From China Daily: Law-making officials and experts hoped the Internet would play an increasingly important role in boosting the democratic element of the country’s legislation. As China boasts more than 100 million web surfers, the Internet has provided unprecedented scope for expressing different points of view on laws that concern personal rights.
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Young people, especially those with university degrees, make up the largest proportion of Chinese people suffering from depression, statistics from the Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Centre revealed this week. According to a survey of 15,431 depression sufferers over the past two years, people in their 20s accounted for 37.6 per cent […]
Read MoreFrom China News Service, via People’s Daily Online: According to the survey on Chinese students’ physical health for 2004 released by the Ministry of Education, 80% of Chinese college students have poor eyesight. The ratio of male students with bad eyesight is 77.8% and that of female students is 82%. In addition to the high […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via NEWS.com.au: CHINA recorded some 2700 mining fatalities in the first half of the year, with major accidents involving up to 29 fatalities more than doubling during the period, state press reported today. Some 2672 miners died in Chinese mines during the first six months of the year, a 3.3 per cent rise […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A senior Chinese official has been arrested on suspicion of hiring hitmen to murder his wife, according to reports in the country’s state media. Lu Debin was arrested last month, but details of the case are only just emerging.
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