Google "will bear the consequences" if it stops censoring search results on its Chinese website, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Friday. Google denies 'exit China' rumor

Chinese political advisors from Tibet and Xinjiang said Friday that cultural and religious freedom is fully respected and protected according to law in the two ethnic regions, fighting back against an annual US human rights report.

Tianjin used to take a back seat to other cities, and was defined only by its relation to Beijing. But Tianjin Mayor Huang Xingguo said the municipality will soon develop into an economic center of North China and he is determined to bring more projects and investment to the city.

The Ministry of Land and Resources has unveiled strict measures to crack down on land hoarding in a bid to rein in soaring real estate prices.

China's Chief Justice Wang Shengjun said Thursday that courts will take actions on judicial corruption to prevent abuse of judicial power after a former vice president of the supreme court was jailed for life two months ago.

More than 120 Chinese scholars have filed a petition to the nation's top legislature, demanding, on the grounds of bio-safety, the revocation of the Agriculture Ministry's certificates on two transgenic rice breeds and more cautious licensing in the future.

Wang Yin, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy director-general of Yunnan Dali Health Bureau suggested encouraging pre-marriage health checks during the ongoing Two Sessions, the Xinhuanet reported.

China needs a bigger public diplomacy campaign to better present the country to the world, said Zhao Qizheng, spokesman for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), on Monday.

Although the negative impact and the shadow of the March 14, 2008 riot in Lhasa, capital of Tibet autonomous region, will always remain, it won't affect the region's development, the mayor of Lhasa told China Daily in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.

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