Former Minister on Trial
China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun stands trial in Beijing, charged with bribery and abuse of power
Actress-Turned Director
Zhao Wei, also known as Vicki Zhao, an actress-turned director, has seen her debut production of the movie So Young

"Many international schools recruit teachers independently and don't check if they are suitable for the profession or have criminal records or tendencies."

Ye Qin, whose 8-year-old daughter goes to an international school in Shanghai, on June 7, after a foreign teacher in Shanghai was arrested on suspicion of molesting six students a day before

"Going to college through the examination may change your life and help you realize your dream, but everyone has his or her own track in life as well as path toward success. Neither school nor score makes the key to success, but courage, ambition and spirit."

Yu Minhong, co-founder of private education company New Oriental, commenting on the just finished national college entrance exam in China, on June 7

"One-child families follow the family planning policy and sacrifice their own interests to decide family size, so those who lost their only child should be compensated by the government both financially and psychologically."

Yuan Xin, a professor of population studies at Nankai University in Tianjin on June 6. By the end of 2012, 355,000 parents aged 49 or older had lost their only child, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission

"With more people dying from overwork, we suggest authorities enact a law to treat such cases as work-related deaths to better protect workers' rights and legal interests."

Huang Leping, Director of Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Research Center of Labor, on June 10

Giving More Power to Local Governments

Oriental Weekly
June 3

The first session of the 12th National People's Congress in March passed a proposal to transform the function of the State Council in order to properly deal with the relationship between government and market, government and society and the Central Government and local governments. In short, the State Council should give more power to the latter.

Working Together to Combat Air Pollution

Phoenix Weekly
June 2013

To combat serious air pollution in Beijing, cities like Tianjin and those in Hebei Province also need to make an effort. Even if Beijing gets rid of all its traffic and industrial pollution, the problem will still be serious with helps from neighboring regions.

Take the emission of sulfur dioxide for example. Beijing's sulfur dioxide emission comes mainly from coal burning in the winter. However, in the summer, sulfate still constitutes 20 percent of Beijing's PM2.5—or airborne particles measuring less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. These sulfates are all transmitted from nearby cities.

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Common Goal General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping (right) meets with Wu Poh-Hsiung, Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang, in Beijing on June 13 (LAN HONGGUANG)
Care for Tibet A Tibetan man gets his blood pressure tested at a hospital in Lhasa on May 15.  A total of 797 million yuan from lottery sales will be used to improve social welfare in Tibet (LIU KUN)
Bus Fire
A fire breaks out at about 6:20 p.m. on June 7 on a BRT bus in Xiamen, southeast Fujian Province, killing 47 and injured 34
Soil Pollution Survey
The Chinese Government plans to conduct a nationwide soil pollution survey, the Ministry of Land and Resources says
Giant Water Project
Water from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River converges with the lower reaches of the Yellow River, China's second longest river
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Peak Season Consumers shop for souvenirs at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on June 12 (ZHAO GE)
Fishery Thrives A farmer feeds fish in Xunhua,Qinghai Province, the country’s only Salar autonomous county, on June 13 (HOU DEQIANG)
Inflation Down
China's consumer inflation growth for May falls below market expectations, driven down by slumping vegetable prices
Tapping African Market
Chinese solar panel makers may bulk up in Africa after China finishes building one of the biggest solar power stations on the continent
Potential Inclusion
Morgan Stanley Capital International has started to review China A-shares for a potential inclusion in its emerging markets index
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A Lose-Lose Game
The European Commission applies an 11.8-percent interim punitive duty on solar panels from China
Land Purchase
China Vanke Co. Ltd., the nation's largest real estate developer by sales, secures 38 plots of land valued at 25 billion yuan  within five months
New Global Base
PC giant Dell launches its new global operations site in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province
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  • SOUTH AFRICA
    A family places messages of support for 94-year-old former President Nelson Mandela outside his Johannesburg home on June 9. South Africans prayed for Mandela after he was hospitalized with a lung infection (XINHUA/AFP)
  • SOUTH KOREA
    A staff member removes a carpet at the venue slated to hold the planned inter-Korean talks in Seoul on June 12 after their cancellation. The meeting was called off at the last minute because of a dispute over the status of their respective chief delegates (XINHUA/AFP)
  • GREECE
    ERT employees broadcast news about the Greek Government's decision to close the public television and radio broadcaster in Athens on June 11. The move, as part of Greece's fiscal austerity plan, could affect nearly 3,000 jobs (XINHUA/AFP)
  • THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
    The 310-meter-high Cayan Tower, the world’s tallest high-rise building with a twist of 90 degrees, opens in Dubai on June 10 (LI ZHEN)
  • INDIA
    A member of the Bathini Goud family administers "fish medicine" to a patient in Hyderabad on June 9. The medicine, which has been offered by the family for the last 162 years as a cure for asthma and other breathing disorders, is placed in the mouth of a live murrel fish and then slipped into the mouth of the patient (XINHUA/AFP)
  • ISRAEL
    Pedang, a 14-year-old male Sumatran tiger suffering from chronic ear infections, is given acupuncture treatment at the Ramat Gan Safari zoo near Tel Aviv on June 9 (XINHUA/AFP)
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