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Country's wage growth overestimated: Experts
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| The country's 2008 and 2009 wage growth may have been overestimated, a senior economist with the International Labor Office (ILO) said on Wednesday. |
HIV/AIDS patients to get care
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| The country's top health authority vowed on Wednesday to introduce policies and measures to curb discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS at medical institutions to safeguard patients' right to treatment. |
Land battles most dire rural issue: Report
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| Land disputes have emerged as rural China's most volatile social problem, as forced acquisitions have been generating growing social unrest, China's top think tank said in its annual report on Wednesday. |
Blast links county to outer world
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| A history of isolation is set to end for the Tibetan county of Medog after workers successfully blasted through the last section of a mountain highway tunnel on Wednesday. |
Cross-Straits meeting date set
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| The sixth round of talks between the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) will take place between Dec 20 and 22 in Taipei, the two institutions announced on Tuesday. |
Incentives offered to overseas talent
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| The central government has launched an ambitious program to lure 2,000 talented young people from overseas in five years to boost the country's research and technological capabilities. |
Company inspections to ensure migrants receive wages on time
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| China's top labor official has ordered local human resources and social security departments to make sure migrant workers are paid on time before the upcoming New Year and Spring Festival holidays. |
Winter bites as cold snap spreads across China
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| More than 1,300 shelters in Guangzhou, which is hosting the first Asian Para Games from Dec 12 to Dec 19, were told on Tuesday to prepare to receive the homeless as a cold front moves in and temperatures plummet. |
'Greenness' to factor into hotel ratings
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| Environmentally friendly facilities will become a core criterion of China's hotel rating system, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) announced in Beijing on Monday. |
Despite better educations, 'ants' still struggling
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| 30 percent of low-income graduates are from prestigious universities |
Shanxi prepares to diversify economy
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| North China's coal-rich Shanxi province got the go-ahead to break its dependence on resources and build a development model with diversified sectors. |
More than 30 shipwrecks off country's coast
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| More than 30 archaeological shipwreck sites have been discovered off the country's shoreline, the national oceanic body has reportedly said. |
Airport seeks to reassure travelers
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| After gusts of wind tore part of the roof off Terminal 3 (T3) of Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) on Friday, provoking a debate over the construction standards used on the facility, airport representatives said on Sunday it is "safe" for operations to continue as normal. |
Vice dens will be raided regularly
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| Entertainment venues targeted in crackdown on prostitution |
Chinese consular services expand with the times
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| With more and more Chinese businesses and people going overseas, consular issues are playing an increasingly important role in China's foreign affairs. |
EU experts: China needs adaptability
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| Beijing is being urged to be mindful of the volatility of US dollars, the European debt crisis, mounting trade protectionism and even growing tensions in East Asia when ironing out next year's economic development agenda. |
UN climate chief pushes for success in Cancun
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NGOs announce climate change cooperation
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Orphans better off with families: experts
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| Family-based foster care is one of the best ways to bring up orphans, as real homes are better for children's development than institutions, child welfare professionals have said. |
Corrupt official gets suspended death sentence
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| Huang Yao, the former chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Thursday for taking bribes. |
Chinese brands to receive protection
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| Enforcement powers needed as trademarks become global |
Growth threatens water supply
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| The expected rapid urbanization during the coming 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) will threaten the security of China's water resources, authorities said. |
Suspects investigated over mine blast
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| Police on Wednesday identified seven people in charge of the coal mine where there was an explosion the day before in Mianchi county of Central China's Henan province, as the death toll rose to 26, after police found 13 unreported bodies. |
One man's banner for change
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| For at least one afternoon, the Technological University of Cancun was a beacon for Hao Zhiben's hope and resolve to tackle climate change. |
The new symbol of China
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Greenpeace calls for action with ocean installation
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Experts sound alarm on health disparity
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| It seems that China's roaring economic growth hasn't guaranteed wider population health, and experts said they are increasingly concerned that the nation's urban-rural health disparity is getting worse. |
Study finds middle class 'unhappy'
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| Daniel Zhou (not his real given name) paused, trying to remember his son's age. |
No change in Beijing's position on emissions
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| China has made it clear that the nature of national mitigation actions of developing countries - including China - will not be changed. |
Shanghai fair finds jobs for former addicts
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| Thirty-eight-year-old Shanghai resident Dai Liang (an alias) attended a job fair on Sunday. Unlike other recruiting events, however, this one catered specifically to former drug addicts. |
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