Students spend most of summer indoors

GUANGZHOU – Cheng Dongwei looked disappointed when his mother once again told him on QQ chat: “No, you can’t go out until I get home this evening.” A minute before, the 11-year-old boy had used…

‘Outspoken’

Dozens of reporters surround Wang Yongping, former spokesman for the Ministry of Railways, after a press conference on July 24, a day after a deadly train crash in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Photo: CFP It’s been…

Govt grilled over spending increases

The release of government spending details for various departments has not eased the concerns of the public, who are urging more figures to be disclosed and doubt the legitimacy of some budget increases. A total…

Charity denies fund mismanagement

The launcher and manager of the country’s most prominent charity program, Project Hope, which helps rural children continue schooling, denied Thursday it embezzled funds for a non-governmental education initiative in Africa. The announcement by the…

All must help vagrant children

BEIJING – Child rescue institutions can now apply to a court to deprive parents or other legal guardians of their custody rights if they allow their children to beg or steal on the street, according…

Local authorities deny villagers injured

A county government in East China’s Jiangxi Province said no one was injured after police reacted to a protest involving a crowd of villagers outside a polluting factory’s gates on Tuesday. At least 10 residents…