Major news in China on Jul 09: Teenager hailed as a hero for saving girl
Top news in <People Daily>: Teenager hailed as a hero for saving girl A 16-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after she was badly injured while trying to save a baby from being hit by a truck. Li Shushu lost the skin on her right foot as she dived to push Zeng Siwen, 1, […]
Major news in China on Jun 29: Leftover men to be a big problem
Top news in <People Daily>: Leftover men to be a big problem The sex ratio at birth has been rising in the past 30 years The sex ratio at birth is also known as newborn infant sex ratio. Under natural circumstances, the ratio of every 100 newborn girls to 103 to 107 newborn boys is […]
311 counties to pilot China’s hospital reform
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — China has nominated 311 counties or county-level cities in a program to pilot reform of the country’s public healthcare facilities, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The national initiative includes 83 counties or county-level cities in east China, 136 in central China and 92 in west China, according to […]
Major news in China on Jun 21: Asians top immigrant group to US
Top news in <China Daily>: Asians top immigrant group to US A survey released on Tuesday showed that Asians have overtaken Latinos as the largest group of new immigrants arriving each year in the United States. Asian-Americans are not only the fastest-growing racial group in the country, but they also have the highest incomes and […]
Chinese space and sea explorers unleash national pride
BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) — Two groups of Chinese explorers have drawn a huge amount of public attention and unleashed national pride in the country’s online community with scientific feats stretching from the faraway heavens to the depths of the sea. One group set a new national record of 6,965 meters for a deep-sea dive […]
No plan to raise retirement age in China
BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Wednesday that there is no immediate plan to raise the retirement age. The ministry has conducted studies on raising the retirement age and submitted proposals to central authorities, but these studies do not mean that an immediate change will take place, […]
Major news in China on Jun 20: Ancient Tibetan scriptures revived via modern technology
Top news in <People Daily>: Ancient Tibetan scriptures revived via modern technology LHASA, June 19 (Xinhua) — A scripture collection center in the Tibet autonomous region has digitally preserved, printed and published more than 300 ancient Tibetan scriptures with the help of modern technology. The scriptures have been collected since 2007 at a collection center […]
Major news in China on Jun 19: Mysterious shiners seen after the Shenzhuo-9 launch
Top news in <People Daily>: Mysterious shiners seen after the Shenzhuo-9 launch About 4 minutes and 11 seconds after the Shenzhuo-9 manned spacecraft blasted off, infrared imaging equipment photographed two shining objects passing in high speed by the spacecraft. news@theasian.asia
Major news in China on 18 Jun: Taikonauts of Shenzhou-9 to enter Tiangong-1 at 5:22 pm
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: Taikonauts of Shenzhou-9 to enter Tiangong-1 at 5:22 pm Beijing, June 18 (People’s Daily Online)—– China’s astronauts will enter the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module at 5:22 p.m. Monday. People’s Daily Online will live broadcast the whole procedure of astronauts’ entering of the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module. news@theasian.asia
Dairy giant exposed over mercury in baby formula
BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) — China’s consumer quality regulator on Thursday said it has found an “unusual amount” of mercury in baby formula produced by Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., one of China’s biggest dairy companies. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said in a statement that the mercury, a […]
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