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US 'Sherlock' Lee helps train detective in China
A research center named after renowned American forensic scientist Henry Chang-Yu Lee has been set up in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, a senior official with the provincial public security bureau said Friday.
China's 'Henry Ford' drives Geely onto global stage
Li Shufu, the founder of China's Zhejiang Geely Holdings, has much in common with Henry Ford, from a childhood on the farm to a scrappy determination to build a car-making behemoth from nothing.
Model Meng steers road safety on the right path
Meng, who makes 3,000 yuan ($439) per month, is stationed at a busy intersection near Guang'anmen and for eight years has worked his beat from dawn to dusk.He is just one of an army of 7,000 traffic officers battling against the capital's rising tide of traffic.　　Their efforts are helping save lives.

Almost 30 percent of residents failed to pay their heating fees last year, government officials said yesterday.
China Daily
More than 6,000 poverty-stricken farmers in Central China's Hubei province are selling their blood on a routine basis to make extra money, with some saying it's the only way they can earn enough money to pay bills.
Festival kicks off to mark 2,560 years after birth of Confucius
International motor show is being held in Chengdu
China has confirmed the existence of gas hydrates, a potential energy resource, in western China tundras, becoming the world's third country to confirm its finding after United States and Canada.
Nature-rich Anshun also rich in culture