Topic1 Family size violation fees to stayChina's top family planning authority says it will continue charging social maintenance fees for family planning policy violations, although some experts say the 12-year-old fee is outdated and should be aboli...
Topic1 World Aids Day 2014Today marks the World AIDS Day. In China, there has been an obvious increase in the number of HIV carriers and AIDS patients. According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the number of people living with...
Topic1 China deposit insuranceOn Nov. 30th, the Legislative Affairs Office of China's State Council published a set of draft regulations to adopt a deposit insurance scheme to better protect depositors and free up interest rates. What do you think of...
Topic1 Domestic violence draft law in worksChina has defined the scope of domestic abuse for the first time in a draft domestic violence law published on Tuesday, after years of calls for such legislation. Legislators have been submitting proposals t...
Topic1 Beijing hikes public transit faresBeijing citizens will say goodbye to the city's low price transportation system next month with the municipal government announcing subway and bus fare hikes. The new fares, which formally take hold on Decembe...
Topic1 TV Subtitle Websites Shut DownChinese film and TV show buffs who love foreign flicks mourn recently after the 2 of their favorite websites yyets and shooter shutdown. The news took fans by surprise. But were they shut down for good reasons? To...
Topic1 Beijing to pass toughest smoking banBeijing will pass its strictest smoking control law this week, banning smoking in all indoor public places and eliminating smoking rooms at airports. The Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's...
Topic1 Trashy TV Dramas VS Intelligent TVToday is World Television Day. According to a recent survey conducted by China Youth Daily, many young people prefer trash TV to intelligent drama since the former is more relaxing and entertaining. So first o...
Topic1 China recognizes mega citiesChina is introducing the definition of mega city as the country further urbanizes. The latest standards of cities issued by the State Council, China's cabinet, have defined cities with a metropolitan area of more th...
Topic1 China proposes tougher rules on text message spamChina has proposed stricter regulations on sending spam to mobile phones, including fines of up to 30,000 yuan or $4,907 for violations. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is no...
Topic1 Teacher Insults StudentYesterday, a concerned parent told Liaoshen Evening News that he placed a tape recorder in his son's pencil box to help his son in study. But on the tape, the teacher is caught making degrading remarks to her students fo...
Topic1 Can China afford to fully relax on one-child policy? It's been a year after China's one-child policy was relaxed among couples with one spouse being an only child. While officials say China currently has no plans to suspend or further relax it...
Topic1 Shanghai adults better at English than their Hong Kong counterpartsThree major cities on the Chinese mainland have outpaced Hong Kong for the first time in this year's English proficiency index or EPI, published by English First (EF), a global...
Topic1 China Cancels Death Penalty on 9 Crimes China is soliciting public opinions online on the 9th amendment of the Criminal Law, and so far over 37,000 pieces of suggestions have been gathered, most of which concerns the changes on death penalty....
Topic1 Mainlanders Feel Happier Than Five Years AgoA Pew Research Center survey finds that about six-in-ten or more publics rate their life satisfaction highly in several Asian countries including China. The rate is equal to the level of many develop...
