Survey: Young, alone, no house and not much sex

While most watchers of Chinese society are focusing their attention on the aging population, some have turned their eyes in another direction, to an emerging group in big cities - younger men and women who live alone. Reports say there are 50 million of them. If they were a province, it would be the 11th-most populated.

College grads choose grassroots jobs to 'accomplish something big'

Many hours of hiking over rugged hills to visit families living in poverty has been Liu Hai's routine since graduating from college and becoming a junior officer in a small county in Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

New Party bureau to focus on Xinjiang

A central Party department has set up a new bureau to handle work related to the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, as well as to coordinate the region and other parts of China and deal with key issues, the department said on Thursday.

Villagers' health in hands of dedicated medic

Letang, a poverty-stricken mountain village that sits beside the Yellow River in Shanxi province's Daning county, is home to about 500 farmers. As a local saying goes, "Letang is the last place in the world a woman should look for a husband."

Families relocated for telescope project see horizons expanded

Standing beneath the world's largest radio telescope, Yang Tianjue can still make out the site of his old house, which was demolished 10 years ago to make way for the telescope.

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Nation to begin building two new ships for 2019

China will soon begin building its first marine resources survey ship and its first mother ship for manned submersibles, according to the State Oceanic Administration.

New rules issued to protect waterway

HANGZHOU - A new regulation has been rolled out in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, to protect the city's section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the world's longest man-made canal. The regulation was approved by the Standing Committee of the provincial People's Congress and took effect on Monday.

Thousands sent to fight new forest fire in Inner Mongolia

A second big fire broke out in China's largest forest in the Greater Hinggan Mountains on the same day a cross-border fire from Russia was extinguished.

Railway map shows links to Xiongan

Plans for railways linking the planned Xiongan New Area in Hebei province with neighboring Beijing and Tianjin were disclosed recently on a map of the region's railway links, marking the latest step in the new area's development.

Convict speeds away from Yunnan prison

Police in Yunnan province have begun a manhunt for a prisoner who escaped from a jail facility in Kunming.

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