Real trouble for stars who promote fake products
2011-05-19 07:09:07
Celebrities who advertise fake products or promotions could lose their glitter when they are held responsible under a new draft amendment to the Advertising Law.
Brakes slammed on high-speed railways
2011-05-19 07:06:18
The country's environment watchdog has ordered the operation of one high-speed railway to stop and halted construction on a second over violations of environmental laws.
Projects to ease impact of Three Gorges Dam
2011-05-19 07:01:58
China said on Wednesday that the Three Gorges Project, the world's biggest hydropower complex, had affected shipping, irrigation and water supply downstream on the Yangtze River.
China to launch more Beidou navigation satellites
2011-05-19 06:32:11
China will launch some eight Beidou navigation satellites by 2012, a leading navigation satellite expert said here on Wednesday.
No consensus in debate over income-tax threshold
2011-05-18 22:45:57
The public remains divided over the proper income-tax threshold after a proposed income-tax cut was publicized on April 25.
PetroChina to expand overseas market
2011-05-18 20:42:19
Senior executives of PetroChina Co., Ltd., said Wednesday that the company will continue to seek opportunity for overseas merger and acquisition (M&A) and further expand its Latin American presence.
Investor elopes, sets online community abuzz
2011-05-18 20:04:00
Wang Gongquan, co-founder of CDH Investment, raised eyebrows in China after posting plans to elope with his mistress on his microblog late Monday night.
China's blockbuster shamed for smoking shots
2011-05-18 19:45:23
China's New Year blockbuster "Let the Bullets Fly" was given a shame award Wednesday for its excessive smoking scenes, a new move taken by anti-smoking groups to ridicule Chinese films that promote smoking.
'Elegant' divorce ceremonies come to China
2011-05-18 18:15:06
A company specializing in marriages, divorce and psychological services, has begun promoting divorce ceremonies on its website haohehaosan.net.
China buys Airbus top business jet for charter flights
2011-05-18 17:58:58
Beijing-based Deer Jet has purchased an Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ), one of the world's top business jets, for its charter flights service.
Tibetan singer heads home to help cataract sufferers
2011-05-18 16:25:48
Famous Tibetan singer Han Hong will go to her hometown of Qamdo, in the Tibet autonomous region, with a group of eye doctors from Zhejiang province, for a charity event in aid of local cataract patients.
Lifestyle diseases trouble urban Tibetans
2011-05-18 15:15:59
Lifestyle diseases like diabetes, gout and hyperlipemia are so rare in Tibet that traditional Tibetan medicine contains no therapies for their treatment.