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Drug dealers sentenced to death in China

A court in Zhuhai City in south China's Guangdong Province sentenced four convicted drug dealers to death on Thursday, ahead of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Sunday.

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Tourism booms on plateau after 10 years of Qinghai Tibet Railway

Tuotuohe River Station maybe small but it is an important stop along the Qinghai-Tibet railway, the world's highest altitude train line, which links the Tibetan capital Lhasa in southwest China and Xining, capital of Qinghai in the northwest.

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Growing R&D investment makes innovation more than slogan

Innovation is more than just slogan in China as the central government and firms place more emphasis on research and development (R&D) despite downward economic pressures.

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2-tonne ice case prompts China to tighten drug bust at sea

South China's Guangdong Province has declared a war on drugs after a ship carrying two tonnes of crystal meth, or "ice," was seized earlier this year.

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Is S.Korea becoming more matriarchal?

Gender roles are rapidly changing. Now sons are hearing from their mothers or wives what women used to hear all the time from their fathers or husbands.

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1 in 5 elementary schools gets less than 10 new kids in S.Korea

One in every five elementary schools across the country takes in fewer than 10 new children this year as the birthrate drops and the population ages.

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Vanity Fair: Is Donald Trump an actual fascist?

​In the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando, how dangerous could a Trump presidency be?

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32 convicted for trafficking wildlife in E China

Thirty-two people in east China's Zhejiang Province have been sentenced to up to 13 years in prison for trafficking endangered animals.

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Former U.S. governor Gary Johnson wins Libertarian presidential nomination

​Gary Johnson, former governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, was again picked by the Libertarian Party as its presidential candidate, emerging as a contender against the two major parties' nominees in the general election.

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NEEQ turnover in China continues to rise

Total turnover on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ) continued to rise in the past week.

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Floods threaten southern China areas

China's flood control authority said on Tuesday that there is "a large chance of flooding" along the Yangtze River, Songhua River and Huaihe River this year as a result of increased precipitation during flood season.

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Beijing Hutong to receive cultural makeover

More cultural spaces will be encouraged in Beijing's highly commercialized hutong, includingthe popular Nanluoguxiang, according to the Dongheng district government.

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Former senior political advisor in E China stands trial for bribery

A former senior provincial political advisor in east China's Anhui Province went on trial for accepting bribes and abuse of power on Thursday.

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China to boost development of general aviation industry

China is set to boost development of its general aviation industry to create a market worth more than one trillion yuan (153.8 billion U.S. dollars) by 2020.

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Artificial intelligence replaces physicists to run complex experiment: ANU

​Artificial intelligence has been put into place to run a complex experiment successfully, the Australian National University (ANU) saiid in a press release on Monday.

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Europe trails U.S. in cutting air pollution, W.H.O. says

European countries, which rely heavily on diesel-fueled vehicles, remain far behind the United States in their efforts to reduce harmful air pollution, according to a report to be issued Thursday by the World Health Organization.

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Jordan signs deals with U.S. to buy TOW missiles

​Jordan's Defense Ministry on Tuesday signed an agreement with U.S. Department of Defense to acquire tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided, or TOW, missiles made by Raytheon Company.