Premier Li Keqiang talks with Xinjiang students at Dalian No 20 Senior High School in Liaoning province on Monday, one day before Teachers' Day. ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILYMINISTER OF EDUCATION CHEN BAOSHENG answered questions from the media at a news conference during the fifth plenary session of the 12...

Drilling deep for answers: Crew members aboard the US research vessel Resolution prepare to drill to a depth of 3,000 to 4,000 meters for seabed samples in the northern part of the South China Sea on Feb 14. The drilling was part of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Scientists from China, ...

Atuleer, a village that lies atop a cliff more than 1,400 meters above sea level, used to be famous for relying on an 800-meter zigzag network of rattan ladders with no railings, which was its only link to the outside world. The rattan structure - a chain of 17 small ladders tied together without an...

Robert Jacobs (centre), president of towncorp, presents a cheque for $8,000 to Stanley Kwan (right), president of the Fu Hui Education Foundation (FHEF), and Bammy Wong (left), vice-president of the foundation, on Wednesday in Richmond Hill. FHEF focuses on high school and university students from n...

This is the time when people to return home for Spring Festival family reunions. But despite being busy preparing for that all-important annual event, we should not forget the many challenges facing children in our society. The shocking news about several dozen children, aged between 9 and 16 years,...