20-year travel ban on HIV/AIDS carriers ends

Just days before the opening of the Shanghai Expo, expected to draw 4 million overseas visitors to the coastal city, the State Council announced an end to its travel ban on foreigners carrying HIV/AIDS.

Senior centers suffer in regulation limbo

The Pingguoyuan senior center in Shijingshan District, sponsored by the Pingguoyuan Neighborhood Committee, closed earlier this month. The 400-square-meter courtyard opened in 2007 as the area’s first senior center.

Gov moves to take hard line on home speculators

With new policies and measures targeting property coming from the central government this month, the Beijing market is at a crossroads. While more property is available, no one is buying it.