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No locals self-immolate in Tibet: official
No local residents, monks or nuns in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region have self-immolated, a senior Tibetan official said on Sunday.
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2017 HK election should be in line with law
The success of Hong Kong's 2017 election hinges on the correct understanding of laws, a member of China's top political advisory body said Sunday.
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Xi stresses rural reform, official integrity
President Xi Jinping called for deepened rural reform and strictly regulated use of officials' power when he attended a discussion of national lawmakers on Sunday.
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China mulls tougher penalty for sex with underage prostitutes
China's top legislature is investigating on the public call of repealing the crime of sex with underage prostitutes and identifying the offence as rape, said a lawmaker on Sunday.
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Use of death penalty set to be reduced
The top legislature will try to reduce the number of crimes subject to the death penalty by revising the Criminal Law this year, an official said on Sunday.
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Tibetan official slams Obama-Dalai Lama meeting
A senior Tibetan official on Sunday denounced the recent meeting between the U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, calling it "a severe interference in China's internal affairs."
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Expert urges enforcement of heritage protection law
China needs to better enforce its law on the protection of intangible cultural heritage, at a time when most heritage items remain endangered, a renowned scholar said Sunday.
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Dailai 'sabotaged ties': Tibet authority
The top legislator of the Tibet autonomous region said on Sunday that authorities have not changed their policy toward the 14th Dalai Lama, who fled to India after a failed riot in 1959.
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Harnessing soft power for next China Dream
In the last 35 years, China occupied itself with learning how to get along with the rest of the international community, while the rest of the world invested similar effort in getting to know China better.
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Proposed railway to link Lhasa, Nyingchi
Construction is set to begin this year on a railway linking Lhasa and Nyingchi prefecture in the Tibet autonomous region with an estimated 30 billion yuan ($4.9 billion) investment, top Tibetan officials said on Wednesday in Beijing.
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460 motions filed at annual parliamentary session
Chinese lawmakers have filed over 460 motions to the secretariat of the Second Session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), an official said here on Sunday.
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Xi urges Anhui province to actively deepen rural reforms
President Xi Jinping on Sunday urged east China's Anhui Province, which spearheaded land reform in 1978 that broke up the previous commune-style collective farming, to actively deepen reforms in the area.
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Chinese leaders join discussion with deputies to 12th NPC
Chinese leaders join discussion with deputies to 12th NPC.
+ MoreHighlights of the Sessions
- Fiscal, tax, financial reforms high on agenda
- Premier: GDP target flexible, stresses employment
- Premier Li calls for new progress in mainland-Taiwan ties
- China, U.S. should expand common interests: Premier Li
- China to better handle relations between govt, market
- Key resolutions to put for voting at NPC session
