China to launch Chang'e-3 lunar probe at
1:30 a.m. Monday | Special Report

Chinese premier makes 6-point proposal on SCO cooperation

Premier Li made a six-point proposal on deepening practical cooperation among the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries in a speech at the 12th SCO prime ministers' meeting.|Special report

• Foreign planes identified in China's air defense zone
• China rejects imported U.S. transgenic corn
• China cracks down on seeds counterfeiting
• S&P maintains China's credit rating at AA-

China regulates teachers' conduct

Chinese educational authorities have moved to further regulate teachers' conduct, vowing to punish those who use corporal punishment, molest students, accept bribes or earn additional money by giving lectures outside school.

• China's Kunming airport closes due to heavy fog
• Beijing court hears bottled water defamation case
• Zhang Yimou family-planning investigation to grill agent

Dama dames: China's secret weapon

Middle-class matrons do not make big money, but to a large extent they control the nation's spending. Now, they are even influencing global financial markets.

• Sun Yang may be back to training soon
• Historic sites in Beijing used as high-end clubs
• Explaining China to American readers

Politics & Foreign Affairs

Chinese premier urges SCO to promote trade, finance cooperation

• Mainland tells DPP to drop 'Taiwan independence'
• Courts ordered to make trials more transparent
• Air defense zone in line with cross-Strait interests

Society

Eternity of love

• Chinese man given life imprisonment for Ponzi scheme
• Greener coal mining will cut pollution
• 4 China drug dealers sentenced to death
• Liquid ammonia leak kills 7 in east China

Business

Heavy cargo flights taking off

• Home prices in Chinese cities to continue rising
• China securities regulator unveils reform plan for IPO system
• Chinese stocks bullish in 2014: think-tank

Life & Culture

China's first nude photographer

• Confucius classroom hubs opened in Northern Ireland
• As a foreigner, what to do if you have a sudden medical emergency in China?
• How to apply for a green card in China
• One step closer for US to recognized TCM

Military

New recruits conduct training sessions

• President praises submarine forces
• Book on former Chinese President's military
  thoughts published
• China's Peace Ark departs for typhoon-hit Philippines
• Spokesmen system to boost military transparency

Travel

Tourist destinations less-crowded for this Spring Festival holiday

• Migrant birds come to Dongting Lake to spend winter
• Sino-Russian border city to offer visa-free stays
• Scenery of Biancheng Town in C. China's Hunan
• World Heritage Site: old town of Galle in Sri Lanka

Sports

Zheng Zhi, China's football shine at Asian football annual awards gala

• Up to 235 Russian athletes to compete in Sochi Olympics
• AFC annual awards winners 2013
• China wins most in AFC awards, but loses in CL slot allocation
• Guangzhou striker Muriqui awarded AFC Foreign Player of the Year

Sci-Tech

China to launch Chang'e-3 lunar probe at 1:30 a.m. Monday

• China's satellite navigation system to start oversea operation next year
• Vietnam successfully produces Nano Curcumin for cancer treatment
• Chinese scientists sequence genome of kelp, seafood species