Longer life expectancy THE life expectancy of Chinese rose to 76.7 years in 2017, according to government statistics. The infant mortality rate has decreased to 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births, while the maternal mortality rate dropped to 19.6 per 100,000 births. 39 arrested THIRTY-NINE drug dealers were arrested in a mass drug trafficking case after a near six-month investigation in Guangdong Province, local authorities said yesterday. Among those arrested, 16 were Vietnamese, according to the provincial public security department. |