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Desert pollution case settled by mediation

A HIGH-PROFILE public interest litigation case about pollution in China’s Tengger Desert was settled by mediation yesterday, with the polluters agreeing to provide an environmental fund.

2017-08-29

China to close 6,000 noncoal mines by 2020

CHINA will shut down 6,000 noncoal mines from 2016 to 2020 to improve work safety.

2017-08-28

China to regulate online comments

CHINA’S cyberspace authority has issued a document regulating publicly posted comments.

2017-08-28

5 punished for photo stunt at war landmark

FIVE people who were involved in posing for pictures dressed in Imperial Japanese Army uniforms in front of a stronghold used by Chinese soldiers to repel Japanese invaders during the Battle of Shanghai in 1937 received punishment for breaking the law, Shanghai police announced Wednesday.

2017-08-25

S. China cities recovering from typhoon

AFTER being hit hardest by the country’s strongest typhoon of the year, China’s Guangdong Province has started to resume traffic and power supply in affected areas.

2017-08-25

Harsher sexual harassment penalties called for

THE Chinese public has called for harsher punishment for those found guilty of sexual harassment, according to a recent survey.

2017-08-24

Beijing aims high in robotics

BEIJING plans to develop into a global center for robotics by 2025 and has issued an industry blueprint at the ongoing World Robot Conference.

2017-08-24

UM breaks through in cancer therapy

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY research team from the University of Macao (UM) achieved a significant breakthrough in a drug susceptibility test for cancer cell lines and human primary cancers, said the UM health science faculty Tuesday.

2017-08-24

Wildlife park asked to limit cars after bear mauls man

LOCAL authorities have ordered a wildlife park in Beijing to limit the number of cars driven by tourists into the park after a man was attacked by a bear.

2017-08-23

Beijing close to meeting PM2.5 density goal

BEIJING reported Monday the lowest record for a major air pollution indicator for a January-July period since 2013.

2017-08-23

AI beats doctors at diagnosing diseases

A CHINA-MADE AI (artificial intelligence)-based software made its debut Saturday at a seminar held in Hengyang City, Central China’s Hunan Province.

2017-08-22

China to take measures to defend interest

CHINA’S Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said yesterday the country will take “all appropriate measures” to defend its legal interests in response to a U.S. trade investigation that has aroused tension between the world’s two largest economies.

2017-08-22

New high-speed trains run on North China lines

CHINA’S new-generation high-speed bullet train, the “Fuxing,” was put into operation yesterday on two railway lines connecting the major cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area.

2017-08-22

Management bureau for national park inaugurated

THE administration for the much-anticipated tiger and leopard national park was officially inaugurated Saturday in Changchun, capital of Northeast China’s Jilin Province.

2017-08-21

New clues reveal Japan’s germ war atrocities

NEW evidence of human experiments and germ war crimes by Japan’s notorious Unit 731 were released by a museum Friday in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.

2017-08-21

PPP in elder care encouraged

CHINA has said it will encourage public-private partnership (PPP) in the senior care industry.

2017-08-21

Man sentenced to life for murdering student

A 21-YEAR-OLD man, Andrew Garcia, was sentenced to imprisonment for life without parole Wednesday, for fatally beating 24-year-old Chinese University of Southern California (USC) engineering graduate student Ji Xinran with a baseball-bat in 2014.

2017-08-18

Center for autistic children in Beijing probed

CLASSES at a center for autistic children in Beijing have been suspended after surveillance footage showed teachers physically abusing the students.

2017-08-17

China to build world-class cybersecurity schools

CHINA’S top cybersecurity and education authorities have vowed to build four to six world-class cybersecurity schools within 10 years, as part of efforts to realize the nation’s goal of becoming a strong Internet power.

2017-08-17

Death of 4-year-old accidental: Anhui Police

ANHUI Province police say the death of a 4-year-old girl discovered buried under a road that was in the process of being repaired was accidental, the media reported Monday.

2017-08-16