Chinese Nobel Laureate
Chinese writer Mo Yan, whose real name is Guan Moye, wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, a somewhat unexpected choice by a prize committee that has favored European authors in recent years
Judicial Reform
The Chinese Government issues a white paper on progress made in enhancing justice and protecting human rights
CPC Congress Coverage
Journalists have been invited to cover the upcoming 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
Drug Monitoring
China's food and drug safety watchdog plans to add imported drugs on the national electronic monitoring network in a move to step up drug management
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"China is planning a three-phase probe to collect samples from the Mars by 2030. The three stages are remote sensing, softlanding and exploring, and returning."

Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of China's lunar orbiter project, said on October 10 at a lecture organized by the Chinese Society of Astronautics

"Excessive PM 2.5 concentration in the air of Beijing will be detected regularly for a long time to come."

Zhao Yue, Deputy Director of the Environmental Monitoring Center of Beijing, commenting on the city's air quality

"We saw nothing but the back of people's heads. We wanted our 11-year-old son to learn something from the trip, but we only ended up exhausted."

Guo Zhijun, a visitor to the Palace Museum in Beijing, describing their tour in the capital during the weeklong National Day holiday

"As I enter this next chapter, I am excited to play for the Qingdao Eagles in China. I have been to China several times in the last few years and I love the people and the country. It will be an honor to play for them."

Tracy McGrady, the seven-time NBA all-star, announcing in a post on his website on October 10 that he is signing on to play for a Chinese Basketball Association team

"Since boys are about two years behind girls in their stages of mental development, girls should start school at 6 to 7 years old, while boys could start at 7 to 8. The Chinese education system needs to improve and allow alternative education and evaluation methods."

Wu Bihu, a professor at the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences of Peking University, questioning the practice of requiring both boys and girls to start school at the age of 6 on his micro-blog
COLD-RESISTANT TRAIN
A test train pulls into the terminus of the new Harbin-Dalian High-Speed Railway in Dalian, Liaoning Province, on October 8, when China began testing the world's first alpine high-speed rail line (WANG HUA)
STUNTMEN
Coast guards take part in a training session in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, on October 9 (XINHUA)
JAZZ ON
Singer Eliane Amherd (left) performs with her band at an outdoor concert during the 2012 Hong Kong International Jazz Festival on October 7 (LI PENG)
KUNGFU CARD
Greeting cards featuring Shaolin kungfu practitioners are released in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, on October 9, World Post Day (YANG ZHENGHUA)
 
TRASH TURNED TREASURE A power plant converting daily waste into electricity in Shanghai, the largest of its kind in Asia, is put into use on October 10, providing daily electricity for nearly 100,000 households (CHEN ZHIQIANG)
FINAL STEP The finishing stages of the second cross-sea bridge in Hangzhou Bay in east China on October 10. Begun in 2008, bridge construction is estimated to be completed in November (XU YU)
Talent Show Champion
A 21-year-old college student named Liang Bo earns the top prize of the first season of The Voice of China , a popular singing competition program on Zhejiang Satellite TV
Groundless Assertion
China-based telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE have denied accusations that they threaten U.S. national security
Polysilicon Price
China's polysilicon imports jumped during the first eight months of this year but prices slid, further squeezing profit margins for domestic producers, official data have indicated
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Free Pass, a Weal or a Woe?
Nationwide gridlock caused by the country's toll-free policy during the National Day holiday arouses heated debate
Still Optimistic
U.S. companies continue to see strong growth and bulging profits in China in 2011, the U.S.-China Business Council, a leading bilateral business organization says
Designers' Night
Di Lusso Gaopin Impero, a leading force in China's high-end home furnishings sector, holds a Designer's Night at the 2012 Beijing Design Week
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  • THE UNITED STATES
    A firefighter introduces a fire alarm system to children during events to celebrate the Fire Safety Day at Rockefeller Center in New York City on October 9 (WANG LEI)
  • TURKEY
    Chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Necdet Ozel looks through giant binoculars during an inspection tour along the border with Syria on October 9. Tensions escalated following a continued exchange of artillery (XINHUA)
  • UGANDA
    A military band marches during celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Uganda's independence in the capital city of Kampala on October 9 (YUAN QING)
  • GERMANY
    Staff members of a seal station in Norddeich release four young seals at a beach on the North Sea island of Juist on October 4. Between 50 and 100 orphaned seals are raised at the seal station each year before being returned to the wild (XINHUA/AFP)
  • SOUTH AFRICA
    Visitors examine roses at the Ludwig's Rose Garden in Pretoria on October 9 during the annual Spring Rose Festival, where nearly 1,000 varieties of the flower were on display (LI QIHUA)
  • JAPAN
    Mother Rauhin holds her baby, born in August, at the Adventure World Zoo in Shirahama in western Japan on October 5, the day the 2.7-kg baby was named Yuhin (XINHUA/AFP)
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