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Dawa, a 48-year-old peasant in a small village in the Tibet autonomous region, has seen many recent changes in both his house and life.
China's national legislators from Guizhou province, where ethnic groups account for about 40 percent of the population, have proposed a new law to improve the education of ethnic groups to facilitate their development and address social problems.
Shandong province plans to invest 30 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) in Qingdao Port to double its throughput capacity to 600 million tons by 2015, according to Chang Dechuan, president of Qingdao Port (Group) Co Ltd.
A 1,704-meter-long stretch of noodle is displayed in Weishan county of Dali Bai autonomous prefecture in Southwest China’s Yunnan. The noodle was made within 25 minutes and broke the Guinness World Record as the longest handmade noodle.
One of the first local residents to open their homes to visitors in 1999, Phuntsog has gained increasing fame among tourists as "name-card uncle".
The top Taiwan affairs official of East China's Fujian province has called for closer agricultural cooperation and exchanges with Taiwan.
The average property price in December in Beijing reached 26,599 yuan per square meter, according to figures released by the Beijing municipal commission of housing and urban-rural development.
The reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes will shift back into high gear next month at the scene of two recent disasters - last year's Yushu earthquake and the tragic mudslide in Zhouqu county, according to local officials.
Police helicopters are expected to be mobilized in the city's emergency medical responses, according to the Shanghai Medical Emergency Center.
The children of migrant families will no longer have to go back home to take the national exams needed to give them entrance to a university if a proposed policy for Beijing and Shanghai comes into force, according to the Ministry of Education.
Hainan Island at the country's southern tip is likely to be linked to the mainland's high-speed rail network via a cross-sea connection that may be started by 2015.
The Dalai Lama's death will not affect the Tibet autonomous region's overall situation but will likely have some minor impacts, said a high-ranking official.
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