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CCDI: For fugitive, it's best to give yourself up

Chinese fugitives overseas who fled crimes committed during employment in China will receive more lenient punishments if they turn themselves in by year's end, China's top disciplinary body said on Thursday.

In Jilin, females make a point about business

CHANGCHUN - To outsiders, Taonan looks like an ordinary county-level city with few opportunities, but local college graduates, especially girls, have become role models.

Sexual harassment of nuns by abbot verified

Master Xuecheng, abbot of the Beijing-based Longquan Temple and former head of the Buddhist Association of China, sent obscene messages to female monks, China's top religious affairs regulator confirmed on Thursday.

Dispute over train seat generates online heat

A man who took a young woman's seat on a train and refused to vacate it is facing widespread anger and condemnation from netizens.

Farmers call in the crop dusters

Farmers in China will soon be able to hail drones for crop dusting from the comfort of their homes using an app.

Tourism to mainland holds steady

Visits to the Chinese mainland remained steady in the first half of 2018, showing only a slight year-on-year decline of 0.4 percent, according to a report released by the China Tourism Academy on Wednesday.

Nobel winner: Turn kids into scientists

A Nobel Prize winner announced the establishment of a science kindergarten in Qingdao, Shandong province, to encourage more youngsters to become engineers and scientists.

Book fair features celebrated authors, highlights China's outreach to world

Celebrated Chinese writers Liu Cixin and Yu Hua made presentations on Wednesday, the opening day of the 25th Beijing International Book Fair and the 16th Beijing International Book Festival. Their appearance created a buzz among fairgoers.

Report details causes of explosion

A biotech company in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, where an explosion claimed 10 lives in December, has been fined 5 million yuan ($730,750). Its production permit will be revoked and its leaders will be prosecuted, the Ministry of Emergency Management said.

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High-tech mirror holds promise as key advance

The Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Science, has developed the world's largest silicon carbide mirrora key component of telescopesand will apply it to some major projects, including space observation.