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Elderly care is need of the hour in Guangdong

The population in Guangdong province is expected to age most rapidly between 2015 and 2035, and the next five years will prove vital in stepping up facilities for the elderly, local officials said.

Teens targeted in clampdown on karaoke clubs

SHANGHAI: The city is tightening its supervision of entertainment venues as more and more teenagers flock to karaoke clubs during school holidays for Spring Festival.

Beijing plans for law on garbage sorting

Legislators in the Chinese capital plan to draft a regulation on garbage disposal, which is expected to enforce garbage sorting system while regulating controversial garbage incineration plants.

Hebei saw strong import and export growth in Jan

Hebei's imports and exports both experienced double-digit growth in January. Imports went up 37.1 percent year-on-year to $1.18 billion and exports jumped by 34.5 percent to $1.65 billion.

7.5M people lack water due to drought in SW China

A severe drought over the past months has left 7.5 million people and more than 4 million head of livestock without adequate drinking water in two southwestern Chinese provinces, local authorities said Tuesday.

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Xinjiang official: 'Keeping city safe is our top priority'

Maintaining social stability is crucial to preventing a repeat of the violence that erupted here last year, a senior official in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region said on Friday.

Vice-mayor keeps his feet on the ground

Like many other Beijingers, Ji Lin takes the bus or subway, especially on days when his car is not allowed on roads under the capital's vehicle restriction scheme.

Travel & Culture

Young poets perform at museum

Visitors to the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum in this capital of southwestern China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday were impressed with the following household lines by Du Fu (712-770AD).

Sanya: China's Hawaii

If you think Hawaii is too far away, Sanya, a booming city in Hainan province, can offer you a similar experience a lot closer to home for a lot less money.

Economy & Business

FAW car wins gold medal for design

Of 15 top recipients, the Besturn B70 car by First Automotive Works (FAW) Group was the only design patent to win a gold medal at the 11th China Patent Awards in Beijing on Feburary 8.

Shenzhen govt learns from big company playbook

Different from many of his peers who head up local intellectual property (IP) administrations, Xu Youjun works with an apparently unrelated organization, the Shenzhen Market Supervision Bureau. He is the deputy director of the city government department.

Society

Local cabbie preparing to 'Take Your Breath Away'

When he is not filming TV commercials for the Shanghai Expo together with local celebrity Jin Jing, taxi driver Pu Yongping likes listening to Chinese ballads. But he knows how to change the record to take tourists' breath away during the Expo.

Ex-judicial official stands trial in gang crackdown

A former top judicial official in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality stood trial Tuesday on charges of protecting mafia-style gangs and other crimes, the latest court hearing in the city's sweeping crackdown on gang crimes.

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Shandong

Fleets of Clipper donate to Qingdao Olympic Sailing Museum

Skippers of the nine fleets in the Clipper Round the World Race donated their countries' flags and pictures of their boats Wednesday to the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Museum.

Qingdao delivers a hero's welcome

Huge crowds packed in to Qingdao’s famous Olympic Sailing Centre in order to welcome in the winning boat as Race 6 reached its dramatic conclusion.

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'Clean' coal power to go online in Tianjin

China's first self-developed integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power station is scheduled to go online in Tianjin next year.

WuXi aims to beat rivals on price

WuXi PharmaTech, a Chinese drug-research company that provides scientists-for-hire to conduct research and development (R&D), hopes to become a global player in the next five to 10 years, a corporate executive said yesterday.