A chronic drought is ravaging farmland. The Gobi Desert is inching south. The Yellow River, the so-called birthplace of Chinese civilization, is so polluted it can no longer supply drinking water. The rapid growth of…
Category: Society
China’s civil affairs organizations have dealt with more than 465,000 cases of divorce in the first quarter of this year, an average of over 5,000 per day. According to the latest statistics from the Ministry…
The 24th World No Tobacco Day, initiated by the World Health Organization, took place on May 31, 2011. China’s Ministry of Health introduced the “Regulations on Health Management in Public Places” on May 1, which…
When villager Deng Qi’an built three tile houses next to the Sanwei Battery Company six years ago for his business, he never expected that it would result in physical harm coming to his family. Like…
At the entrance gate of Beijing Railway Station, Zhang Yue, who became famous around China these days for his anti-cigarettes behavior, snatched a cigarette out of a people’s mouth. Zhang Yue, from Henan Province, dedicated…
China is drafting details of the Social Insurance Law that will allow it to apply to foreign employees, a senior official with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Monday. Xu Yanjun, deputy…
It was a triumph for Chen Yihua, a 16-year-old student at the No. 16 High School in Guangzhou, when the Guangzhou Metro Corporation announced on May 10 that it would rethink its renovation plan for…
Live online on Thursday: A mother stands trial for killing her disabled twin sons at a central Guangdong Province city. The first of its kind, the trial at Dongguan No.1 People’s Court will be broadcast…
SHIZHAO, CHINA — China’s large labor force has been central to its rise as an economic power, allowing companies to tap a seemingly endless pool of workers willing to move from their home towns, often…
CHINA has enjoyed (and suffered) more than its fair share of social mobility in recent decades. Between 1981 and 2005, over 600m Chinese moved out of poverty, according to Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion of…