China amends criminal law to punish police attackers
China's new criminal law amendment stipulates that those found guilty of assaulting the police could be jailed for up to three years, and those who severely harm personal safety by using guns or knives to attack police may be jailed for up to seven years.
Shenyang raises 3 residential compounds' COVID-19 response level to medium-risk
Shenyang raises 3 residential compounds' COVID-19 response level to medium-risk.
Travel agencies in S China's Guangdong suspend group tours to Beijing
Some travel agencies in South China's Guangdong Province have suspended receiving bookings for package tours to Beijing and may cancel related trips during the upcoming New Year and Spring Festival holidays due to the capital city's recent coronavirus outbreak, local media outlet Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Sunday.
Courier firm SF Express confirms Beijing COVID-positive part-time worker has not touched any parcels
A 32-year-old woman surnamed Wang, who is a resident of Beijing's Shunyi district tested positive for the coronavirus Saturday, as the district continued mass testing of local residents throughout the weekend and enforced several community lockdowns.
Many Chinese young people turn to 'Selected Works of Mao Zedong' to find answers
A discussion group reading Selected Works of Mao Zedong together has been formed on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo, where netizens pick out and post their favorite content from the book to share with others, many of whom are of younger generations, post- 1990s or 2000s.
Experts warn of possible multiple sources of Beijing's new COVID-19 outbreak
China's capital city, Beijing, home to more than 20 million residents, has reported 13 local COVID-19 infections in three districts over the past two weeks. With tracing yet to determine the source of virus and transmission chain, experts are warning the public to remain alert as there may be multiple sources behind the resurgence.
Chinese director's ongoing film accused of copying a Marvel production
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity, a Chinese costume fantasy film helmed by the controversial Chinese director Guo Jingming, which is now widely showing in Chinese mainland cinemas, has been accused of including scenes that are very much similar to the 2016 US superhero film Doctor Strange.
A silk relics exhibition debuts in Shanghai, showing cultural exchange between China and Europe
An exhibition displaying silk and textile relics from China and France has launched at Shanghai History Museum on Friday.
With mature anti-epidemic system, nightmare of 2020 Spring Festival 'will not return'
Beijing on Sunday beefed up citywide measures against COVID-19 over concerns that the country's mass travel during the upcoming New Year holidays may trigger a new wave of infections, after the municipality reported 13 cases in three districts during the past two weeks of unknown source.
Chinese Cities roll out vaccination projects amid sporadic cases
Cities around China are gradually rolling out vaccination projects for key personnel amid sporadic outbreaks in the country. Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, will provide free COVID-19 vaccinations for high-risk groups and people going abroad starting from Monday.
GT investigates BBC report contradicting facts on Xinjiang 'forced labor' topics
For some anti-China forces, cotton has become the latest tool to hype "forced labor" topics in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Citing a report of the infamous "scholar" Adrian Zenz, the BBC accused China of "forcing" Uygurs and people of other ethnic minority groups to pick cotton by hand. However, by visiting cotton farms and interviewing people working in cotton-related fields in southern Xinjiang, the Global Times found that machines have been widely applied in cotton planting and harvesting, with fewer workers needed, and there is no "forced labor" in related industries in Xinjiang.
Vigilance urged against virus mutation, sporadic outbreaks as world yet to end pandemic
With more countries reporting coronavirus cases related to the new variant over the weekend and the world again escalating control measures, people are asking at the end of 2020: Will the world be mired again in a pandemic nightmare like the beginning of the year? Some senior Chinese public health experts say this prediction is unlikely because people are more prepared, while cautioning that vigilance amid a surge in sporadic outbreaks should not be relaxed.
Easing constraints of foreign spouses can help solve gender imbalance, but risks, uncertainties remain
Fang and his Vietnamese wife live in a village in East China's Jiangxi Province. He drives a taxi in another county and only returns to his village on weekends. Even after five years of marriage, she's not entitled to hold a job. She passes the lonely weekdays tending the family's farm.
Eligible personnel from China can enter Japan amid strict new entry ban
Although Japanese media reported that Japan vowed to suspend entry of foreign nationals over the new virus strain, the Global Times found the country has not shut the door to all foreigners, as some, including Chinese businesspeople, are still permitted to enter the country.
Wuhan epidemic may also be related to cold-chain industry: whistleblower
"The epidemic in Wuhan possibly also has a lot to do with the cold chain," said Zhang Jixian, a doctor at the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, who first reported cases of what was then called a "pneumonia of unknown origin," told the Global Times, noting that there "must be some correlation."
China suspends passenger flights with UK starting Monday
Regular passenger flights between China and the UK will be suspended from midnight on Monday until January 10, 2021 for epidemic prevention: Civil Aviation Administration of China.
China's first COVID-19 department established to normalize future coronavirus' treatment
Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center has set up China's first COVID-19 department with closed-loop management in a bid to normalize the management and treatment of infectious diseases and ensure the novel coronavirus outbreak is put under control quickly as new variants emerge.
Beijing districts, companies to enter into a state of emergency: official
Beijing officials require all districts, departments & companies to enter a state of emergency, adopt a more resolute attitude and stringent measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the municipality.