Mandarin doesn't contradict local dialects
2011-05-13 09:27:57
A senior official with China's Ministry of Education said Thursday that Mandarin Chinese "is in no way contradictory" to regional dialects, while calling for efforts to preserve endangered dialects in China.
Principal develops new principles of learning
2011-05-13 08:59:15
Sitting on a tall stool and leaning against a bar in the school's staff cafeteria, it is hard to associate this 52-year-old fast-talking and smiling Beijing native with the stereotypical stern-faced schoolmasters usually found in the world's most populous nation.
'Dog-a-day' killer hounded by netizens
2011-05-13 08:15:26
A man, who claimed he would kill a dog a day in protest at the activists who had stopped a truck en route to a slaughterhouse a month ago, has quit his job amid overwhelming criticism from netizens.
Netizens have their fingers on new language
2011-05-13 08:10:50
Netizens have become the biggest grassroots group of language creators of popular new Chinese words, according to a report released by the State Language Commission on Thursday.
Two men to face charges for polluting
2011-05-13 08:05:00
Prosecutors in Shanghai's Songjiang district have approved the formal arrest of two men suspected of dumping acid directly into a river and causing severe pollution.
Counselors to help the helpers after disasters hit
2011-05-13 07:51:44
China should train more professionals to provide psychological counseling and treat mental trauma among not only the victims of major disasters but also their rescuers, said a senior official with the Red Cross Society of China on Thursday.
Buyers of illegal additives for food must give names
2011-05-13 07:38:02
People loading up on a wide range of drugs and additives will no longer be able to do so anonymously after the government made another move to try to stamp out the use of illegal ingredients in food.
Authorities crack down on illegal kiln
2011-05-13 07:25:08
Local police rescued 14 workers, including three minors and a retarded person, after shutting down an illegal brick kiln in the city of Huizhou in Guangdong.
Wealthy get fingers slapped for playing poor
2011-05-13 07:23:00
Some netizens are calling for tougher penalties after hundreds of applicants for low-income housing in this South China city used fake documents to cover up their wealth.
Forbidden City's stolen reputation
2011-05-13 07:17:27
Questions remain over how historic site fell victim to theft, Jiang Xueqing and Zhang Yuchen report in Beijing.
Map shows eastern China in most danger
2011-05-13 07:05:38
Eastern China is the most vulnerable part of the country - both economically and geologically - to the threat of natural disasters, according to a new national risk map.
Sichuan quake anniversary marked
2011-05-13 07:02:37
Thousands of people gathered in Beichuan, Sichuan province, on Thursday to mark the third anniversary of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that hit the province on May 12, 2008.