Most people favor letting teens hail ride-shares alone

An online poll by ride-hailing company Didi found that most people are in favor of allowing teenagers under 18 years old to ride in Didi cars without a supervising adult.

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Donation enables palace renovation

In the 720,000-square-meter Forbidden City - the former imperial palace in the heart of Beijing officially known as the Palace Museum - there is a courtyard with a distinctively exotic appearance.

Protein inhibitor may help cure liver cancer

Chinese scientists have identified a protein that causes the proliferation of liver cancer cells, which could assist in the development of a new cancer drug.

Neighborhood gardens help build community spirit

Shao Yunxiang, 76, who has been living in Shanghai's Caojiadu neighborhood for more than 14 years, said life in a modern city as a senior citizen doesn't necessarily have to be lonely.

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Plan aims to meet day care demand

Chinese kindergartens only accept children ages 3 and above, with younger ones sent to day care centers or left in the care of a nonworking parent, retired grandparent or part-time babysitter.

Job fairs brought to migrant workers' hometowns

NANCHANG - Hundreds of people packed a room at a job fair in eastern China's Jiangxi province last month where dozens of firms from the coastal province of Zhejiang, to the northeast, sought recruits.

Former serf looks back on 60 years of improvement in Tibet

Dawa was drinking butter tea and enjoying the sunshine in a glass-enclosed extension to her living room as she listened to her granddaughter, Tenzin Drolkar, practice her dhanyan, a six-stringed Tibetan guitar.

Guizhou's springs become hot attraction at home and abroad

Hot spring attractions in Guizhou, a relatively undeveloped province in southwestern China, witnessed a boom in tourist arrivals during last month's Spring Festival holiday.

Let DPRK come in from the cold

United States President Donald Trump cut short his meeting with Democratic People's Republic of Korea top leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi on Thursday by walking away, but he could still agree to a simple Washington-Pyongyang peace accord at a later date.

5G technology is more than about high speed

One after another, telecommunications giants such as Huawei, Samsung and Qualcomm have announced their latest fifth generation (5G) products with Huawei's Mate X and Samsung's Galaxy Fold attracting most eyeballs.