One patrol ship added to maritime surveillance fleet
2011-04-23 09:09:08
Chinese maritime authorities on Friday added a large surveillance ship to the country's naval fleet in a bid to better protect the country's maritime interests.
Ministry unveils geothermal power plan
2011-04-23 08:55:44
Geothermal power is expected to provide 1.7 percent of China's total energy in 2015, as the country speeds up its exploration of renewable and clean-power sources.
Buying by proxy allegation raises ire
2011-04-23 08:54:00
An online post alleging that a major shareholder of a privatized company is actually the dead relative of an official has again raised cries of corruption in China's State-owned enterprise reform.
Tsinghua looks to attract overseas scholars
2011-04-23 08:28:28
Tsinghua University is trying to recruit talented overseas professors as it aspires to become one of the highest ranked universities in the world.
Tsinghua, Oxford becoming schoolmates
2011-04-23 08:22:29
Tsinghua University is poised to build a closer relationship with the prestigious University of Oxford.
'Web opens new page for readers'
2011-04-23 08:05:22
A growing number of Chinese people have turned to digital reading, a trend insiders said will greatly improve the quality of literature.
Region aims to get stray kids back home
2011-04-23 07:57:46
China's westernmost Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has vowed to find and bring home all of the children native to the region who are strays in other parts of the country.
Charges of witness tampering don't stick
2011-04-23 07:50:31
Prosecutors in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality dropped charges on Friday against the Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang, who was accused of encouraging a witness to fabricate evidence.
Pianist gets death sentence for murder
2011-04-23 07:44:32
Yao Jiaxin, a university student who stabbed a young mother to death after knocking her down with his car in a traffic crash in October 2010, was sentenced to death on Friday by a court in Xi'an.
Climate change threatens our water
2011-04-23 07:20:08
The impact of climate change on water resources has become a growing concern for the country's water sector, Chen Lei, minister of water resources, said at a roundtable meeting on climate change Friday.
Police: Monk's self-immolation carefully planned
2011-04-23 07:14:27
Police in Aba County of southwest China's Sichuan Province said Friday that the self-immolation of a monk in Kirti Monastery last month was carefully planned and aimed at triggering disturbances.
China to see 12% rise in power consumption
2011-04-22 22:49:08
China is expected to see its electricity consumption rise 10 to 12 percent year on year in 2011, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said Friday.