Tax revamp to level playing field for online, offline stores
2016-04-01 08:30:05
New e-commerce tax policies will take effect in China this month, which may lead to cheaper imported cosmetics but higher costs for food and baby products for consumers.
Chinese tweak tradition to adopt eco-friendly burials
2016-04-01 08:10:21
On Saturday, Chen Qi, an undertaker from Dalian in Liaoning province, set sail for another sea burial. It was an especially busy day for Chen, whose ship was carrying 60 urns from Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Since 2009, 559 people from the inland northeastern city have had their ashes scattered at sea.
Couple on epic wedding trip to don 56 ethnic costumes
2016-04-01 09:53:19
A woman, born in the 1990s, and a man, born in 1989, met and fell in love during a hiking trip in Tibet. To celebrate their marriage, they both quit their jobs and embarked on a 365-day tour around China to have a really special wedding, during which they plan to don traditional costumes of all China's 56 ethnic groups.
Shanxi digs deep to eradicate coal overcapacity
2016-04-01 08:10:21
In this year's Government Work Report, Premier Li Keqiang specifically referred to the elimination of overcapacity in the coal industry.
Gujiao program is eco-example for national development
2016-04-01 08:10:21
Walking on the streets of Gujiao recently, my mind went back three years to my first visit to this industrial town, a satellite city northwest of Taiyuan.
Google CEO visits Chinese Go school
2016-04-01 08:10:21
Google CEO Sundar Pichai paid a visit on Thursday to the Nie Weiping Go School - one of the top Go training bases in Beijing - with the guidance of Chinese Go master Nie Weiping, for whom the school is named.
Public to receive fresh injection of TCM knowledge
2016-04-01 08:10:21
Merely 9 percent of Chinese aged 15 to 59 have basic ideas about how to preserve health through traditional Chinese medicine, a nationwide survey found, with those younger and better educated having a better understanding of the time-honored science.
Growing number signing up to save others' lives
2016-04-01 08:10:21
An increasing number of Chinese people are signing up for the nation's organ donor plan, with more than 66,000 joining during the past six years, according to the Red Cross Society of China.
Home prices rise despite tightening measures
2016-04-01 08:10:21
Home prices continued to leap in Shanghai and Shenzhen despite fresh efforts to rein them in.
Online instruction grows in popularity amid controversy
2016-04-01 08:10:21
Teachers earning eye-popping paychecks for online classes in subjects ranging from English to physics has stimulated a lively debate across China that touches on the power of Internet instruction, the state of Chinese education and the ethics of entrepreneurship.
Young Chinese question marriage pressure
2016-04-01 08:10:21
At a registry office in Beijing, Sun Xiangshu and Shi Ci pose for photographs, their wedding certificates in hand, having just officially become man and wife.