Doctors have found that obesity is a bigger risk factor for diabetes among Chinese people than the insufficient secretion of insulin, which the medical community long considered the prime cause of the disease in Asia.
A high-tech pedestrian crossing equipped with flashing lights, audio warnings and the ability to video traffic offenders was recently put into use for the first time in Bishan district, Chongqing.
Reenactments of some of the world's most famous paintings, from Girl with a Pearl Earring by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer to a self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh, recently went viral on social media.
The State Council's Work Safety Committee has urged authorities in Guizhou province to step up safety checks on coal mines and curb the high incidence of deadly accidents, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Wednesday.
The fatal stabbing of a doctor at a Beijing hospital by a patient's relative has been condemned by a national doctors' association, which called for improved security for medical staff.
LANZHOU-An encounter with a wild giant panda could be a once-in-a-lifetime event for a wildlife ranger in northwestern China's sparsely populated giant panda habitat, but infrared cameras augmented with panda recognition technology can capture them more frequently.
XINING-Eurasian otters have been frequently spotted in Northwest China's headwaters region and even in the more populated Yushu, Qinghai province, indicating a steady increase in the population of the endangered species, according to a recent field survey.
After being sworn in on Friday, newly installed Macao Chief Executive Ho Iat-seng said on Monday that the special administrative region is eager to expand economic cooperation and cultural exchanges with neighboring Guangdong province.
A certificate issued six decades ago has made Li Guangyin a celebrity.
With the rapid development of mobile payment services, new trends are emerging in gambling, which is increasingly moving from offline to online and across borders, public security officials said on Tuesday.