The Standing Committee of the twelfth National People's Congress on Monday adopted the interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China at its twenty-fourth Session.
Some five million Americans aged 65 and older are not taking their blood pressure medicine properly, putting them at increased risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and early death, a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday.
A singer, made famous by a popular television talent show, was detained in Beijing on Monday night for drug use, the police confirmed on Tuesday.
"Police Story 2013," a new action thriller from Jackie Chan, ruled China's box offices in the past week, grossing nearly 288 million yuan (47.29 million U.S. dollars) in the six days since it hit screens on Dec. 24, according to a film industry weekly.