Cabbies go on strike over license recall
2011-06-27 14:36:08
Nearly 200 taxi drivers went on strike in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Central China's Henan province, on Monday morning to air their complaints about the unfair recall of their operator's licenses by a local taxi company.
Lanterns light up at Old Summer Palace
2011-06-27 14:17:42
The "Colorful Chinese Nation" ethnic lantern exhibition, which opens from June 26 to August 31, is held to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Chinese Communist Party's founding on Friday.
Landslide kills 9 in N China iron ore factory
2011-06-27 12:26:47
At least nine people were confirmed dead and another four were injured after a landslide Sunday morning at an iron ore dressing factory in North China's Shanxi province.
Fortune 500 branches required to have collective agreements
2011-06-27 12:25:57
All enterprises set up by Fortune 500 companies in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province, are required to have collective agreements on wages by 2012, said local authorities.
A blind date of beauty and wealth
2011-06-27 11:37:12
The matchmaking event, billed "Meet the Rich Hero", has an eye-opening asking price for eligible male candidates: personal assets of at least 30 million yuan ($4.6 million) or annual income no less than one million yuan.
City CRHs to make way for high speed rail
2011-06-27 10:10:35
Two passengers rest in a compartment on the CRH Couchette at Shanghai railway station on June 26, 2011. To make way for the new Beijing to Shanghai bullet train, which will function from July 1st, the CRH Couchette will cease operations on June 30, according to Xinhua news agency. [Photo/Xinhua]
China steps up subsidies for the needy
2011-06-27 08:20:23
More than half of all Chinese provincial-level regions have established a mechanism to offer subsidies to the needy as high inflation pushes up their daily living costs.
Demolitions cause most social unrest
2011-06-27 08:11:42
Demolitions caused the most social conflict and public discontent in Chinese society in 2010, according to a Beijing-based social research center.
Woman dies at police station amid land dispute
Shenzhen's progress in banning indoor smoking
2011-01-07 16:42:14
Shenzhen has witnessed large progress in banning smoking indoors recently. Teachers and parents follow the regulations not to smoke at school anymore.
Shenzhen considers new ways to unsnarl traffic jams
2010-12-29 07:58:38
GUANGZHOU - Guangdong province's special economic zone Shenzhen, which has the mainland's highest vehicle density, is looking at strategies to decongest its clogged roads.
Cashmere industry needs technology help
2011-06-27 08:06:17
Sheepherder Tsering Yangkyi spends her days and nights on lonely stretches of land near her Tibetan village driving 500 sheep with her family of nine.
Drug traffickers become more violent
2011-06-27 07:36:10
Drug traffickers are taking advantage of more foreigners, pregnant women, minors or even people with infectious diseases to help with their drug trafficking, according to a senior local frontier defense police officer.