Highway bridge collapses in Xinjiang, no casualties reported
2011-04-12 10:20:24
A bridge on National Highway 314 collapsed early on Tuesday in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to witnesses at the scene.
Insight sought into stabbing
2011-04-12 08:16:31
The police began judicial appraisal on Monday of the mental state of a Chinese student who stabbed his mother after flying to Shanghai from Japan.
Test results in success for coal mine shelter
2011-04-12 08:09:24
A team of 80 coal miners and support staff members finished a 48-hour stay inside an underground refuge chamber in a coal mine in North China's Shanxi province on Sunday, marking success for the country's first manned test of a refuge chamber for underground coal mines.
Two farmers held in milk poisoning
2011-04-12 07:54:36
Two farmers have been held responsible for intentionally tainting milk that killed three children and sickened 36 others in Pingliang, Northwest China's Gansu province, a government official said on Monday.
Black future awaits ailing miners
2011-04-12 07:48:34
Guo Hailiang rests in bed and breathes life-saving oxygen through tubes in his nose. The 47-year-old from Yushulin village in North China's Hebei province has severe pneumoconiosis and is unable to work as a result of the four years he spent toiling at a coal mine.
Use of antibiotics faces tightening
2011-04-12 07:20:12
The Ministry of Health is set to further curb the overuse of antibiotics, mainly at large hospitals, to fight rising drug resistance.
'200m in danger of workplace disease'
2011-04-12 07:15:51
Occupational disease has overtaken workplace accidents as the biggest danger to Chinese workers with 200 million potentially under threat, a senior trade union official warned.
Black future awaits ailing miners
Death toll from Beijing explosion rises to six
2011-04-12 06:59:35
The death toll from a residential building blast has risen to six as of 11:00 pm Monday after rescuers pulled more bodies out from debris in Beijing.
Couple accused in milk poisoning case
2011-04-11 23:12:59
A local couple was accused in a milk poisoning case that left three children dead and 36 others sickened in northwest China's Gansu Province, authorities said Monday.
China invests 18 billion yuan for safer schools
2011-04-11 22:50:52
The Chinese central government has spent 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) over the past two years renovating and consolidating buildings at 65,000 middle and primary schools across the country, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Monday.
Beijing Christians urged to abide by law
2011-04-11 21:41:15
A senior Beijing church official on Monday urged Christians in the Chinese capital to be patriotic and abide by the law.
Few defective 737 models available in China
2011-04-11 21:09:43
The China office of US aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Monday that very few of its jets prone to fuselage ruptures were available on the Chinese market and passengers could be assured of their safety.