Coventry University says it has become the primary academic partner of the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) in the UK. It said a collaboration would see them working on advanced engineering research and development projects….
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Chinese Minister of Civil Affairs Li Liguo said Monday the country’s old-age subsidies system has expanded to 14 provincial-level regions, benefitting 8 million citizens aged above 80. Last year only six provincial-level regions introduced the…
More retired personnel from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are turning to the private sector to find jobs, as China’s top legislature Monday began procedures to revise an amendment to its Military Service Law, with…
Sharing a double bed with a roommate in a 20-square-meter bedroom, Ma Chao is quite satisfied with his living conditions. A year ago Ma lived with another person in a 7-sq-m room, sharing a bathroom…
When Liu Jian first watched “Beijingers in New York City,” a popular TV series about Chinese newcomers’ struggle in the United States, he was not fascinated by the story. But a second viewing one year…
BEIJING – Experts have slammed bosses at a Haidian district park after they converted an emergency earthquake shelter into golf courses. Shuguang Park, which had acted as one of 33 disaster collection points across the…
Beijing – The government can only ask Beijing residents, whose houses are designated to be demolished, to move out after paying them satisfactory compensation, according to a notice issued on Saturday by the Beijing municipal…
Six months after new policies were implemented to ease Beijing’s notorious congestion, nearly 80 percent of the capital’s citizens still say they have yet to see an improvement, according to an ongoing survey by the…
BEIJING – Heavy rain complicated rescue efforts on Sunday afternoon as crews worked to free 19 miners trapped deep underground at a coal mine in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Zhangcun Coal Mine in…
Two of Shanghai’s leading universities are involved in a fierce dispute over alleged poaching of talented students, as competition among universities on the Chinese mainland continues to intensify. On July 1, the Shanghai-based Fudan University…