Topic1 Court orders apology for gay cure scamA court in Beijing has ordered a private psychological counseling center to apologize and pay compensation to a 30-year-old homosexual man for providing him with treatment it characterized as a cure for hi...
Topic1 Train tickets hoarders for Chinese New YearWith the coming of the Spring Festival holiday starting on Feb. 18, Chinese people have been busy booking train tickets online on the portal website (12306.com). However, scalpers use ticket snatching...
Topic1 HIV-carrier boy was expelled by villagersMore than 200 villagers in Xichong County, Sichuan Province signed a petition to cast an 8-year-old boy with HIV out of the village, which triggered uproar on the Internet. Villagers are afraid that the...
Topic1 Doctors and nurses pose in operating theater during surgeryDoctors and nurses pose for photographs while a patient is still on surgery table at a hospital in Xi'an. This aroused online fury after more than one photo was posted online. Everyone...
Topic1 Foreign shows delayed showingIs piracy going to raise its ugly head again in China? As China's TV watchdog State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) has released tougher regulations, saying all foreign TV...
Topic1 College entrance exam reform to take focus off score resultsThe Education Ministry has taken a critical step in its initiative to reform the college entrance exam system, aiming to reverse exam-oriented education to cultivate better talent. Ac...
Topic1: China likely to raise tobacco taxes to reduce smokersChina is considering raising tobacco taxes and cigarette prices to reduce the number of smokers in the country. Yao Hongwen from the National Health and Family Planning Commission said at a...
Topic1 Online bankChina's Tencent Holdings has been given the green light to start operation of its private bank, Webank. Also known as Shenzhen Qianhai Weizhong Bank, Webank is the first one among five private banks that had been approved by China B...
Topic1 New suggestions for traffic congestion in BeijingIn the recent Legal Advice for Alleviating Traffic Congestion in Beijing, experts put forward five suggestions, in which the right of way for pedestrians and riders is the newly proposed one. Do...
Topic1 40 percent of university students have roommate problemsA recent survey shows 40 percent of university students in China don't get along with their roommates. According to the findings of MyCOS, an education consulting and research institute i...
Topic1 Student who poisoned roommate faces 2nd trialA medical student at a prestigious university in Shanghai stood second trial on Monday, ten months after being sentenced to death for murdering his roommate with poison in April of last year. Lin Se...
Topic1 More expensive agricultural products in ChinaMost agricultural products' price in China is one third higher the international price. This is according to Chen Zhangliang, vice president of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST...
Topic 1: What's wrong with labeling oneself a Diaosi? Diaosi. A term meant to be derogatory that has now become a badge of honor. The People's Daily recently ran an opinion piece saying that China's youth should no longer apply this label to themselv...
Topic1 Residence Permit System to Be In PlaceChina's migrant population may get equal access to more public services formerly restricted to the locals, as the State Council unveils a plan to reform the country's residence permit system, and solicits...
Topic1 Teachers' strike spreads in HeilongjiangStrikes by thousands of primary and high school teachers over underpaid salaries and a controversial pension system have spread to more cities and counties in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province sinc...
