Monthly archives: February, 2019

Innovative program helps autistic kids through scuba diving therapy

Chan Leung-bo encourages a boy to come down to the swimming pool in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province on September 28, 2018. Photo: VCG A group of special scuba divers can be seen painting, playing, doing math and writing every Tuesday and Thursday at an indoor swimming pool in Ersha Island, Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong …

Chinese parents invest in foreign properties for the chance of their child being admitted into university A shortcut?

As the gaokao, China’s national college entrance examination and the biggest and most competitive test in the country, approaches, immigration companies are wasting no time advertising. “Do you want your kids to win at the starting line?” one such ad with a heavy-handed parent-bait tagline asks. “Get a foreign residence today and go to top …

Top legislator deliberates work report with lawmakers

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, joined fellow lawmakers to deliberate the committee’s 2018 work report at a bimonthly legislative session Tuesday. Lawmakers agree that the 13th NPC Standing Committee has been fully performing its functions as stipulated in the Constitution and the laws, and has centered its work on …

61 seal cubs rescued from poachers

A 1-month-old spotted seal in Dalian, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province on March 1, 2016 Photo: VCG A total of 100 poached spotted seal cubs have been found by local villagers in a reserve in Dalian, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Of the 100 stolen cubs, 39 died. The remaining 61 had been rescued as of press …

Xi highlights favorable legal environment for reform, development, stability

President Xi Jinping on Monday called for efforts to create a favorable legal environment for China’s reform, development and stability. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the statement when presiding over and addressing the second meeting of the Commission for …

Investigation on alleged misconduct by supreme court wrapped up

The investigation into alleged misconduct in the trials of two civil cases heard by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) was completed, said a statement from an investigation team Friday. The investigation started on Jan. 8 after video footage spread online in which Wang Linqing, an SPC assistant judge, exposed alleged misconduct in the trials of …