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Cleaning up as fishing ban begins 

National
2012-5-17

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Teacher injured saving students improving 

National
2012-5-17

ZHANG Lili, a 29-year-old teacher who lost both legs after shielding students from an out-of-control bus last week, regained consciousness and could communicate with medical staff with her eyes, doctors said yesterday. ...

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Futuristic building ready for national TV 

National
2012-5-17

THE futuristic building - with two leaning towers linked with a 90-degree twist at the top - has attracted much controversy since the design debuted a decade ago. Now, it is ready for occupation by China's national...

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Would you qualify as a white-collar worker? 

National
2012-5-17

DECENT pay, a nice office and stylish clothes have usually been considered the trappings of a white-collar worker. But now it seems that having these credentials is not enough for someone to meet China's modern...

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First round of maritime talks 

National
2012-5-17

CHINA and Japan held their first round of high-level consultations on maritime affairs in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou yesterday. China's Foreign Ministry said the two countries agreed to use the mechanism...

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China welcomes decision on Japan's claim 

National
2012-5-17

CHINA has welcomed a decision by a United Nations commission not to adopt Japanese claims over the geopolitical classification of Okinotori Atoll, a rocky outcrop in the Philippine Sea. "Japan's claim of its outer...

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Cracks appear in tube in Hangzhou's subway line 

National
2012-5-17

CRACKS have appeared in a subway tunnel under construction in Hangzhou but will cause neither safety problems nor delays, according to the subway's builders. The builders said they would conduct repair work soon...

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Rare variety of monkey makes home in Yunnan 

National
2012-5-17

CHINESE scientists have identified a variety of snub-nosed monkey living in southwestern Yunnan Province, making China home to four of five varieties of the endangered primates. The species, identified as Rhinopithecus...

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China to impose fishing ban in South China Sea 

National
2012-5-16

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Suzhou awards Spanish hiker for saving small boy 

National
2012-5-16

A Spanish hiker who provided first aid to save the life of a drowning boy was awarded for his heroic act yesterday by the government of Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province. The 43-year-old backpacker identified by...

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Disgraced railway officials reappear in new jobs 

National
2012-5-16

TWO railway officials, sacked after a train collision killed 72 and injured 416 in eastern Shandong Province in 2008, have been appointed to new posts. Chen Gong, former director of Ji'nan Railway Bureau, and...

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Killer nabbed in stabbing death of taxi passenger 

National
2012-5-16

THE man who stabbed a taxi passenger to death in a dispute in downtown Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang Province was captured yesterday in northeast China. The man, whose identity was not revealed, will be...

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Airline cuts number of flights to Philippines 

National
2012-5-16

CHINA Southern Airlines, one of the three major Chinese airlines, yesterday announced it was cutting flights to the Philippines as tourist numbers shrink amid tensions in the South China Sea. The airline will reduce...

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Anger at London meeting 

National
2012-5-16

CHINA yesterday condemned British Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama in London on Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the meeting had interfered in China's internal affairs,...

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Corruption crackdown credited with big results 

National
2012-5-16

MORE than 4.2 million government officials, including 465 ministerial and provincial-level ones, have been punished for violating Party discipline between 1982 and 2011, authorities announced in Hong Kong. Among...

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Police find 360,000 yuan in fake currency, arrest 3 

National
2012-5-16

POLICE in central China's Hunan Province have seized 360,000 yuan (US$57,000) in high-quality counterfeit 100-yuan notes. Police in Changsha, the provincial capital, said the fake notes, starting with serial numbers...

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Deadly rains abate but summer floods await 

National
2012-5-16

THE deadly torrential rain that swept across the country over the past few days began weakening yesterday, but officials warned of flooding in the middle and downstream reaches of the Yellow River. The storms have...

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A new rule that makes parents get divorced ... 

National
2012-5-16

THREE couples in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing got divorced so their children could qualify for a public kindergarten because of a new rule aimed at restricting numbers. Under the rule, toddlers can qualify...

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Police uncover high-quality bogus yuan notes 

National
2012-5-15

POLICE in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province in central China have seized 360,000 yuan (US$57,000) worth of high-quality counterfeit 100-yuan notes. Police said the fake notes, starting with serials of OG27 and...

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Man jailed for injecting HIV blood into schoolgirl 

National
2012-5-15

A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for injecting the blood of an AIDS patient into a young girl to take revenge on her father. Xie Long, a drug addict in Luchuan County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang...