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[2013-03-14 07:03]

"Nowadays, children only want to be officials and civil servants. Very few of them want to become scientists."

Yu Zhengsheng: frank, devoted friend

[2013-03-13 07:12]

"If you have any questions, bring them up. If you have any problems or any worries, tell us. Only by being frank can we become devoted friends."

Tibet welcomes more visitors from abroad

[2013-03-13 07:12]

The Tibet autonomous region will open up further to the outside world and attract more visitors from aboard as of this summer, according to a senior Tibetan legislator.

Clean water crucial to project

[2013-03-13 07:12]

Development to feed drought-prone areas, including Beijing and Tianjin

Kashgar gives top priority to education

[2013-03-13 07:12]

Education has become the top priority for Kashgar, a prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Watcher follows path of nation's reform

[2013-03-13 07:12]

One of Harvard University's top China scholars, Ezra Vogel, has been keeping an eye on the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. This year's NPC is especially important because it is selecting new government leaders for the next decade.

Look forward to a new-look China

[2013-03-13 07:12]

Nostalgia is a funny thing. Some of the veteran expats I meet yearn for the good old days when the spidery network of hutong in Beijing defined the capital city. They like to tell of the time long ago when a kebab cost a few fen rather a couple of yuan, and they get all misty-eyed at the thought of people riding around on bicycles rather than in cars.

Growth with Guizhou flair

[2013-03-13 07:12]

Poverty-stricken Guizhou province will push its own style of industrialization and urbanization to realize its goal of building a prosperous society by 2020, authorities said.

Pig farmer deputy keeps one eye on life at home

[2013-03-13 07:12]

"I am already homesick," said Liang Wentong, 38, a farmer from Congjiang county in Guizhou province, when interviewed on March 5, the first day of the annual session of the National People's Congress.

Two sessions: a test and a feast for reporters

[2013-03-13 07:12]

Being in an occupation that abounds with night owls, getting up before 6 am for more than 10 consecutive days is already quite a challenge. But this is just the beginning for reporters covering the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Sound Bites

[2013-03-13 07:12]

"Every citizen should care about politics and have the consciousness of responsibility as well as love for our compatriots. And a monk should, also."

Family planning policy to remain

[2013-03-12 07:50]

There will be no change to the country's family planning policy, a public sector reform official said one day after a key government restructuring plan was unveiled.