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The president of China's leading sports university urged the government on Thursday to invest in the physical fitness of Chinese youth or else the youngsters will not be able to fight the Japanese in a future war.
Nine-year-old Chinese girl gives birth
A nine-year-old schoolgirl has become one of the world's youngest mothers after giving birth to a 6lb baby by caesarian section.
Beijing police cancel China's first gay pageant
BEIJING — Beijing police blocked China's first gay pageant on Friday shortly before it was to start, stopping an event billed as heralding a new Chinese openness about homosexuality.
BEIJING — Heavy snow has brought more travel chaos to north China, stranding thousands of truckers for two days on a Beijing highway and 1,400 rail passengers in Inner Mongolia, state media said Tuesday.
Chinese environment officials fail to stop oil slick from polluting Yellow river
Chinese environment officials are rushing to build three temporary barriers on the Yellow river after failing to contain an oil slick in a tributary of the country's second largest waterway.
Heavy snow storms in northern China kill 40
BEIJING — Unusually early snow storms in north-central China have claimed 40 lives, caused thousands of buildings to collapse and destroyed almost 500,000 acres (200,000 hectares) of winter crops, the Civil Affairs Ministry said Friday.
Shenzhen dragnet
A massive sweep by police in Shenzhen during the countdown to National Day celebrations has netted about 30 Hong Kong residents among more than 800 people hauled off the streets and detained.
60 years on, China faces major social struggles
BEIJING — China will tout the successes of 60 years of communist rule on Thursday, but the world's most populous nation faces an array of serious challenges as it seeks to sustain fast-paced economic growth.
Farewell my concubine
Concubines and good communists do not go together, members of China's ruling elite are being warned.
Tight security in Urumqi after protests
Tight security is in place in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, following protests by thousands of Han Chinese.
Lead Poisoning May Cause Lower IQ for Kids Near China Smelter
Children exposed to lead at five times the normal limit from a smelter in China may become less intelligent than healthy peers, doctors specializing in the effects of poisons said.
China hit by new poisoning scandal -
Medical authorities in central China have discovered more than 1,300 cases of suspected lead poisoning in children, state media said, in the second such incident this month and bringing the total to 2,200.
China says 1,300 children sickened in lead poisoning case
BEIJING — More than 1,300 children have been sickened in a lead poisoning case in China's central Hunan province, the second such case involving a large number of children in the past month, state media said Thursday.
Parents vent fury as 600 children in China treated for lead poisoning
Hundreds of children are receiving treatment for lead poisoning as anger has exploded into violence over pollution from a smelter in northwestern China.
China disinfects town where plague killed 3rd man
BEIJING — Authorities killed rats and fleas on Tuesday as they disinfected a town sealed off after three people died of pneumonic plague in a remote farming town in northwestern China, according to the provincial health department.
13 million abortions in China each year: report
Some 13 million abortions are carried out in China each year, in part because there is little education about contraception or disease for the rising numbers of young people who are having sex, state media said on Thursday.
Donations for Xinjiang riot victims exceed US$39 mln
Donations for the victims of the Urumqi riot July 5 have exceeded 270 million yuan (39.5 million U.S. dollars), local financial authority and charity organizations said Monday.
Missing students safe
A massive rescue operation in a remote mountain holiday resort in Qinghai province for more than 80 university students from Hong Kong and the mainland ended when they were found alive and well late last night.
Xinjiang riots injury toll put at 1,680
The Xinjiang regional government has now said the number of people injured in last week's riots in was 1,680.
China on Saturday scaled back its initial estimates of the number of people displaced by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in southwestern Yunnan province, saying 250,000 rather than 400,000 people had been left homeless.