BEIJING — Migrant worker Yue Yaowei has lived in Beijing for six years but is not recognised as a resident of the Chinese capital — and so cannot get health insurance, buy a car or…
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The State Council has ordered 10 percent of profits from land transfers to be plowed into education spending as the Cabinet strives to find diverse sources of funding for at least an extra 200 billion…
The trunk line of the world’s longest natural gas pipeline, or main line of China’s second west-to-east natural gas pipeline, went into operation on The pipeline, connecting central Asia and China, will deliver natural gas…
China has seen another round of heavy rainfalls over the past three days. In Southwest China rain-triggered mudslides have cut off access to a pivotal highway in Sichuan Province, although no casualties have been reported,…
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto arrived in Beijing on Sunday to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, shortly after China renewed warnings to Japan to stop violating its sovereignty in the East China Sea….
THE woman who attempted suicide after killing her 13-year-old twin sons with cerebral palsy in a south China city was sentenced to five years in prison for murder yesterday. Han Qunfeng, 37, was given…
COMPARED to the first bullet train that will leave Shanghai for Beijing on the new high-speed line, other forthcoming services have received a lukewarm response – at least for now. Rail officials said business travelers…
STARTING July, more than 4.5 million migrant workers who have full-time jobs in the city will be able to enjoy the same social welfare benefits as local employees, authorities announced yesterday. The move will require…
Jiangxi Province’s proposed plan to build a dam at Poyang Lake to “offset the negative impact of the Three Gorges Dam” sounds like a great idea to save the lake, but it may end up…
Ever since Hong Kong’s handover in 1997, there has been a huge influx of mainlanders coming to Hong Kong. As a mainland-born Hong Kong resident myself, albeit one who moved young, I fell nervous about…