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…
Category: Society
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…
‘Difficult experiences in childhood can have lifelong consequences’ Hangzhou – China will give priority to poverty reduction and development issues for children as part of its rural poverty alleviation strategy during the next 10 years,…
On Monday, President Hu Jintao chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, discussing the issue of effective “social management.” According to the minutes, the country is facing a surge of…
A Beijing Capital Airport Expressway manager threatened her for a story about toll trickery, a China Central Television (CCTV) reporter claimed on Sunday. Feng Lei, deputy director of the Capital Airport Expressway Development Company, told…
BEIJING– Passengers who want to ride high-speed trains on June 1 or after will find themselves having to pay attention to a new ticketing system adopted by railway authorities. To get tickets for train services…
Restaurants in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality will now be required to disclose detailed information about the additives they use in their hot pot dishes, as part of a move by the government to crack down…
The northeastern city of Harbin has banned indoor smoking in public areas just before World No Tobacco Day, which falls on Tuesday, but health experts say enacting and enforcing laws in China that are consistent…