The mother-in-law of all family battles
2011-04-22 07:36:26
Yi Jun had a bitter quarrel with her mother-in-law. The harsh words exchanged extinguished the joy of her pregnancy.
New nuclear power plants 'set to be approved'
2011-04-22 07:32:05
New nuclear power projects may be approved, following suspension of the procedure on March 16 by the State Council after the Japanese tsunami.
Man charged with murder of Chinese student
2011-04-22 07:01:43
A disheveled man appeared in court Thursday on charges of murdering a Chinese woman whose scuffle with her assailant was seen on webcam by her boyfriend in China. Police refused to release any details about the crime or its possible motive.
4,500 items seized over copyright infringement
2011-04-22 06:45:39
China's General Administration of Customs said on Thursday that it seized more than 4,500 items in a campaign to clamp down on copyright infringements and counterfeiting over the six-month period that ended in March.
410 sites shut down in piracy bust
2011-04-21 22:40:53
Chinese authorities shut down 410 websites involved in copyright infringements and counterfeiting in the first three months of 2010 in an intensified effort to clamp down on online cheating, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.
Survey indicates e-book boom in China
2011-04-21 22:18:47
A survey released Thursday showed that more Chinese read e-books, or electronic books last year.
New body scanner debuts, promises privacy
2011-04-21 22:09:08
China's newly-developed body scanner with independent Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) made its debut Thursday, promising to quickly detect nonmetal, destructive objects while better protecting privacy.
Parents spend 23 minutes reading with kids daily
2011-04-21 19:23:32
A study has revealed that about 88 percent of China's parents surveyed spend time with their children reading books.
Tsinghua University striving for higher goal
2011-04-21 17:03:31
Tsinghua University, one of China's prime institutions of higher learning, will strive to be ranked on par with Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge as a major world university, officials and scholars say as it celebrates the centennial anniversary this month.
Robot helps manage greenhouse in E China
2011-04-21 16:52:42
A vegetable-managing robot is shown at the 12th China International Vegetable Sci-tech Fair in Shouguang city, East China's Shandong province, April 20, 2011.
183 wild lives released in SW China
2011-04-21 14:47:23
On April 19, 2011, the largest-scale releasing of wild animals started on time in the Pu-erh National Park of Yunnan. This park is 10km away from downtown Pu-erh with the climate and primitive forests well-suited to the existence of animals. For this activity, a total of 183 animals were released.
Copyright row between Baidu and writers probed
2011-04-21 13:56:07
Investigations of a copyright fight between more than 40 Chinese writers and Baidu, China's largest search engine, are underway.