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In ancient times, all roads may have led to Rome, but on the mainland today, it takes extra effort to get from one city to another, with avenues often blocked by security checkpoints, walls or fences.
Traffic congestion has long plagued China's urban dwellers, but a recent directive aimed at solving the problem has failed to gain unanimous support.
The Supreme People's Court responded on Tuesday to a new urban planning guideline issued by the central government saying that roads in new residential communities should be open to the public rather than reserved for the private use of a community's residents.
High networth individuals in Shanghai, particularly middle-aged ones, have a new motto: health is greater than wealth. They are actively planning for a post-retirement, health scare-free life.
The Australian government on Monday allocated 2 million U.S. dollars to help prevent deadly bushfires from ravaging rural Victorian communities.
The bloody brawl between rival biker gangs in southern U.S. state of Texas made headlines over the weekend, with nine deaths and 18 injuries. However, as the deadly incident points inevitably to rampant gang violence, one cannot ignore the underlying social problem that is dividing and overwhelming communities in the United States -- gun violence.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday defended his description of remote indigenous communities as a "lifestyle choice" in the face of a backlash from aboriginal leaders.
Indigenous Australia has remained a blind spot for successive governments and the drive for economic and social equality has come under renewed scrutiny in 2014.
A Chinese petrochemical company and the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) held here Monday a joint stakeholder engagement session that involved several government agencies and local communities.
More than 5,000 Fijians registered to vote during the first week of phase three of electronic voter registration (EVR) in the country