which literally means "red medicinal water."

  • Services must be improved for better law enforcement

    2006-08-17 05:45

    Wreaths lay in front of the gate to a major electronics store at Zhongguancun in Beijing over the weekend, in memory of Li Zhiqiang, a policeman who died on duty last Friday.

  • Officials have responsibility to provide aid

    2006-08-10 06:22

    Wang Yi has struggled to improve the New Century School for children of migrant workers ever since he founded it in 1999.

  • Mutual help more vital than self-sacrifice

    2006-08-03 06:44

    Five successive typhoons swept through southern and central China between May and July, killing hundreds of people and destroying hundreds of thousands of homes.

  • Excessive tourism spoils historic charm

    2006-07-27 06:19

    Chinese teenagers first learn about Lu Xun through his narrative of the days he spent in his family garden and his traditional schooling.

  • Time to do away with empty talk

    2006-07-20 06:15

    Fans of the ongoing young singers' competition on China Central Television (CCTV) have had a field day over the past week, as they have a chance to enjoy some of the best singers the nation has to offer.

  • Ranking of cities points to complex problems

    2006-07-06 06:03

    A number of reports have recently been carried in the news media about international and domestic studies of Chinese cities.

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