Controversial parts of a textbook for primary school students, including a story about Thomas Edison saving his mother, will be removed from a new edition for the autumn semester, according to its publishers.
A stampede at a primary school in Henan province's Puyang county resulted in the deaths of two students, while more than 20 others were injured in the incident on Wednesday morning.
Taking his mobile phone out of his pocket, Wushore Silam proudly showed people the voice translation app that can accurately translate between Mandarin and the Uygur language.
The vast majority of China's marine water met high quality standards last year, according to an annual report by the State Oceanic Administration.
An examination of a dead whale that was spotted in the East China Sea near Shanghai has found that the animal's left pectoral fin had been severed, possibly intentionally.
For the past four years, Man Fenglin has grown rice organically, despite the rising cost and falling yields.
The mislabeling and sale of regular food as organic produce will be defined as fraud and the perpetrators will be punished, according to a draft regulation issued by the China Food and Drug Administration.
China is likely to reach agreements on mutual recognition of standards for organic products with a number of countries in the next few years, according to the nation's top authority for organic certification.
For many young Chinese living in the country's rural areas, the only way to find a well-paid job is to leave their hometown and move far away from their parents.
For 22 years, Yu Jiahua has spent several days each month patrolling a mountain looking for poachers in Southwest China's Sichuan province. Mount Jiuding, a 10-minute walk from Yu's village, is surrounded by hundreds of square meters of forest and is home to many wild animals.
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