News: China

Schoolchildren attacked in China

Around 17 children have been stabbed during a knife rampage in a Chinese primary school.

28/04/2010

Hundreds killed in China earthquake

More than 400 individuals have been killed after a series of earthquakes in the Tibetan Plateau.

14/04/2010

China's education reform 'has room for improvement'

A Chinese professor has criticised the new education reform proposed by the country's government.

04/03/2010

Free education promised to all in Shanghai

Migrant workers' children are to be given free education in Shanghai.

24/02/2010

HIV-like symptoms 'could be purely psychological' in China

Mystery symptoms affecting people in China that are similar to those associated with HIV could be psychological, doctors have concluded.

10/02/2010

Rural stimulus initiative 'could help to secure livelihoods in China'

A stimulus plan designed to boost activity in rural markets could see Chinese residents benefit from house-building rebates, it has been suggested.

03/02/2010

Over 70 people 'contracted HIV from transfusions in China'

More than 70 people were infected with HIV from contaminated blood supplies in China before a law was passed in 1998 stipulating that all samples must be tested for the virus, it has emerged.

25/01/2010

Chinese children's health 'threatened by stress at school'

Chinese children are finding the competitiveness and pressures upon them at school hard to cope with, new research has established.

21/01/2010

Rising HIV rates in China 'have forced homosexuality into the open'

HIV rates in China are forcing discussions on homosexuality into the open, it has been claimed.

20/01/2010

Chinese youngsters collaborate to comment on education

A group of youngsters in China have formed a group to air their opinions of their country's education system, it has emerged.

31/12/2009

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