Authorities act against illicit meat trade

Police raided a suspected illegal dog meat distribution network in northern Beijing over the weekend.

Price of clean water 'a good deal'

When the local government undertook a water quality project five years ago, Hu Chengjiu, a farmer in Huangshan, Anhui province, had no idea what a big difference it would make on his life.

Awareness by upstream residents pays dividends

The rise of environmental awareness among inhabitants of areas along the upper tributaries of the Xin'an River - people like fish farmer Hu Chengjiu - is believed to be the crux of sustaining the entire ecological program along the main channel.

Left-handed people 'no longer hiding' in right-handed world

HEFEI - Before entering the subway, Lin Pan swiped his transit card on the machine, only to have the gate next to him open - a common nuisance he encounters as a left-hander.

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Chinese visitors bring new pressures to cities in UK

Cities such as Oxford and Cambridge are usually packed with tourists during the summer months, and local officials have started to complain.

China-made 'zipper truck' eases traffic congestion

JINAN - The capital of Shandong province, Jinan, started using a "zipper truck" this week to alternate traffic lanes during rush hours and ease congestion.

'Comfort woman', 90, dies at home

HAIKOU - A Chinese woman forced into front-line brothels for Japanese troops during World War II died at the age of 90 on Saturday, bringing the number of surviving "comfort women", a euphemism for sex slaves, to 14 on the Chinese mainland.

Care home offers youth cheap rent

Young singles who do volunteer work at a nursing home in Shanghai, which will open next month, will be able to exchange hours for rent at the facility.

Shanghai man uses new health law to win release from psychiatric hospital

A Shanghai man has been released from a psychiatric hospital, where he had been forced to stay since 2003, after a judicial appraisal showed that he had recovered from schizophrenia.

White-collar workers increasingly unhealthy

An increasing number of white-collar workers in Shanghai are getting failing grades on their physical examinations, according to a white paper on the health of white-collar workers in Shanghai.

Courier discovers newborn girl in parcel sent to welfare house

A woman has been held by police on suspicion of abandoning her child by using a courier service to send the newborn to a local children's home, according to police in Fuzhou, Fujian province.