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China is drafting a charity law to ensure charities enjoy favorable taxation policies and rights to manage their properties, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council said Friday. The office’s deputy director ... Read More

Social stigma and a lack of education may be contributing to rising HIV rates among homosexuals and gay university students (Hangzhou) ?University student Liu Ji told his uncle, who in turn told his aunt. Eventually, his ... Read More

China plans to introduce ambitious new targets for the reduction of major pollutants in the upcoming 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) as the nation strives to realize its green goals, a senior official said. Two new pollution ... Read More

The China National Textile and Apparel Council said on Friday it is joining hands with the Brussels-based Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) to address the corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues of domestic ... Read More

Labor union leaders across the country will receive their salaries from higher-level unions instead of companies that employ them by 2011, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has said. The move aims to free union ... Read More

Meteorological experts have blamed global warming for this year’s extreme weather in the country, which continues to be hit by persistent heat waves and floods. China has recorded 6.4 days of hot whether, 1.9 days more ... Read More

During the past half month in China environmental accidents have been on the rise. In the evening of July 28, a severe flood which had begun six days before in northeast China’s Jilin City washed 7,000 chemical barrels ... Read More

Construction on the first phase of a nuclear power plant started in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region Friday. The project in Guangpo, Fangchengang city, will have six one-million-kilowatt generators once complete. It will be the ... Read More

A leading international expert on HIV/AIDS Friday challenged China’s gay men to front up to their responsibilities in fighting the spread of the disease. Dr. Ray Yip, director of the China Program of the Bill and Melinda ... Read More

China Investment Corporation (CIC), the nation’s sovereign wealth fund, said on Thursday it posted a solid return of 11.7 percent on its global investment portfolio in 2009, thanks to major global moves made last ... Read More

“Middle class” is a seductive phrase. For individuals, being “middle class” means they are living well off, have peace of mind and are among society’s mainstream class. When the middle class ... Read More

The agreement will allow Chalco to aquire a 47 percent stake in the new JV by providing 1.35 billion U.S. dollars through sole-funding of ongoing development work over the next two to three years. Anglo-Australian mining giant ... Read More

Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco), the nation’s biggest producer of the metal, signed in Beijing a binding agreement Thursday with Rio Tinto Group to establish a joint venture and operate an iron ore mine at Simandou in ... Read More