Fire put out before reaching Mount Tai
2011-04-19 14:13:19
Firefighters extinguished a raging mountain fire Tuesday, stopping it from reaching the tourist resort of Mount Tai in East China's Shandong province
Third party to assess land-use inspection
2011-04-19 13:53:47
A third party would be introduced to assess and improve the government's land-use inspection practices in 2011, a senior Chinese official with the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) said Tuesday.
Police admits torture in suspect's death
2011-04-19 13:47:59
Two policemen have been arrested in Gansu for a suspect's sudden in interrogation, Xinhua reported Tuesday. Authorities admitted there was use of torture.
Man stabs, wounds 6, kills self in Xinjiang
2011-04-19 13:30:01
A man stabbed six people on the street in Kashgar City, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and committed suicide after being surrounded by police Monday.
24 arrested after lead poisoning scandal
2011-04-19 12:44:41
A manufacturing town in Zhejiang has probed 33 pollution cases in an environmental policy overhaul following a lead poisoning scandal that sickened more than 100 villagers last month.
Court upholds graft conviction for former official
2011-04-19 12:42:33
An appeal court in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has upheld the graft conviction of a former health official
Kunqu opera staged in Paris
2011-04-19 12:30:24
Actors and actresses from China's Shanghai Kunju Opera Company perform the Kunqu opera "The Peony Pavilion" during the Shanghai Culture Month in Paris, capital of France, April 18, 2011.
China mulls hasher penalties on drunk driving
2011-04-19 11:24:12
Drunk drivers will have their license revoked for five years under a draft proposal amendment being considered to China’s traffic safety law, sources told Legal Evening News Tuesday.
China salvages $2.8 billion from land misuse
2011-04-19 11:18:43
China is striving to increase the average Chinese wages by 15 percent annually in a bid to achieve a two-fold increase in pay by the end of 2015, the Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security (MHRSS) said.
Retired fighter jet on display in SW China
2011-04-19 11:02:19
Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corp displayed a retired J-10 fighter jet on April 17,2011.
1 killed in warehouse fire in N China
2011-04-19 10:33:00
Huge smoke from a warehouse fire billows into the sky in Yunhe district, Cangzhou city in North China's Hebei province, on the afternoon of April 18, 2011.
Chinese student found dead in Toronto apartment
2011-04-19 09:49:36
Toronto police say a young Chinese woman found dead in a basement apartment near York University was last seen by a friend she was chatting with on the web.