Adult children must visit parents regularly by law
2011-01-05 14:27:16
Adult children of elderly parents will be required to visit their parents regularly and must care for their spiritual needs and cannot neglect or isolate them, according to a draft amendment of China’s elder law, Legal Daily reported Wednesday.
Bohai-Xinjiang water project still in talks
2011-01-05 14:26:32
The government has not yet come to a final decision on building a water transfer system in order to divert seawater from Bohai Sea to the drought-stricken Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Beijing Times reported Wednesday, citing the State Forestry Administration's Deputy Director Zhu Lieke.
The 42m-yuan masked lottery winner
2011-01-05 13:59:13
China's latest multi-millionaire lottery winner collected his prize wearing a disguise and said he would not immediately tell his family about his new fortune.
4 men indicted for mass spam texting
2011-01-05 13:49:10
Four young men who were accused of sending mass spam text messages were indicted on charges of illegal business operation, prosecutors in Beijing's Xicheng district said Tuesday.
China's first sentence in homosexual rape case
2011-01-05 09:21:45
In a first for China, a man received a one-year prison sentence in a homosexual rape case in Beijing on charges of intentional injury, marking the advancement of Chinese law on homosexual crime, djnews.com.cn reported Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011.
Self-employed graduates to get big tax breaks
2011-01-04 20:02:24
Starting Jan 1, graduates who start their own business within three years after leaving school can receive tax breaks, as the government begins a preferential policy to encourage self-employment among college graduates, according to the Ministry of Education.
Whistleblower confined in psychiatric center for 14-yrs
2011-01-04 19:29:32
A man who was forced in an asylum for impeachment of officials 14 years ago looks set to be released thanks to his daughter's sensational post on the Internet, Yangcheng Evening News reported Tuesday.
China fails pledge on indoor smoking ban
2011-01-04 17:50:48
China's pledge to ban smoking indoors looks set to go up in smoke as the Jan 9 deadline set five years ago approaches.
Taiwan withdraws rocket launcher from island
2011-01-04 17:39:08
A new indigenous weapons system, the Leiting 2000 multiple rocket launcher, has been sent back to the Taiwan island thanks to increasingly close cooperation between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan
Confucius, TCM best represent Chinese culture
2011-01-04 16:09:58
A survey among 2,000 college students shows that Confucius, TCM, and former chairman Mao Zedong broke into the top 10 Chinese cultural icons among the 270 candidates.
100 migrant workers to realize university dream
2011-01-04 12:08:15
One hundred young migrant workers from South China’s Guangdong province will win the chance to study at one of the country’s most prestigious universities for free this year, southcn.com reported Monday.
Earthquake damages 23,600 buildings in SW China
2011-01-04 10:54:01
Several moderate earthquakes which jolted Yingjiang county, Southwest China's Yunnan province on Saturday and Sunday damaged more than 23,600 houses.