Downpour in Beijing causes flight delays
2011-06-24 07:44:32
The heaviest rainstorm this summer pounded the capital city on Thursday afternoon, causing flight delays and cancellations not only in Beijing but nationwide.
Maserati girl damages Red Cross name
2011-06-24 07:42:41
The country's only national Red Cross society is fighting to hang on to the public's trust after a scandal erupted in which a 20-year-old woman boasted online about her luxurious lifestyle.
Downpour wreaks havoc for rush hour
2011-06-24 07:33:22
The sudden deluge on Thursday paralyzed the capital's traffic and disrupted the subway system during the evening rush hour.
'Poor social management' led to unrest
2011-06-24 07:22:06
A senior official from the Guangdong provincial capital said poor social management was one of the major reasons behind the unrest in Zengcheng, a suburb of Guangzhou, early this month.
11 die, 2 missing amid new round of rains in SW China
2011-06-24 06:43:31
A new round of downpours that has battered Southwest China has left 11 dead and two others missing, local flood control authorities said Thursday.
China strives to meet emission reduction target
2011-06-24 06:42:38
A Chinese official said Thursday that the country will strive to fulfill its emission reduction targets for 2020.
Four sentenced to prison in tainted milk case
2011-06-23 23:02:35
Four people were convicted and sentenced to prison Thursday for producing and selling melamine-tainted milk powder in north China's Hebei Province, a local court said.
China strengthens supervision of liquor quality
2011-06-23 23:02:05
China's food safety authorities launched a nationwide campaign on Thursday to enhance supervision over the quality of liquor produced by distilleries in order to "safeguard consumers' health and safety."
China's Catholic church needs bishops: CPCA
2011-06-23 20:31:34
The spokesman for China's Catholic church said Thursday that the church faces an urgent task to select and ordain bishops in an "active and prudent" way, as more than 40 of the country's 97 dioceses are without a bishop.
15 dead in two China road accidents
2011-06-23 17:50:16
Fifteen people were killed and two injured in two road accidents in China, local police authorities said Thursday.
Traffic officer jailed for drunk driving
2011-06-23 17:48:15
A traffic officer in East China's Wenzhou city has received three months in jail for drunk driving, the Xinhua news agency reported, making him the first traffic officer to receive a sentence for driving whilst drunk since new laws were passed by the National People's Congress in China.
HK targets horse racing bookmaking syndicate
2011-06-23 16:44:16
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government Information Services Department announced on Thursday that the city's police successfully neutralized a horse racing bookmaking syndicate here during an operation on Wednesday, arresting 15 people and seizing betting records valued at more than 60 million HK dollars (about $7.71 million).