China wins first Nobel Prize in medicine
2015-10-06
China has its first Nobel Prize in Medicine. And 84-year-old Tu Youyou said she was not surprised to get it.
Tu nation's first winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine
2015-10-06
Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou, now 85, became China's first medicine Nobel laureate when it was announced she was one of three scientists awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in developing effective drugs against parasitic diseases.
Heart disease patients in China getting younger
2015-10-05
Heart disease is affecting more of the younger generation in China, while medical experts predict a surge in cases over the next decade, according to a paper published Tuesday.
Taiwan dengue fever cases top 20,000
2015-10-05
Taiwan has seen 20,241 dengue fever cases since May, in the worst outbreak of the disease in 17 years, although it is now moderating, the island's disease control center reported on Sunday.
China's Guangdong reports 791 dengue cases
2015-10-05
A total of 791 dengue cases, 85.7 percent less than the same period last year, have been reported in 15 cities across south China's Guangdong Province so far this year
U.N. chief calls for securing gender equality worldwide
2015-09-29
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called on world leaders to take actions as well as make commitment to secure gender equality throughout the world.
Peng Liyuan attends high-level meeting on woman and child issues
2015-09-29
Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan attends a high-level meeting of the Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) as UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girls and Women's Education, in New York, the United States, Sept. 26, 2015.
China fully protects economic interests of women: white paper
2015-09-22
China fully protects the economic interests of women, promoting women's equal participation in economic development and equal access to the fruits of reform and development, said a white paper issued on Tuesday.
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