Worried about the high rate of C-sections done in the province, Anhui health authorities have issued a guideline requiring a pregnancy to meet certain requirements before a doctor does a C-section. Forty percent of pregnancies in Anhui are done via C-section, with the national rate being 47 percent.
President Xi Jinping has underscored the importance of national and ethnic unity as the key to stability in Tibet, as he pledged to work on long-term, comprehensive stability and waged an "unswerving" anti-separatism battle, the China Daily reported.
A proposal was introduced to the NPC to ensure that those sentenced to life for "major corruption crimes" not be allowed to get a reduced sentence or parole.The proposed bill also suggests that those whose death sentence is being reduced to life will also not be eligible for reduced sentence or parole.
A new study reveals how chemicals like mercury and selenium have made their way into the Grand Canyon, creating risk on ecosystems and wildlife.
Subhi Nabas, a gay refugee from Syria, shared with the UN Security Council the death threats he received from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) because of his sexual orientation.
New images reveal closer, uncanny features of the mysterious pyramid mountain on dwarf planet Ceres.
A biologist had spotted the elusive nautilus again after decades in Papua New Guinea that could be the world's rarest sea creature.
An amendment has been proposed in China’s legislature that would consider the wearing of clothes or symbols associated with terrorism illegal.
According to renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, there are two ways to get out of a black hole where data from the object that is lost can end up somewhere.
Chinese police have launched a two-month nationwide campaign against "underground banks" to quell concerns about cash flowing in and out of the country illegally and maintain order in the country's volatile stock market, a senior security official said on Monday.
China is planning on closing a loophole that allowed men to get away with relatively light penalties after having sex with girls under the age of 14, following public outrage over the lenient treatment given to high-profile offenders, including government officials and a school administrator, in recent years.
China’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of World War II victory may be aimed at sending a warning message to the United States, according to Huang Dong, president of the Macau International Military Institute.
South Korea is challenging the North in the demilitarized zone, not through guns and bombs, but through Kpop and K-drama. While the South is demanding an apology for landmines that crippled two of its soldiers, the North replied with a threat of war if the 11 giant speakers playing Kpop songs and other hallyu materials are not turned-off.
Australian scientists are now using technology from Intel with micro sensors attached on bees to determine the cause of massive population die-offs.
Most schools have failed to implement the new qualitative assessment system for primary school pupils, despite announcement by authorities that they have completed the trials involving 160,000 first- and second-graders in the city, the Shanghai Daily reported.
