Education to get land transfer windfall

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…

Japan FM visits Beijing

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….

Killer mother gets lenient sentence

  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…

Some bullet trains ‘not so hot’

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…

Migrants to get parity on welfare

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…